However, as of Wednesday, anyone can hear what he sounded like.
New technology has brought a 128-year-old recording made by Bell back to life, according toSmithsonian magazine.
The artifact, a wax and cardboard disc, has most likely been unplayable for at least a century.
Not much is known about how the inventor and his associates actually played their recordings.
With six succinct words, he declares, “Hear my voice – Alexander Graham Bell.”
The recording is heard in this video:
