When he discovered that in other parts of the world reverse-chargecalls were many times more expensive the business idea was born. If this happens,0800TXTMUM will ensure that the critical message will always get through so youknow they are safe or can take action." Pohutuhutu initially designed the service for his daughter after she had run outof credit on her mobile phone and used a reverse charge call to get in contactwith him. According to Poata Pohutuhutu, managing director of Perth, Australia, eSend PtyLtd, the company behind 0800TXTMUM: "The mobile phone has become an essentialtool for children to keep in touch with their parents. But the majority ofphones that kids use are pay-as-you-go and, as a parent, you fear that just atthe moment your kids really need to get hold of you - even if it`s just a changeof plan, never mind an emergency - that will be the moment they suddenly run outof credit, lose battery power or even can`t get a signal.
The service charges around $1 each time it is used which is billedto the designated parent`s mobile account. The service launches initially in New Zealand - - and willbe rolled out in Australia, UK, Canada, USA, France, Germany and Spain in thecoming months using SpinVox multiple-language conversion capability. The process is the same from a payphone or landline other than, in the case oflandlines, the child will additionally have to enter their parent`s designatedphone number. The reverse-charge SMS text service features SpinVox which enables 0800TXTMUM toautomatically convert to text voice messages left by kids that are then sent totheir parents as SMS messages.
It was developed using the SpinVox API (Application Programming Interface) whichleverages SpinVox VMCS, the world`s largest commercial speech platform and theworld`s first Cloud speech service, which already has over 30 million users andis growing fast. To initiate the service the parent simply goes to the 0800TXTMUM website toregister, then, should their child need to use the service, their son ordaughter simply dials 0800TXTMUM (0800 898 686) from their mobile phone or alandline and leaves a ten second voice message which will be automaticallyconverted to a SMS text message and sent to the parent`s designated number. NEW YORK & PERTH, Australia--(Business Wire)--An initiative designed to ensure that children are always able to contact theirparents by phone launches today. The service - 0800TXTMUM - works from mobilephones, payphones and landlines and enables children to get in contact withtheir parents should they run out of credit on their mobile phones, if theirbattery fails and there is no charger at hand or even when they are in an areawith no mobile signal. Middleberg CommunicationsJonathan Cohen, orREvolution ComputingLinda Heinig, 203-777-7442 Copyright Business Wire 2009. Children can now get through to their parents first time, every time, when theyhave run out of mobile credit, their battery fails or there is no signal. At REvolution Computing, "We do the math." The product names "RPro," "ParallelR," "REvolution R," and "REvolution REnterprise" are trademarks of REvolution Computing.
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