Innovative and often free Internet enabled voices services. They aren’t a telephone replacement – but often something entirely different. They are examples of what happens when MacGyver meets VoIP. For 100 years we have answered our phones, now they can answer to us.
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Real time language translation
– say it in English and hear it in Mandarin.JAJAH.Babel has launched a simple service that puts
a translator on the other end of the phoneline. Developed in conjunction with IBM Research,
JAJAH.Babel lets you call a local number in China,
the US, the UK and Australia, speak a message in Chinese or English, and hear
a corresponding translation.You can
even carry on a conversation between two parties with each party speaking in
their own language.http://www.jajahbabel.com/
Give it a
try by calling +1.718.513.2969
Convert Voice to E-mail.Jott
converts your voice into emails, text messages, reminders, lists and
appointments. Talk to Jott : call(866)
JOTT-123/(866) 568-8123.And with Jott links, users can call Jott
and leave voice-to-text messages to a variety of social networking
applications from twitter, to Yahoo! groups, blogger.http://jott.com/default.aspx
Say what you want and get it. Call
1800-555-TELL Simply say what you want, and hear or see the results.Tellme combines
the passion of people, the innovation of the Internet, the potential of voice
technologies, the unprecedented transformation of the phone, plus a few new
ideas. More than 40 million people use Tellme every
month.
Voice activated Directory Assistance. Call
1-800-GOOG-411 from any phone.Google's new 411 service is free, fast and
easy to use.http://www.google.com/goog411/
Use your voice as a
memory tool.reQall* is a memory tool to integrate your memory
with your life, putting more of the things you need to know and remember into
one place. Pick up your cell phone, your home phone or any phone, anywhere.
Add new ideas to reQall or hear what you’ve added
before, wherever you added it.To sign
up, call 1-888-9-REQALL (1-888-973-7255) in the U.S. and Canada. Call
0800-692-8780 or 020-7147-5700 in the UK.http://www.reqall.com
Create a Podcast
with your phone.Gabcast.com is a
podcasting and audioblogging platform that offers
an easy way to create and distribute audio content. Most people will use a
touch-tone telephone to make their recordings but they also provide worldwide
access to the service through VoIP. Once you have made a recording and have
published it, a newsfeed is immediately and automatically updated to alert
subscribers to your channel.http://www.gabcast.com
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BlogTalkRadio.Create your own live talk show which can be heard around the world
without the need for fancy equipment or downloads. Freedom of speech meets
social networking.Millions of bloggers
now have an opportunity to interact with their audience in a live, real-time
manner.Participants dial into the
voice blog, or use their computer’s microphone.For the first time in history, anyone from
anywhere in the world - as long as they have access to a phone and internet
connection - can broadcast their voices internationally.http://www.blogtalkradio.com
Example:
Get directions with
your voice.Dial Directions is a
popular, free voice-activated phone service that is now available nationwide!
Anyone with a cell phone can just call, request Mapquest
directions to any location, and receive them by text message. That’s it…no
fancy phone, data plan or software download required. http://www.dialdirections.com/
Voice Enabled Task List. Dial2Do lets
you do common tasks by just calling a number and speaking. Use it to send
EMAIL or TEXT messages, record REMINDERS to help you remember things or even
post updates to your TWITTER or JAIKU stream. Use your favorite services just
by talking. It's easy and handsfree. Or integrate
it with VoIP service Jajah. http://www.dial2do.com/
Say hello to free directory assistance.Simply
dial 1-800-FREE411 and get the listing you need for free. It’s just like 411,
only better because it doesn’t cost anything. As America’s leading provider
of free directory assistance, we offer complete residential and business
listings. Who pays, you ask? Our advertisers do. And should you be interested
in one of their great offers, we’ll connect you free of charge. http://www.free411.com
inumbrß
Protect the privacy of your phone number.inumbr is an auto-expiring, FREE anonymous
phone number that forwards incoming call to your home or mobile phone.
Callers do not see your home or mobile numbers.http://www.inumbr.com/
Take a talking tour
of Washington, DC. The Talking Map is perfect for tourism and
hospitality. It allows your customers/visitors to use speech commands to
navigate landmarks and receive other useful information over the phone. The
Talking Map can be used to give a virtual tour of a city, theme park,
historical area, campus or even a large event. Since visitors have ready
access to the phone while they are at your location, they can easily get the
information they need when they want it. Dial the number below and listen to
the initial prompt to take a talking tour of Washington, DC.This is just one of many examples of what angel.com’svoive engine can
enable. http://www.angel.com/solutions/inbound-demos.jsp
Talking map.Dial 877-798-6814
Voice
activated children’s games
Voice
activated children’s games.
