 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kuunzwa kweterefoni pakati pema1870s kwakabatanidza kuratidzira kwakawanda kwekushandiswa kwayo kutumira makonzati emimhanzi pamusoro penzvimbo dzakasiyana-siyana. Mune mumwe muenzaniso wakanyatsogadziriswa, Clément Ader akagadzirira imba yokuteerera pa 1881 Paris Electrical Exhibition, apo vapindi vaigona kuteerera kumitambo, mu stereo, kubva kuParis Grand Opera. Pfungwa yacho yakaonekawo mubhuku raEdward Bellamy ra1888 rine mukurumbira, rinonzi Looking Backward: 2000-1887, iro rakafanoona kuvaraidzwa kwakarekodhwa kunotumirwa nemitsetse yerunhare kumisha yevanhu. 