In the 1940s, the Voice-O-Graph was a machine that would record your voice on a vinyl disc that you could mail to friends or family. One of the last working models is currently on display in London.

Decades before mobile phones or answering machines, loved ones shared voice messages over long distances by mailing small custom records. Sending recorded messages through the mail was a global ...

At the Third Man Records store in Nashville, there’s a refurbished 1947 Voice-o-Graph machine that lets visitors record up to two minutes of audio and receive a one-of-a-kind phonograph disc in return ...

Before there was any of this screen stuff, there was the Voice-O-Graph, a machine about the size of a phone booth. And in the 1940s, it was the only way to send a voice message. It allowed people to ...