New JVC radio to let listeners catch fast talk more clearly

TOKYO December 1, 2002; Japan Today reported that Victor Co of Japan (JVC) will put on the market in early December a radio that can slow down parts of broadcast speech so that older listeners and foreign-language students can more clearly catch each sentence, JVC officials said Saturday.

The device has been jointly developed by JVC and NHK Science & Technical Research Laboratories, and is expected to sell for around 35,000 yen, the officials said. (Kyodo News)