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Tellme Developers Launch Consumer Voice Services for Skype
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Tellme Networks, Inc. today announced the availability of 7 new consumer voice applications built on Tellme for Skype. Consumers that call the applications will be using an entirely IP service, with Skype providing IP transport and Tellme providing the VoiceXML browser to reach the application. These new services are live on Tellme's network today and can be found by visiting the Skype Developer Zone at http://share.skype.com/directory/voice_services .
The new services were created by independent VoiceXML developers participating in the Skype Voice Services Program and built using Tellme Studio, Tellme's VoiceXML developer resource. The Voice Services Program allows any developer to build voice applications using Tellme Studio and then submit them to be published to the Skype community.
The first voice applications were created by developers around the globe, from California to India, and include:
-- SoundSlam which is based on the concept of slam poetry where anyone
can record a piece of music, a poem or any audio recording and the
community votes on how good it is.
-- World Time gives the current time for any country.
-- Numerology offers daily, monthly and yearly readings.
-- Ringfo gets you the best prices on products available on Amazon.com.
-- OmniScopes are daily new age well-being messages.
-- NotMyNumber places a call to get you out of situations when you need
an excuse to leave.
-- Body Mass Index calculates a caller's body mass index and gives
personalized health information based on their input.
"Combining Skype's massive audience with Tellme's robust and super-easy-to-use development platform is a stroke of pure genius! Thankfully, this powerful partnership is opening tremendous opportunities for creative entrepreneurial developers like us," said Michael Gurevich, VoiceXML developer and creator of OmniScopes.
"The partnership with Skype gives VoiceXML developers an audience to showcase their services. From a technology standpoint it's a step to fulfilling our vision of completely bridging Internet and telephony by having an IP voice application run on IP transport, creating a completely IP-powered call," said Rick Levenson, SVP of Service Delivery at Tellme.
These applications represent the first wave of services built using Tellme Studio to launch through the Skype Voice Services Program. New applications will continue to be rolled out. Developers interested in the program can find complete information by visiting Tellme's developer community, Tellme Studio: http://studio.tellme.com/ .
The applications will be free to callers through March 13, 2006, after which the voice applications will have nominal fees charged to a users' SkypeOut account, which are shared by the developer, Skype and Tellme.
About Tellme Networks, Inc.
Tellme operates the world's largest Internet application network for the phone handling billions of calls per year and used by more than 30 million people every month. Applications running on Tellme's network include customer service for Merrill Lynch, E*TRADE and American Airlines, directory assistance for Cingular and Verizon and e-commerce services for Amazon.com and Fandango. Headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., Tellme is pioneering a new era of Internet communications by simplifying how people use the phone to find people, businesses and information.
Tellme Networks, Inc.
CONTACT: Megan Dyer of Tellme Networks, +1-650-930-9247, ormegan@tellme.com
Web site: http://www.tellme.com/
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