Voxophone



"What's a Voxophone?"

- Booker DeWitt, demonstrating a Voxophone

Voxophones are personal, portable voice recording devices used by the inhabitants of Columbia. In-game, there are a total of 80 Voxophones to collect. Obtaining them all yields the "Eavesdropper" Achievement/Trophy.

Welcome Center/Raffle Square

 * 1) Lady Comstock - Love the Sinner - Church of Comstock
 * 2) Zachary Hale Comstock - Undeserving - Hudson's Clothing Boutique
 * 3) Zachary Hale Comstock - Everyman, All at Once - Chas. A. White Supply
 * 4) Constance Field - For I am Lonely, Too - Path of the Scroll
 * 5) Jeremiah Fink - Solution to Your Problems - Raffle Square

Comstock Center Rooftops

 * 1) Ed Gaines - Half a Jew - The Blue Ribbon Restaurant
 * 2) Byron Cotswold - Otis' Nimble Fingers - Lansdowne Residence
 * 3) Preston E. Downs - A New Hunt - Constitution Square
 * 4) Zachary Hale Comstock - The Gift of the Emancipator - Fraternal Order of the Raven
 * 5) Zachary Hale Comstock - The Lie of the Emancipator - Fraternal Order of the Raven
 * 6) First Zealot - Symbols of Our Lady - Fraternal Order of the Raven

Monument Island

 * 1) Zachary Hale Comstock - Another Ark for Another Time - Gondola to Monument Island
 * 2) Ty Bradley - Tiger by the Tail - Monument Tower
 * 3) Ty Bradley - To: R. Thompson Re: Fuses - Monument Tower
 * 4) Zachary Hale Comstock - A Reward, Deferred - Monument Tower
 * 5) Rosalind Lutece - The Source of Her Power - Specimen Observation

Battleship Bay

 * 1) Ed Gaines - Born in the River - Battleship Bay
 * 2) Daisy Fitzroy - Heaven - The Arcade
 * 3) Zachary Hale Comstock - A Dog's Loyalty - The Arcade
 * 4) Esther Mailer - Take Her Alive - Park Ticketing
 * 5) Zachary Hale Comstock - The Golden Path to Heaven - Park Ticketing

Soldier's Field

 * 1) Daisy Fitzroy - A Place in the World - Soldier's Field Welcome Center
 * 2) Zachary Hale Comstock - I am His Mirror - Soldier's Field
 * 3) Rosalind Lutece - Viewing the Infinite - Soldier's Field

Hall of Heroes

 * 1) Cornelius Slate - Never Seen the Face - Patriot's Pavilion
 * 2) Vivian Monroe - A True Soldier - Patriot's Pavilion
 * 3) Leander Manley - Vox Contraband Inventory - The Fellow Traveller
 * 4) Daisy Fitzroy - Their Sun is Setting - The Fellow Traveller
 * 5) Cornelius Slate - A Final Stand - Hall of Heroes Plaza
 * 6) Cornelius Slate - Comrades of Necessity - The Hall of Heroes
 * 7) Lady Comstock - Unconditional - First Lady's Memorial
 * 8) Cornelius Slate - A Soldier's Death - The Courtyard
 * 9) Preston E. Downs - Calling You Out - Hotel Soldiers Field

Finkton Docks

 * 1) Hattie Gerst - God's Blueprint - Beggar's Wharf
 * 2) Vivian Monroe - Shame of My Service - Fort Franklin
 * 3) Jeremiah Fink - A Product Like Any Other - Worker Induction Center
 * 4) Cornelius Slate - Seed of a Lie - Worker Induction Center

Finkton Proper

 * 1) Daisy Fitzroy - The Invisible Color - Plaza of Zeal
 * 2) Daisy Fitzroy - We've Need of a Shepherd - The Gunsmith Shop
 * 3) Jeremiah Fink - Changing My Tune - The Good Time Club
 * 4) Zachary Hale Comstock - His Design for Cruelty - The Good Time Club
 * 5) Vivian Monroe - A Truer Allegiance - Clock Shop

