2012.30

Telex Narrator Cassette Talking Book Player

Telex Communications, Inc.

(a) Gray plastic chassis, square top on integral platform base; right side is curved; rounded hump on left with hollow underneath provides a carrying grip; speaker grill in top left; cassette compartment with clear window in center top; four switches to right of window: variable speed slider, side select rocker, tone slider, and volume slider; five push button controls on bottom of top, each with raised symbol on top, play, rewind, forward, stop, and eject; play button is green, stop is red, others are gray; remote, headphone, and power adapter jacks on right side; bottom has two battery compartments, one for six (6) "C" size batteries, the other for a rechargible battery; (b) black plastic AC adapter/transformer with cord.

H-3 W-10.5 D-10 inches

ca. 1998

China

APH Collection

Used by APH Proofreaders, eventually relegated to the Repair Department. Telex Communications in Burnsville, MN began building Talking Book phonographs for the National Library Service in the late 1960s. In the 1970s Telex introduced cassette machines for NLS. In 1998, Telex introduced this machine, available on the open market, built from the ground up as a TB machine, rather than as an adaptation of a consumer player. It was discontinued by 2005.

APH Collection, 2012.30.