Wire recording was the first magnetic media recording technology. It was developed by Vlademar Poulsen in 1898 and was in popular use until the late 1940s, when magnetic tape emerged as the choice home and dictation recording medium. However, wire continued to be used as a home recording and dictation format in military, commercial, and office environments as late as the early 1960s.

501) The conference minutes on the steel wire.

The pioneering role in the development of low-voltage technology was clearly demonstrated by a conference protocol device that was recently demonstrated in the Hotel Esplanade in Berlin. The system allows important conferences to be recorded verbatim in all necessary detail. In this way, it relieves the managing director of an association, who is responsible for keeping the minutes, from the time-consuming, insufficient reporting. It enables the secretary, who has to write down the minutes afterwards, to produce a flawless and error-free report. The device is not a wax plate or roll, but rather a steel wire.

J.B.3. After the conference, the secretary writes down the course of the conference, which is then played back to her by the machine.

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