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17. Voki
Voki allows users to create
personalized
speaking
avatars, called Vokis, for
use in various web-based
applications. These avatars
can then be customized to
resemble
the
user,
celebrities, even animals.
Users can then embed
these avatars in blogs,
social networking profiles,
or even emails.
It was created by a New
York-based company called
Oddcast
Inc.
that
specializes in innovative
user-generated
media
technology
and
viral
marketing. Founded 1999,
Oddcast has been creating
speaking avatars for years,
and developed
several
successful
campaigns
including Career Builder's
Monk-e-Mail
and
Volkswagen's Babymaker
3000.
Reflection:
Voki was a fun tool to use,
it was pretty easy to use
and the characters we also
easy to design and the
variety of voices that could
be use was extended. I will
definitely use it again to
create some instructions
for my next course.