Five voice activated children’s games on BeVocal like counting caterpillars and adding
apples.They are robust, easy to use,
and complete. Teaches, then tests. Dial 1-877-338-6225; enter PIN 2783
followed by ID 6395089.http://avios.org/contest/?page_id=11
Get a free
Washington state phone number and receive free calls to your Internet phone.
Once you have a SIP address, register that number at IpKall,
and you will be assigned a local number in Washington State. Give out your
Washington state number to friends, family, business associates, and others
around the world and it will connect to your SIP account. http://www.ipkall.com/
Jajah voice activated concierge.Call your personal local access number
from any phone - it's always a local call.Say the name of the person you wish to call. JAJAH.Concierge
will connect you instantly. Nothing to download. No installations. Works from
any phone.http://www.jajahconcierge.com/
Drop your voice
into a web space.Drop.io is a simple
way to share files and voice online. Simply set up a private space to drop
any files by phone, email, web, widget or fax and then share them with
whoever you want via a variety of outputs.Leave message on your “drop” by dialing a number to leave a
message.http://drop.io/
Add voice message to e-mail, web
pages and Facebook … from any phone.Just dial a toll free number, punch in an ID code, and talk.Add a personal touch to e-mail – and
get the tone exactly right.Send an
audio e-mail to a pre-determined group of friends from your cell phone.Leave a message for all your friends on Facebook.Add
audio commentary to photos on your Web site. Add a voice message
to your web site, and change it every day no matter where you are.Create your own one-of-a-kind Ecards – with audio – using the pictures on your
computer. http://www.uhaveaudio.com/
Talking photos. Record your voice (using either a
microphone or a phone) to go with your photo.Give it an audio caption, sing a song, or tell a story. http://www.snapvine.com/voicedrop
Create your own crazy
ringtone.Razz Tones are ringtones that you
build from the ground up. You select the theme, background music, and record
your own voice (either by microphone or by dialing a number) to make a
completely unique ringtone. Send it to your own phone and then share it with
your friends.http://www.razz.com/mixer/recorder.php
Map Voice Mashup
-- Instantly Know Everything About Anywhere. A Voice Map is a Google Map, but with
voice added! Create a map, add pushpins to important places, then record yourself talking about each pushpin. Then save
your map for others to see (and hear!). Connects your location to the voices
of a global community of artists, historians, comedians, musicians and
more.Captures information about any
location on the planet as audio.Through community generated content, users can add stories, historic
viewpoints, neighborhood minutia, etc.http://www2.myvox.com/developers/gallery_detail.asp?chID=19
Add a marker, drag it to a location, and call in the audio.
Or embed:
Send a greeting card with your
voice.Choose and image, add some text, dial
the number provided to record your voice, and send the card.http://voxcards.myvox.com/
Add a voiceover to your
slideshow.http://api.myvox.com/demo/slideshow/
A new way to create and share
original music together.Rapper Ludacris
recently launched a community-driven website called WeMix,
allowing users to upload tracks, beats and riffs for feedback or
collaboration. You sign up, create your page, upload
your original songs, beats, vocals, riffs, via your telephone and more. As a
member you can collaborate on songs, offer feedback, and share ideas for new
music with others.888-LUDAMIX
(888-583-2649)http://www.wemix.com
Audio Interviewing Tool.Record your over-the-phone interviews using Journavoice.
Journavoice creates permanent audio file archives
of your interviews, along with textual notes you leave during the interview.
After you are done, you can pick any note to fast-forward to that particular
part of the interview audio. http://alpha.journavoice.com/session/new
Portable voicemail for your web.VoiceMeMe enables you to have a personal
voicemail box foryour web
site, classfieds, blog, social network profile. Let people say what they really want to SAY to you
with their voice, not by typing.Click
and call the number provided.http://www.voicememe.com/
Talk to your favorite stars.Get voice and text messages from your favorite stars.Leave a message for your favorite
star.When they send a new message you’ll
be alerted through a text message, phone ring, or email. Some of our stars
even call their fans back! If your are star, you can
keep in touch with your fans more effectively. For example, call Alicia Keys
at (917) 934-3319.http://www.saynow.com/
Add Your Voice to Your Website for
that Personal Touch.With Voice2Page Audio adding your voice to
your website is as easy as picking up the phone! Add your personal touch to
any website, like the examples above or nearly any of your websites, blogs,
auctions, or Internet presentations.How it
works! Simply RecordByPhone. Use any phone to
record your voice message and your audio is automatically converted and
compressed into a playable mp3 file. Your voice is hosted on our servers,
then played back "on-demand" to your website. It's that easy!http://audio.voice2page.com/
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