How many people listened to audiobooks (or anything non-music) on cassette tape? On a Walkman? (lemmy.ca)

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[-] NoIWontPickAName@kbin.earth 4 points 7 months ago

We had a little robot that would tell you stories and you got to pick the adventure by pressing buttons

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I had a Teddy Ruxpin that was like that. I still have the regular Teddy Ruxpin, and some of the story tapes; but not the original tape player.

My mom had also gotten my siblings and I some kind of edutainment set of cassettes that had, like, skits and such like an episode of Sesame Street all about learning various things. I forgot what the heck they were called though. They were super popular in the 80's/early 90's and predated Hooked on Phonics.

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