When did the first answering machine come out?
In 1949 the first commercially successful answering machine was the "Electronic Secretary" created by inventor Joseph Zimmerman and businessman George W. Danner, who founded Electronic Secretary Industries in Wisconsin. The Electronic Secretary used the then state-of-the-art technology of a 45 rpm record player for announcements and a wire recorder for message capture and playback. Electronic Secretary Industries was purchased in 1957 by General Telephone and Electronics.
When did the first commercially successful answering machine come out?
1949
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When did one of the first answering machines, the Blattnerphone come out?
1930
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One of the first answering machines, the Blattnerphone, came out in 1930. In 1949, the first commercially successful answering machine was the "Electronic Secretary" created by inventor Joseph Zimmerman and businessman George W. Danner, who founded Electronic Secretary Industries in Wisconsin. 