Talking tape

Talking tape (also known as talkie tapes, talking strips) is a plastic groove medium used to store 1-3 seconds of audio that resembles zip ties. One side of each plastic tape has a series of ridges, The recording device recreates sound by running a fingernail over the grooved tapes while one end of the tape is held into an amplifier such as a greeting card, balloon, foam cup, or desk. works on similar principles to gramophone records, using grooves to store sound, but is linear. There is no way to easily record sound in the format without special machinery, as they are pre-moulded. Each strip can be played back many times.

only enough to store a short sentence

current utilization is in novelty devices such as Talking Greeting Cards and Talking Action Figures.