Portable audio players were one of the first inventions where people could travel with to listen to music, news and many other things. They helped in making things easier for people to carry it around and listen to them when working, exercising, or before sleeping. Though initially being high priced and mainly being available to reporters and tv personnel’s, the portable radio player later were low priced and more convenient for everyone to use. Phillips N.V. initially introduced this player to record speech.