Thanks to everybody who dialed in for today’s Voice Mashup conference call, especially to Jim Courtney, Andy Abramson and of course, our host, Alec Saunders. We talked about what a mashup is, how we make money at them, why are they written and who (in general) really cares. If you didn’t happen to be one of the people in the audience, no big deal… you can listen to it over on Alec’s blog. Dan York’s experience wasn’t entirely positive, as his hand was raised and the teacher didn’t call on him, but I thought (on the whole) it worked out beautifully. On a personal note, I couldn’t help but feel the benefits of the whole “social networking” thing from the process of doing this call. There are many reasons I don’t often write on that topic, not least of which is that I’m pretty darn focused on mashups, but I found so many good points about this experience that I just had to share:
- On the message wall, Luca chimes in with his monetization insights for mashups, and Dean reminds me of our steak bet that Ooma is dead meet in twelve months.
- I can share it with you guys by linking to the podcast itself.
- I saw people who I added to my Facebook friends list by looking on the attendees to the call.
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Thanks for attending, it’s been a pleasure.
Side note: It seems links in the post above are not working.
Hi Thomas,
Given your focus on voice mashups of all sorts, I thought you might be interested in the recently-released myVox API. This is a web API designed to allow the voice-enabling applications and widgets. For example, the API could be used to add voice narration to slideshows, voice recordings to Google Maps, or voice memos to the iPhone. Details can be found here:
http://www.myvox.com
There are some similarities to the Evoca API; however, the business model is quite different: access to the myVox API is entirely free, with the line subsidized by in-call ads supplied by VoodooVox. Applications with sufficient call volume can actually make money from calls, through revenue sharing off ad revenue.
Lastly, there’s a $25K developer challenge currently running at myVox, similar to Voxbone’s recent $10K challenge.
If any of this is of interest to you, I can be contacted at nick@voodoovox.com, or 413-841-2399.
Best,
Nick Branstator
GM, VoodooLabs
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