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    What were the first words ever recorded and played back and who spoke them?

    Question #80092. Asked by teash. (May 09 07 5:39 AM)


    zorba_scank

    		The nursery rhyme "Mary Had a Little Lamb" were the first words to be recorded and played back. It was an experiment by Thomas Alva Edison.

    http://www.imahero.com/herohistory/alva_herohistory.htm

    May 09 07, 5:50 AM

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