Shantytown

 * 1) Daisy Fitzroy - Fanning a Flame - The Graveyard Shift
 * 2) Preston E. Downs - Trapped - The Bull Yard
 * 3) Daisy Fitzroy - Terminated - The Bull House
 * 4) Wilbur Sykes - That Goddamn Key - The Bull House
 * 5) Daisy Fitzroy - Kindling - The Bull House
 * 6) Hattie Gerst - That Eternal Shore - Shantytown
 * 7) Booker DeWitt - Drawing Dead - The Graveyard Shift

The Factory

 * 1) Booker DeWitt - All Debts Paid - Gun Shop
 * 2) Jeremiah Fink - A Child Needs a Protector - Office of Jeremiah Fink
 * 3) Booker DeWitt - Apology - Office of Jeremiah Fink

Emporia

 * 1) Preston E. Downs - Coming for Comstock - Port Prosperity
 * 2) Rosalind Lutece - Whispers Through the Walls - Grand Central Depot
 * 3) Rosalind Lutece - A Window - Founders Bookstore
 * 4) Ronald Frank - Sally! - Founders Bookstore
 * 5) Rosalind Lutece - One and the Same - The Salty Oyster

Downtown Emporia

 * 1) Rosalind Lutece - A City, Suspended - Financial District
 * 2) Lady Comstock - Beyond Redemption - Emporia Towers
 * 3) Jeremiah Fink - Out of the Thin Air - Magical Melodies
 * 4) Zachary Hale Comstock - The True Color of My Skin - Art Gallery
 * 5) Constance Field - Pen Pal - Victory Square
 * 6) Rosalind Lutece - Child of Science - Lutece Labs
 * 7) Rosalind Lutece - On the Entropy of Genes - Lutece Labs
 * 8) Rosalind Lutece - A Theory on Our "Death" - Lutece Labs
 * 9) Lady Comstock - The Imagination of God - Bank of the Prophet
 * 10) Zachary Hale Comstock - A Broken Circle - Bank of the Prophet
 * 11) Lady Comstock - No Longer - Bank of the Prophet
 * 12) Rupert Cunningham - The Customer is Late - Cunningham Studios

Comstock House

 * 1) Elizabeth - A Leash - Comstock House
 * 2) Elizabeth - The Value of Choice - Where We Weep
 * 3) Elizabeth - Debts - Where We Work
 * 4) Elizabeth - A Last Chance - Where We Learn
 * 5) Elizabeth - Smothered in the Crib - Warden's Office
 * 6) Elizabeth - Ending It - Warden's Office
 * 7) Harrison Powell - Pavlov's Bell - Operating Theater

Hand of the Prophet

 * 1) Rosalind Lutece - An Ultimatum - Comstock House Roof
 * 2) Rosalind Lutece - What's Done is Done - The Hand of the Prophet
 * 3) Rosalind Lutece - The Prophet is Dying - The Hand of the Prophet
 * 4) Zachary Hale Comstock - The Mirror of Sin - The Hand of the Prophet

Unused Voxophones

 * 1) Jimmy Jampot - 1) GOOD GENES RANT - The Little Red Bottle

Clash in the Clouds

 * 1) Rosalind Lutece - A Better Father - Lutece Labs
 * 2) Rosalind Lutece - No Cell Will Hold Them - Lutece Labs
 * 3) Rosalind Lutece - Playing Prophet - Lutece Labs
 * 4) Rosalind Lutece - The Constrancy of Music - Lutece Labs
 * 5) Rosalind Lutece - Unde Vigores? - Lutece Labs

Behind the Scenes

 * Vox is Latin for "Voice" (the same way that Vox Populi is Latin for "Voice of the People"), appropriate for these voice-recording devices.
 * Also, phone comes from the Greek φωνή (phone), meaning "Voice". Therefore, "Voxophone" literally translates as "VoiceVoice".
 * The Voxophones are analogues of the audio diary from BioShock and BioShock 2. As opposed to previous games, it is never needed to find a specific recording in order to complete an objective.
 * Unlike audio diaries, which can be found inside safes, desks or on corpses, Voxophones are not found in containers, but instead sit on top of tables and barrels. While usually found in the open, they may be concealed, such as being in the arms of a deceased Handyman or under a wine rack.
 * At the Raffle Fair, Booker can test a Voxophone used for demonstration purpose. This is the first time a character can be seen using a recording device in the BioShock series.