Comments on: Fonolo - Phone 2.0 http://enterprise2blog.com/2008/12/fonolo-phone-20/ Enterprise 2.0 Blog Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:42:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Venkat http://enterprise2blog.com/2008/12/fonolo-phone-20/comment-page-1/#comment-1878 Venkat Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:09:56 +0000 http://enterprise2blog.com/2008/12/fonolo-phone-20/#comment-1878 Thanks Irwin, very interesting. I've thought on and off over the last several years that the great power of voice UIs is limited by the fact that voice decision-making trees must be traversed at worm's-eye view level, with sequential access protocols. This is a great idea, and I think it is premature to think about business models yet. I think these guys should develop a few more variants on this basic idea and keep innovating. Somewhere in here is a very powerful concept that could radically change the UI industry. I'd like to see if these guys can come up with solutions to the reverse challenges: using voice to efficiently traverse a visual UI, with or without visual feedback. Venkat Thanks Irwin, very interesting. I’ve thought on and off over the last several years that the great power of voice UIs is limited by the fact that voice decision-making trees must be traversed at worm’s-eye view level, with sequential access protocols.

This is a great idea, and I think it is premature to think about business models yet. I think these guys should develop a few more variants on this basic idea and keep innovating. Somewhere in here is a very powerful concept that could radically change the UI industry. I’d like to see if these guys can come up with solutions to the reverse challenges: using voice to efficiently traverse a visual UI, with or without visual feedback.

Venkat

]]> By: Shai Berger http://enterprise2blog.com/2008/12/fonolo-phone-20/comment-page-1/#comment-1875 Shai Berger Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:52:58 +0000 http://enterprise2blog.com/2008/12/fonolo-phone-20/#comment-1875 Irwin, Thanks for the post! The comparison with GrandCentral has come up before. I like to think of GC as a tool for managing your inbound calls (which callers get routed to which of your phones at what time of day), while Fonolo is about making your outbound calls smarter. Regarding business model, I agree with most of your thoughts. We'll have some exciting announcements in Q1. Stay tuned! - Shai Fonolo CEO Irwin,

Thanks for the post!

The comparison with GrandCentral has come up before. I like to think of GC as a tool for managing your inbound calls (which callers get routed to which of your phones at what time of day), while Fonolo is about making your outbound calls smarter.

Regarding business model, I agree with most of your thoughts. We’ll have some exciting announcements in Q1. Stay tuned!

- Shai

Fonolo CEO

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