Bell telephone magazine (1922) (14569490509)

Identifier: belltvol20elephonemag00amerrich (find matches)

Title: Bell telephone magazine

Year: 1922 (1920s)

Authors: American Telephone and Telegraph Company American Telephone and Telegraph Company. Information Dept

Subjects: Telephone

Publisher: (New York, American Telephone and Telegraph Co., etc.)

Contributing Library: Prelinger Library

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nted on rubber-tired wheels,which also serves as storage spacefor auxiliary equipment, replacementparts and new and used records. Preliminary experiments made useof non-working telephones, studentsconversing with each other in theclass room. Moderate progress wasachieved. However, as soon as re-cordings were introduced there was amarked improvement. Students werein agreement that the hear your ownvoice method provides a vivid and very personal feeling as to how theysound by telephone. Even students who had achievedsome proficiency in platform deliverydiscovered immediately that quite dif-ferent methods are necessary for bestresults during telephone conversa-tions. It is not only that voices soundchanged. On the platform, a speakercan use facial expression, gestures,and even the fact of his physical pres-ence to offset or minimize effects offaulty speech. By telephone, thevoice carries the entire burden. It be-comes necessary, they learned, to con^centrate on what comes out of the dis-

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The Recording Instrument Professor Reager adjusts the input of the recorder as students in distant rooms carry on a telephone conversation 84 Bell Telephone Magazine MA Y tant telephone receiver, and then toadjust voice and manner at the trans-mitter to obtain the desired effect. The essentials of good public speak-ing apply, in general, to telephonespeech and its instruction. These in-clude proper use of the vocal mech-anism, clarity, prior knowledge if pos-sible of what is to be said, conversationalong orderly and logically developedlines, care in producing and maintain-ing a courteous and friendly effect onthe hearer, good vocabulary, unhur-ried manner. The New York Tele-phone Companys booklet, The VoiceWith a Smile, which was drawn uponfreely in preparation of the telephonechapter in Professor Reagers textbook, Speech Is Easy, also servesas background material for class roominstruction in telephone usage. Better Speech—Better Service 1 HE interest of telephone people ingood usag

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