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GetVocal inc. is a communications incubator company focused on developing and marketing next generation communication technologies and platforms. Current startups include:
Twelephone (http://twelephone.com) - Twelephone is bringing realtime voice, video, instant messaging, and presence to Twitter using HTML5 WebRTC (real time
communications) technology and Node.JS.
Surf-by-Tel (http://surfbytel.com) - This technology transcodes HTML Web pages and RSS feeds to VoiceXML and visa versa to deliver speech recognition and text-to-speech technology to enable callers to surf the web using any telephone and their voice! This technology is perfect for mobile professionals and the visually impaired. Surf-by-Tel also supports MP3 files to allow your callers to listen to podcasts and music over the telephone or VoIP connection - even live streaming events!
Startups sold to date:
Teleku (http://teleku.com) - Cloud communications platform and API (similar to Twilio and Tropo) sold to Voxeo
- http://techcrunch.com/2010/03/29/teleku-takes-on-twilio-helps-developers-integrate-telephony-services-into-web-apps/
- http://gigaom.com/2010/08/11/voxeo-tropo-teleku/
Nodester (http://nodester.com) - Opensource Node.JS Platform-as-a-Service (similar to Nodejitsu, Heroku, and AppFog) sold to AppFog
- http://mashable.com/2011/01/18/node-fu/
- http://techcrunch.com/2012/08/28/appfog-acquires-nodester-as-two-platform-as-a-service-providers-become-one/
