VTech was founded in 1976 by Hong Kong's Allan Wong, an electrical engineer with a master's degree from the University of Wisconsin who had worked as a design engineer for NCR in Hong Kong.

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As an experienced electrical engineer, I appreciate the attention to detail in the design of the Volt, and its quality of construction.

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