Kirusa, which develops mobile value added services, has announced the launch of its Call-n-Tweet service. Call-n-Tweet enables Twitter users in the US to send Voice Tweets (short audio snippets) to update their Twitter status.
According to Kirusa, Call-n-Tweet holds various benefits for the Twitter User community over a text tweet, namely, that it is easier and faster to tweet using voice; users can safely voice tweet hands free, even while driving; audio works better than simple text as your voice can convey your emotions; and sending an audio message is a richer medium. Additionally, users are not restricted to the 140-characters message length.
“Call-n-Tweet is an exciting service that continues the Kirusa tradition of bringing innovative user friendly value added services to the market place,” says Kirusa CEO, Inderpal Singh Mumick. “The popularity of Twitter is tremendous and, until now, there really wasn’t an efficient way to tweet using your voice from the mobile phone. Call-n-Tweet allows any mobile user to just speak and update their status on Twitter, providing a safe and convenient alternative to texting. We plan to leverage our existing Kirusa deployments and operator relationships worldwide to bring the Call-n-Tweet user experience to other countries as well.”
To get started, a user signs up at callntweet.com. During sign up, the user is asked to authorize Call-n-Tweet to connect to their Twitter account, and provide the phone number from which they will Call-n-Tweet. Subsequently, the user can use the Call-n-Tweet service anytime by calling +1 212-796-6975. Once the call is connected, the user can simply speak a tweet and hang up.
The user’s status on twitter.com is then automatically updated with a URL link to the voice tweet and all followers are notified by Twitter. A follower can click on the link to hear the voice tweet and comment on it. Users can also visit callntweet.com to search for interesting audio clips, and to rate and comment on them.
According to Kirusa, Call-n-Tweet holds various benefits for the Twitter User community over a text tweet, namely, that it is easier and faster to tweet using voice; users can safely voice tweet hands free, even while driving; audio works better than simple text as your voice can convey your emotions; and sending an audio message is a richer medium. Additionally, users are not restricted to the 140-characters message length.
“Call-n-Tweet is an exciting service that continues the Kirusa tradition of bringing innovative user friendly value added services to the market place,” says Kirusa CEO, Inderpal Singh Mumick. “The popularity of Twitter is tremendous and, until now, there really wasn’t an efficient way to tweet using your voice from the mobile phone. Call-n-Tweet allows any mobile user to just speak and update their status on Twitter, providing a safe and convenient alternative to texting. We plan to leverage our existing Kirusa deployments and operator relationships worldwide to bring the Call-n-Tweet user experience to other countries as well.”
To get started, a user signs up at callntweet.com. During sign up, the user is asked to authorize Call-n-Tweet to connect to their Twitter account, and provide the phone number from which they will Call-n-Tweet. Subsequently, the user can use the Call-n-Tweet service anytime by calling +1 212-796-6975. Once the call is connected, the user can simply speak a tweet and hang up.
The user’s status on twitter.com is then automatically updated with a URL link to the voice tweet and all followers are notified by Twitter. A follower can click on the link to hear the voice tweet and comment on it. Users can also visit callntweet.com to search for interesting audio clips, and to rate and comment on them.
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