Which detail from “The Telephone: A Truer Tale” best supports the argument that Bell did not invent the first telephone? What’s more, the first words ever spoken over a wire could not possibly have been uttered by Alexander Graham Bell, because he was only two years old at the time. Bell was an expert in the field of elocution, or vocal speech. He was very skilled at teaching deaf students the challenging task of speaking aloud. Bell also dreamed of a world full of useful telephones, just as Meucci did. Bell had a wealthy father-in-law who was happy to invest in his dream.