Thomas Edison is often credited with recording the first human sound. In reality, that achievement belongs to a French inventor named Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville. His device captured sound ...

TRENTON, N.J. - Scientists using advanced imaging technology have recovered a 123-year-old recording made by Thomas Edison that is believed to be the world's first attempt at a talking doll and may ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - December 24, 1877. Thomas Edison files a patent for the first phonograph capable of recording and playing sound. The groundbreaking product was a byproduct of Edison’s work ...