(SOUNDBITE OF ANSWERING MACHINE RECORDING) UNIDENTIFIED SINGERS #1: (Singing) I can't come to the phone, so leave your name at the tone. And say what you've got to say, and I'll call back right away.

The series ran for six seasons, and according to Wide Open Country, a total of 122 answering machines were recorded behind the scenes to play at the beginning. The recordings usually didn’t ...

Why do I still have an answering machine, especially given that I’ll go days without checking it and even longer without it recording a message? Primarily because it’s been there for many ...

Most phone companies also provide generous recording time–a big plus if you get lots of calls and are away from the phone for days. And unlike an answering machine, phone company voice mail pick ...

Another recording from before Passover, which started on April 8, accessed through the same answering machine service asked parents to volunteer their basements for in-person classes.

The answering machine can record any sounds that come in. However, with a network connection the recordings are analyzed with an AI which can transcribe what it hears and even listen for specific ...

But even back in November 2008 people were asking “does anyone still use an answering machine as a telephone recording device or is voice mail it?” On the other hand, AT&T seems to have ...

The recording was taken from a 1972 two-LP collection ... the album was compiled from artist John Giorno’s answering-machine poetry line, which was listed in New York directories around that ...

In 1900, Danish inventor Valdemar Poulsen created the first answering machine using magnetic recording on a wire. Astonishing the world for its high-tech functionality, the Telegraphone was ...