PowerNet Global and SpinVox Team-up to Provide VoIP to Vote
PowerNet Global Communications, an integrated communications provider, announced today that is has partnered with SpinVox, the global leader in Voice-to-Screen messaging, to allow voice messages to be converted to text during today’s multi-state primary, dubbed Super Duper Tuesday.
“Our VoIP network combined with our managed services experience essentially provides a bridge between the public switched telephone network and SpinVox’s Voice-to-Text service. The 800 number provides a free way for customers to speak their political viewpoints and have them read on WNYC radio,” stated Mike Shaw, Principal Strategist at PowerNet Global.
The special coverage will be hosted by WNYC Radio, the largest American public radio station, based in New York, to enable greater listener interactivity during the station’s ongoing coverage of the multi-state primary.
WNYC Radio will use SpinVox to communicate directly with voters in the Super Duper Tuesday states. Voters will be encouraged to contribute thoughts, comments and observations by speaking messages to a special phone number set up for them by PowerNet Global. Those messages will be converted into text by SpinVox and will dynamically become a part of the coverage in real time as presenters John Hockenberry and Adaora Udoji report on voter sentiments and read select text on-air.
About PowerNet Global
Founded in 1992, integrated communications provider PowerNet Global (http://www.powernetglobal.com) works with many of the country’s top communications agents and affinity groups to offer a wide range of integrated voice, data, and Internet solutions nationwide to residential and commercial customers. Leveraging its reputation in the industry with strong carrier partnerships, PowerNet Global offers tremendous opportunities for carriers, resellers, agents, and affinity groups. The company is headquartered in Cincinnati and has an office in Jamestown, New York. PowerNet Global has achieved consistent growth-throughout the telecom industry downturn-by developing and marketing an expanding array of competitive products, and maintaining a clear focus on delivering unrivaled customer support.
About SpinVox
SpinVox® brought together the two most popular methods of communication - voice and text - and created a new category of messaging called Voice-to-Screen™. Its award-winning service is now making everyday communication simpler and more powerful, creating new recurring revenues for wireless, landline, cable and VOIP carriers as well as service providers and web partners. SpinVox has already launched its service with Alltel, Cincinnati Bell, Rogers Wireless, Sasktel, Telstra, Vodacom South Africa and LiveJournal and announced deals with Vodafone Spain and Skype. As a managed service provider any network or service can rapidly and cost-effectively implement SpinVox.
At the heart of SpinVox is its Voice Message Conversion System™ (VMCS), which works by combining state-of-the-art speech technologies with a live-learning language process. VMCS is being rolled-out across four continents in four languages - English, French, Spanish and German.