Voicebeep

Voicebeep explained. Erik’s stick figures are explaining...

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 10:00:00 -0800

Voicebeep explained.

Erik’s stick figures are explaining Voicebeep. Enjoy!

Say hello to Voicebeep on the iPhone

Sat, 20 Dec 2008 14:25:00 -0800

Wow, we are super excited about bringing you the Voicebeep iPhone application.

The iPhone app is not available yet from the App Store, but it is available for a small number of beta testers. If you would like to send voicebeeps on-the-go and be one of our beta testers, send your iPhone UDID and contact info to sayhello@voicebeep.com.

If you do not have your UDID handy, there is an App called UDID available here that helps you easily send the UDID to an email address.

No-text Law Goes Into Effect January 1, 2009

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:55:29 -0800

Starting January 1, 2009 a new law will go into effect where writing, sending, or reading a text-based communication while driving will be against the law for all drivers in California.

Violating this law is punishable by a base fine of $20 for a first offense and $50 for each subsequent offense. With the addition of penalty assessments, fines can be more than triple the base fine amount. DMV CA Notice

Ready to Voicebeep?

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:03:00 -0800

We are looking for more beta testers! To participate, send a voicebeep to sayhello@voicebeep.com. We will add you immediately and you can start sending voicebeeps to anyone.

Just say hello to us, or tell us:

1. If you could, which super power you would pick and why?

2. Who you wish to talk to more often?

3. Who you used to talked to all the time and since have lost contact with?

4. Ask us anything.

Swift beeps

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 03:14:00 -0800

You may have noticed that the length of a voicebeep is now 21 seconds.

We are using voicebeeps on a daily basis and we love the swift beeps. When you try to be concise, 21 seconds can be a little eternity: 21 seconds is about 50 words (most people talk at about 150 words per minute), it is the average length of an email and about twice as long as a twitter post. It is sufficient time to sketch an idea, but short enough to not be draggy. And with a 21 second voicebeep you can share your brilliant idea with all your friends or co-workers.

We also have a “21+” extra time button. It gives you 3 full minutes to explain an idea, or to get something off your chest.

Here’s something you might like using voicebeeps...

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:44:00 -0800

Here’s something you might like using voicebeeps for…inviting friends over for a party. We’re looking forward to doing this sometime…hopefully soon. ;)

Rooms

Sun, 14 Dec 2008 20:50:00 -0800

Were you smiling the last time you listened to a voicebeep? Do you wish there would be an easier way to play an earlier message from that person? We just introduced rooms: click the link in the menu bar and it opens a list of people you have been having conversations with. When you enter the room, the person’s messages will play automatically.

Patent Pending

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 02:45:00 -0800

We are excited about Voicebeep and the times to come. For the last few months, we have been pondering on where to take personal voice communication next: how to best connect you, your ideas and your life with others in a fun and easy way. A few days ago, we put the final touches on our provisional patent and look forward to bringing all the cool features to a voicebeep near you.

So please stay tuned…we are working hard to teach our servers new tricks.

Emails are boring.

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 01:22:00 -0800

Express yourself anytime in ways that only your voice can make real. Send voice messages to anyone with an email address, at voicebeep.com.

We wanted a better way to share stories, plan events, exchange ideas and simply keep in touch with the people in our lives. With hectic schedules, emails are nice…they can be sent late at night or between work sessions. But emails take time to write and can be impersonal. We wanted a solution that was both convenient and more fun. The answer, we realized, had been whispering in our ears all along from behind the prison bars of answering machines, voice prompts and area codes: voice messages.

Since we prefer solutions that make life easier (and we guess you do too), our website doesn’t require you to register or remember any passwords. At voicebeep.com, it’s just you, your voice, and your people.

In the past, a voice message was something that only happened after an attempt to speak to someone failed. No product provided a universally accessible way to send voice messages to anyone at anytime…until now.

We are proud to liberate the voice message by giving you Voicebeep.

-The Voicebeep Team

What is Voicebeep?

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 01:20:00 -0800

Voicebeep is a web application to send voice messages to anyone. All you need is an email address, a microphone and an internet connection. Recipients are notified by email when they receive a voice message and can listen to it on the internet.

Voicebeep combines the personal touch of your voice with the ease and flexibility of email.

Mink Labs

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800

At Mink Labs we are passionate about finding and solving interesting problems. We are a small team of collaborators spread across the United States but have established our Mink Labs headquarters in beautiful Pasadena, California.

Voicebeep is a product of Mink Labs.

You can reach us at:

Mink Labs LLC

530 S Lake Ave #302, Pasadena, CA 91101

and via email at minklabs@gmail.com

People

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800

These are some of the people who bring you Voicebeep and Captain’s Blog.

Jason Yosinski

Lead developer and chief architect of voicebeep.com, Jason has been relentlessly working around the clock to offer you voicebeep.com. In his spare time, Jason has built engines, bridges, houses and autonomic cars. We are looking forward to what his next creation will look like.

Erik Dreyer

Something began to stir within Erik a year ago. He started to realize that the internet could provide benefits still hidden… and that he wanted to help uncover them. With a laptop and sleeping bag in hand, he returned to Pasadena to be near his seasoned software developer and start-up friends.

Arjun Bansal

Arjun is a grad student at Brown where he ponders over what it is like to be a Mink. He likes chatting about mobile software once in a while.

Ryan Witt

Ryan is the wearer of many hats and the owner of a furry cat.

Kris Kowal

Kris is a web application developer who deigns occasionally
to be an artist, musician, linguist, or wizard. Kris has leant his
efforts to Arstechnica, Apple, FastSoft, Bowmaster,
Chiron, ServerJS, Narwhal, Django, and Voicebeep,
and his heart belongs to the Tale project. Kris writes the Ask a
Wizard blog.