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Record 1 2023-04-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telephones
  • Office Equipment and Supplies
DEF

A ... telephone by means of which speech can be picked up by a sensitive microphone and reproduced by a loudspeaker in another location in the same building.

OBS

The dictograph was designed to be used for remote dictation to a typist but was also used for eavesdropping.

OBS

Dictograph: formerly a U.S. [United States] registered trademark.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Téléphones
  • Équipement et fournitures de bureau

Spanish

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