Many claim the answering machine was invented by William Muller in 1935, but it may already have been created in 1931 by William Schergens whose device used phonographic cylinders. Ludwig Blattner promoted a telephone answering machine in 1929 based on his Blattnerphone magnetic recording technology.

When was the first answering machine invented?

Willy Müller invented the first automatic answering machine in 1935. This answering machine was a three-foot-tall machine popular with Orthodox Jews who were forbidden to answer the phone on the Sabbath.

Who invented the digital answering machine in 1991?

3. 1991: THE DIGITAL ANSWERING MACHINE The digital answering machine was launched In 1991. Dr. Kazuo Hashimoto of Japan was invented the digital answering machine in 1983, but it wasn't until 1991 that they were commercially produced and available all over the US.