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Source: Object, Telex Corporation, Telex cassette player

Description

Historical information

A talking book player that allowed the user to change the tone and speed of cassettes played in it. Designed to handle both 4 track and 2 track cassettes, these players were the perfect solution to having both commercial (2 track) and recordings for the blind (4 track) materials without needing separate players. Tonal changes in particular were sometimes required by older listeners, as aging reduces the ability to distinguish high pitch sounds. Speed variability also allowed those who read faster to increase narration, and to slow down reading patterns for listeners with acquired brain injury or other conditions that affected cognitive processing of language.

Physical description

Blue plastic rectangular talking book player with buttons for navigational controls and 5 buttons.

Seen on Buttons & Knobs — Telex Corporation C1 // Audio Book Player with...

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

This brings back memories I’d long forgotten! My grandmother had this machine or something very similar.