Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Usoro ndị yiri ya n'ebe ndị ọzọ na Europe gụnyere Telefon Hírmondó (est. 1893) nke Budapest na Electrophone nke London (est. 1895). Na United States, usoro ndị yiri theatrophone na-ejedebe na nnwale otu oge. Erik Barnouw kọrọ egwu egwu site na ekwentị nke a haziri n'oge ọkọchị nke 1890; ihe dị ka mmadụ 800 nọ na Grand Union Hotel dị na Saratoga gere ntị na nnyefe ekwentị nke "The Charge of the Light Brigade" nke emere na
Ogige Madison Square.