Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kuunzwa kweterefoni pakati pema1870 kwaisanganisira kuratidzwa kwakawanda kwokushandiswa kwayo kutumira mimhanzi kumakonzati ari kure kwakasiyana-siyana. Mune mumwe muenzaniso wakanyatsogadziriswa, Clément Ader akagadzirira imba yekuteerera 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.