Edison Escort is a photograph by Christopher McKenzie which was uploaded on July 16th, 2014.
Edison Escort
An old Edison Escort Voicewriter recorder that was owned by my grandparents. ... more
Title
Edison Escort
Artist
Christopher McKenzie
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography
Description
An old Edison Escort Voicewriter recorder that was owned by my grandparents.
It is thought this was produced in the mid to late 1940's and was immersed in the battle for supremacy for office equipment as one of the early dictation machines. It used thin vinyl disks that were scored by a stylus to record sound waves. (Dictaphone was using belts at the time). Seemingly these were created by Edison just prior to the magnetic tape inventions.
This was battery operated with a hand held microphone. I suppose these could also be used by folks as a personal means to record themselves for posterity but this seems unlikely as I am sure these were not inexpensive to the average person in those times.
Uploaded
July 16th, 2014