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While Thomas Edison is often credited with the first recording in 1877, Scott de Martinville ’s work predates him by 20 years.

He died in 1879, never knowing that his "visual text" would one day be heard by the world as the earliest recognizable recording of a human voice. The Unexpected Stories You Never Learned in School 0gsw399jaqwagfppmdgui_source-UIHJpu5z.mp4

The video you referenced, The Unexpected Stories You Never Learned in School , features the fascinating story of , a French printer who invented the first sound recording device, the phonautograph, in 1857. The Man Who Recorded Sound Before Edison While Thomas Edison is often credited with the