TelCentris Giving Skype and Google Voice a Run for their Money?
Voice over IP (VoIP) is a type of phone system that uses an internet connection, rather than a traditional phone line, to transmit voice traffic. VoIP is growing in popularity due to its cost savings, minimal maintenance, and various features like voicemail, caller ID, call waiting, video conferencing, call tracking, and online system management.
However, VoIP phone systems are much more than that. VoIP unifies today’s multiple communication channels such as voice, video, IM, text, social media, e-mail, fax into a single, intuitive user interface. This gives the users accessibility to all communication mediums at once and consolidates separate service bills into one payment.
There are Business and Residential VoIP phones; both have very different aspects and are designed to be fully personalized and specialized for each intended user.
As of right now Skype and Google Voice are two of the major players in the world of VoIP. They both provide all the services, functions and features discussed earlier. However, San Diego based VoIP company TelCentris added another dimension to their free downloadable program VoxOx – foreign language support, called the Universal Translator. This new element uses multi-lingual support to instantly translate messages for both parties in dozens of major languages in real time over the internet.
According to TelCentris CEO Bryan Hertz, the VoxOx UT is the industry's 'first service' to provide instantaneous foreign language messaging translation across four major communication channels: text messages (SMS), chat (IM), email and select social media networks. Although Skype and Google Voice service the majority of VoIP users, these VoIP providers need to keep an eye on TelCentris and VoxOx, who were recently named a finalist for “Most Innovative Company of the Year” in The American Business Awards.
Imagine the global possibilities of this new product. Friends, family and colleagues around the world can communicate in different languages instantly. This gives the personal user the ability to connect with past traveling companions and friends who they may have met studying abroad. Companies can expand internationally by creating new relationships and business contacts. Breaking down the language barrier in the digital social realm is a breakthrough and the true possibilities have still yet to be discovered.
Dane Ludolph is an expert writer on phone systems based in San Diego, California. He writes extensively for an online resource that provides expert advice on purchasing and outsourcing decisions for small business owners and entrepreneurs such as VoIP service at Resource Nation.
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