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Dictaphone

American producer of dictation machines

Dictaphone was an American company that produced dictation machines; its roots go back to Alexander Graham Bell's Volta Laboratory. It is now a division of Nuance Communications, based in Burlington, Massachusetts.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1923Founded1

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Blind stenographer from the Overbrook School for the Blind using a dictaphone
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Dictaphone was an American company that produced dictation machines; its roots go back to Alexander Graham Bell's Volta Laboratory. It is now a division of Nuance Communications, based in Burlington, Massachusetts.2

Corporate structure

Dictaphone is part of a group headed by Microsoft. 192 entities, 29 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 of annual reports filed with the SEC; subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

Founded by Alexander Graham Bell in 1923.1

Leadership

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Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1923Founded Founded1

Sources

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