Talko

#1

Post by frankus » Tue, Sep 23, 2014, 4:22 AM UTC

Talko
talko.com

Re: Talko

#2

Post by georgemcbay » Tue, Sep 23, 2014, 4:33 AM UTC

Awesome, a smartphone app that allows me to communicate with people via voice. This might be exactly the killer app that mobile phones have been waiting for.

Re: Talko

#3

Post by roskilli » Tue, Sep 23, 2014, 4:35 AM UTC

I love it "Available for iPhone. More platforms coming."

I really think he hit the nail on the head with his memo when leaving MSFT...

Re: Talko

#4

Post by hawkice » Tue, Sep 23, 2014, 4:40 AM UTC

georgemcbay wrote: post #2

Awesome, a smartphone app that allows me to communicate with people via voice. This might be exactly the killer app that mobile phones have been waiting for.

Killer feature request: a dual-streaming mode where I can talk and hear a friend talk at the same time.

The future is gonna be AWESOME.

Re: Talko

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Post by artbikes » Tue, Sep 23, 2014, 4:52 AM UTC

Talkomatic was the world's first multi-user chat application. It was hosted on the PLATO system where Ray Ozzie once worked. There is a online version created by the original authors at:

http://talko.cc/

Re: Talko

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Post by tdicola » Tue, Sep 23, 2014, 4:58 AM UTC

georgemcbay wrote: post #2

Awesome, a smartphone app that allows me to communicate with people via voice. This might be exactly the killer app that mobile phones have been waiting for.

Can we add some way to send short text messages too?

Re: Talko

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Post by jsmeaton » Tue, Sep 23, 2014, 5:02 AM UTC

hawkice wrote: post #4

georgemcbay wrote: post #2

Awesome, a smartphone app that allows me to communicate with people via voice. This might be exactly the killer app that mobile phones have been waiting for.

Killer feature request: a dual-streaming mode where I can talk and hear a friend talk at the same time. The future is gonna be AWESOME.

Whoa whoa whoa. FULL duplex?!

Re: Talko

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Post by hawkice » Tue, Sep 23, 2014, 5:07 AM UTC

jsmeaton wrote: post #7

hawkice wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Killer feature request: a dual-streaming mode where I can talk and hear a friend talk at the same time. The future is gonna be AWESOME.

Whoa whoa whoa. FULL duplex?!

That's what I'm imagining. I know the engineers figured out a way to get it to work walky-talky style where you can either speak or listen (but not both) two-way -- let's call that partial duplex -- but I think the new wave of innovating social mobile apps could really utilize the flat network design paradigm in this new way, creating a whole new way to communicate with friends that also opens doors for enterprise usage. I think this could really make the world a better place.

Re: Talko

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Post by swartkrans » Tue, Sep 23, 2014, 5:10 AM UTC

georgemcbay wrote: post #2

Awesome, a smartphone app that allows me to communicate with people via voice. This might be exactly the killer app that mobile phones have been waiting for.

WhatsApp and Line are multi-billion dollar companies that replaced a simple thing phones could already do. Laughing and making sarcastic jokes at something that makes voice mail better and easier with a nice UI by a proven competent individual is probably the wrong response to make, especially when the UI and features look pretty gangbuster. A little bit of polish and better ease of use can make whole lot of people happy and also lots of money.

Re: Talko

#10

Post by gonehome » Tue, Sep 23, 2014, 5:11 AM UTC

Voice isn't the clearest or the fastest way to communicate.

I'd suggest the opposite - that's it's slow, unclear and probably the worst form of digital communication. There's no good log, it's not silent, you can't link to other information (or copy it) and it requires one person to stop talking before another can start.

This all aside, iOS 8 now let's you send voice messages in the default messages app - seems like this company has no market?