To date, Vemail has allowed Verizon customers to have email send to their phone to be "read" to them and reciprocate by speaking emails that would be sent as an audio link to the recipient.
The technology has been expanded to allow what some are calling mobilecasting.
Dictating a podcast into a cell phone is called ``mobcasting.'' With this service, you launch the application, speak your podcast and then e-mail it to a Voice Genesis server that allows others to listen or even ``watch'' the podcast, which can be up to an hour long. By ``watch,'' I don't mean that you can use this for a video podcast (at least not yet), but there's an option that lets you select an avatar, a digital character whose lips will move in sequence with what you say.
I'm not sold that this actually fits the bill as "podcasting". My single criteria for determining what is a podcast and what is just a file on the web is the presence of an RSS feed that can used in conjunction with a podcatcher to fulfill the "cast" part of the deal. I'd need more information on the nuts and bolts of the process to make a determination.
From a value perspective, something like Gabcast seems to be a better solution. There are a variety of ways in which to call in and record a mobile cast (which means anyone can use it) and Gabcast offers an RSS feed.
I work for Voice Genesis and am happy to tell you that the Mobcasting Service does include an RSS feed. In fact, when you sign up for Vemail and enable mobcasting on our web site, a mobcasting home page is created for you that contains all the RRS info and easy subscription buttons.
More: http://www.voicegenesis.com/vemail/2blast-mobcasts.htm
Posted by: Anonymous | August 2, 2006 11:49 AM | Permalink to Comment