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January 30, 1909
The Madison Daily Leader
Madison, Lake County, South Dakota
What is this article about?
A French engineer's talking postal card invention, popular in France, has its US rights secured for use in American cities. Users record messages in booths; recipients play them back similarly. The record is indestructible, preserving the sender's voice.
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Talking Postal Card Coming.
The talking postal card is the invention of a French engineer and has become so popular in that country that the American rights have been secured, and the device will be placed in the cities of the United States. The person wishing to send a talking postal card to a friend enters the booth and talks into a machine that records the words on the specially prepared postal card. When the recipient receives the card a hundred or a thousand miles away he or perhaps she takes the card to the nearest postal booth and inserts it in a machine which talks the message it contains.
The record on the postal card is indestructible, and the exact voice of the sender is heard.
The talking postal card is the invention of a French engineer and has become so popular in that country that the American rights have been secured, and the device will be placed in the cities of the United States. The person wishing to send a talking postal card to a friend enters the booth and talks into a machine that records the words on the specially prepared postal card. When the recipient receives the card a hundred or a thousand miles away he or perhaps she takes the card to the nearest postal booth and inserts it in a machine which talks the message it contains.
The record on the postal card is indestructible, and the exact voice of the sender is heard.
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Triumph
What keywords are associated?
Talking Postal Card
Invention
French Engineer
Postal Booth
Voice Recording
What entities or persons were involved?
French Engineer
Where did it happen?
France, United States
Story Details
Key Persons
French Engineer
Location
France, United States
Story Details
Invention of talking postal card by French engineer gains popularity in France; US rights secured for deployment in cities. Sender records message in booth; recipient plays it back in postal booth. Record is indestructible, reproduces sender's voice exactly.