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telephone answering machine
telephone answering machine
Device attached to a telephone that answers calls with a prerecorded message and then records the messages left by callers.
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power-on button
Button for turning the device on or off.
speaker
Integrated device used to generate sound.
loudspeakers
record announcement button
Button used to record the greeting on the announcement cassette.
rewind button
Control key used to rewind a tape.
volume control
erase button
Button that erases recorded messages.
stop button
Button that interrupts the playback of the cassette.
on/play button
Button used to play back the cassette.
microphone
Device that converts electric pulses into broadcast or recorded sounds.
outgoing announcement cassette
Cassette containing the greeting for callers.
cassette
fast-forward button
Control key used to fast-forward a tape.
listen button
Device that activates the rewind and automatic playback of the message cassette.
auto-answer indicator
power-on light
Signal light indicating that the answering machine is on.
calls indicator
Signal light indicating that one or more messages have been received.
incoming message cassette
Cassettes on which callers’ messages are recorded.
cassette