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O'Reilly Media and StrikeIron Telephony Mashup Contest Finalists

"Put your Voice App where your Mouth is"- Submit your telephony mashup today!

Congratulations to the Winners! The mashups submitted were extraordinary in their usage of APIs to solve every day business problems!


Finalists

Entry Name / Submitting Team Link / Description / APIs
WINNER!!
AfterHoursDoctorsOffice

Submitted by: Thomas Howe
http://howethomas.backpackit.com/
pub/975351

Transcribes voicemail into text and sends SMS to doctors
APIs: Amazon Mturk, StrikeIron Global SMS

2nd Place!
RoboCal

Submitted by: Ted Gilchrist of Botcast Network
http://www.robocal.com
Listen to your calendar + leave messages too
APIs: 30 Boxes, Google Calendar

3rd Place!
FishLign

Submitted by: Claire Umeda and
Dharmesh Desai of Lignup
http://voipdj.lignup.com/fishlign/
Click2Call and leave voicemails which are played from a webpage
APIs: StrikeIron Global SMS, LignUp TTS, Recording & Personalization

 

Honorable Mentions and Featured Mashups

** Honorable Mentions

Entry Name / Submitting Team Link / Description / APIs
Angel.com & Iotum PA
Submitted by: Amit & Sam of Angel.com
http://www.socialtext.net/ivrwiki/index.cgi?angel_iotum_personal_assistant
Personal assistant manages who gets through to you and who doesn't
APIs: Platform = Angel.com + Iotum

Botcast Buddy
Submitted by: Ted Gilchrist of Botcast Network
http://www.botcastbuddy.com
Botcast Buddy reads people's RSS feeds to them
APIs: Bloglines API, Amazon S3

Cisco Unified Application Environment
Submitted by: Seth Call of Cisco
TBD
App dips into Salesforce.com and finds resellers in the area
APIs: Google Maps, Salesforce.com

Flipmojo
Submitted by: Alex Gourley independent and
Jey Kottalam of Coral8
http://flipmojo.com
A way to schedule or request SMS and text-to-speech alerts to your phone
APIs: Google Calendar

GrandCentral
Submitted by: Craig Walker and
Vincent Paquet of Grand Central
http://www.grandcentral.com
Manage incoming call flows, customize user experience, view contacts on a map
APIs: Google Maps

Hungry Service
Submitted by: BT
http://treeho.us/phoneymashups/index.form;
jsessionid=381B7AD604AABAD8B71F3D2B7BE1D1ED

Send an sms to find restaurants offering special deals in your location, and then make reservations.
APIs: Web21C SDK, TopTable's RSS feed, and Yahoo Maps

iSpeakIt
Submitted by: Ahmed Bouzid and
Vadim Snitkovsky of Angel.com
http://www.ispeakit.com
Your portal for listening to RSS feeds of news, weather and data via web services
APIs: StrikeIron Weather, StrikeIron Currency Rates, NPR New

Live Visit
Submitted by: Martin Cadirola of Ecotronics and
Emmanuel Buu of IVèS
http://www.ives.fr/En/offre-televisite.php. Requires Kapanga software
Integrates wireless IP video with geolocation data and maps
APIs: IvèS’ server, Google Maps

Map4Phone **
Submitted by: Philippe Furlan of SearchQuest
http://map4phone.com
Displays extended “Caller ID” information on your PDA when you received a phone call
APIs: StrikeIron PHONEintel, Google Maps

PhoneTree
Submitted by: Monty Zukowski of Code Transformation Systems
TBD
Centrally-managed Phone Tree
APIs:

PhotoBlogLign
Submitted by: Claire Umeda and
Dharmesh Desai of LignUp/
LignUp Broadcast
http://voipdj.lignup.com/
PhotoSharing/PhotoBlogLign.aspx

Interactive photo sharing site where you leave voice messages on pictures and listen to them on the website
APIs: LignUp Recording, StrikeIron Global SMS, Amazon S3

RoboDicto
Submitted by: Ted Gilchrist of Botcast Network
http://www.robodicto.com
Users key in words and are served back full spoken definitions
APIs: Aonaware DictService

SitterSecure **
Submitted by: Roger Smith of SitterSecure
http://sittersecure.com
Helps parents find an available baby sitter via SMS
APIs: StrikeIron Global SMS

SMS GeoBlogging Service
Submitted by: BT
http://treeho.us/phoneymashups/index.form;
jsessionid=381B7AD604AABAD8B71F3D2B7BE1D1ED

Use sms to blog based on your location. Other users can then request posts based on their location or subscribe to Rss feeds. It also provides a way for users to enrich their blogs with Yahoo Pipes.
APIs: Web21C SDK and Yahoo Maps.

StealthMobile **
Submitted by: Benjamin Stein of Stealth Mobile
http://stealthmob.com/stealthmob/etel.jsp
Receive photos of items for sale on Craigslist on your mobile phone and call seller anonymously
APIs: Craigslist RSS, Mobile Email Messaging

StoreByPhone
Submitted by: Weiye Ma and
Penny Polasko of StoreByPhone
http://www.storebyphone.com
Phone-based store locator
APIs: NA

Traffic123 **
Submitted by: Lawrence Lee of Angel.com
http://traffic123-1.at.vwdhosting.net
An easy way to access traffic incident and weather information over the phone.
APIs: Yahoo Maps, Yahoo Weather, Yahoo Traffic

Translation Service
Submitted by: BT
http://treeho.us/phoneymashups/index.form;
jsessionid=381B7AD604AABAD8B71F3D2B7BE1D1ED

Send an sms to translate between English and Spanish (different combinations) and receive a call / sms (depending on which combination you use) with the translation.
APIs: Web21C SDK, BabelFish and a text-to-speech engine

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