Charlie Engle to Use SpinVox for Sharing Experiences with Fans

Charlie Engle, one of the best ultra-distance marathon runners in the world, today will use SpinVox’s (News - Alert) service to tell his story as he runs across America.

 

The world class athlete who began his attempt to break the record for fastest run from San Francisco to New York on September 13, 2008, aims to cover 3,200 miles within 45 days, averaging more than 70 miles per day.

 

SpinVox service can automatically convert voice into text, enabling Charlie to conveniently update his blogs, Twitter status, and social networks 'on the run' just by speaking into his mobile phone. According to SpinVox, these outlets will include http://www.runningamerica08.com, http://www.inspiredsoles.com, and many more.

 

Engle finds SpinVox to be the perfect solution for the times when he wants to share a thought or experience while it’s happening without having to jeopardize his momentum. With SpinVox, he enjoys the freedom to 'tell it as it is' and be in tune with his fans, simply by using the power of his own voice.

 

“I really need SpinVox to share my story with the world in the moment as it unfolds,” said Engle who has to keep his eyes on the ground in front of him while running and needs to spend most of each and every day actually running. He realizes that it's just not safe or practical to do it any other way and thus decided to use SpinVox.

 

SpinVox said that their services will allow anyone in the world at anytime during the run to track Engle’s progress; send him words of encouragement via voice messages that are     converted to text and sent to him via SMS; blog live with him; and do many other interesting things.

 

Christina Domecq (News - Alert), SpinVox co-founder and CEO, indicated that their company is very proud that Engle is making SpinVox such a big part of this historic run. SpinVox’s voice-to-content service is helping all kinds of mobile users harness the power of speech and Domecq is anticipating that in a few days, Charlie will show the world just how powerful their voices can be.

 

The film,” Running America” will document Engle's run and is scheduled for release in theaters by NEHST Studios in 2009.

 

Engle successfully completed a 4,500-mile run for 111 consecutive days across the Sahara Desert in Africa in 2007. This run was chronicled in the documentary,” Running the Sahara,” which will open in theaters this fall.