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(Scroll down for video) Have you ever wondered how the world’s first voice recording sounded like? Wonder no more! It was recently uploaded to the internet.
Researchers have discovered the first recorded voice in the world: an audio recording of Alexander Graham Bell made the April 15, 1885 using a mixture of cardboard and wax.
The Smithsonian Magazine has released the audio recording, in which the inventor of the telephone announces: "In witness whereof, hear my voice, Alexander Graham Bell."
Despite its historical importance, the recording became a reality in humble surroundings, the interior of an old barn used by Bell and his cousin in Washington, D.C. Biographer Charlotte Gray explains that Bell was motivated to create the recordings in an attempt to improve a previous recording made by Bell’s rival, Thomas Edison.
“It is amazing to see how just a few people in American history were able to invent so many of the things we take for granted today. I wonder who will be the Bell and Edison of our time,” Tori Naylor, 32, of Orem, Utah told YourJewishNews.com after listening to the recording.
Along with this precious recording, and the legacy of Bell for inventing the telephone, Bell is credited with another visionary technology too. In 1880, Bell patented an optical telephone system, which is seen as predicting the use of mobile phones and fiber, which are so widely used around the world today.Mobile video not loading? Click here to view