Talking clocks (Topical Term)

Work cat.: McKinley, Mark B. Tick tock talk, 2010: CIP t.p. (talking clocks) galley (in 1878 inventor Frank Lambert applied Edison's vision of a new talking/sound machine toward the development of an experimental talking clock; one of earliest speaking clock machines was introduced to Paris in 1933; Mattel Corporation created the Mattel-a-Time Talking Clock in 1968; a variety of talking clocks by several manufacturers soon followed)

Academic search, Sept. 23, 2010 (talking clock; talking travel clock; Britain's telephone talking clock)

OED online, Sept. 23, 2010 (Speaking, ppl. a. 4: speaking clock, a telephone service giving the correct time in words; cf. talking clock)

Old and sold website, Sept. 23, 2010 (under Encycl. of antiques/talking clock: talk which 'speaks' the time)

A&AT, Sept. 23, 2010; Web. 3