2. IMAGE, TEXT AND SOUND ARE
THE THREE DIMENSIONS. WE
HELP YOU ESCAPE FLATLAND.
Srini Kumar, Inventor, FACEVOX
OUR PHILOSOPHY
3. FACEVOX
TALKING IS EASIER THAN TYPING.
▸ Maybe you're doing it the hard way.
▸ Text takes away your personality in the name of
transcendence.
▸ An eyeful rather than an earful.
▸ Millions of people want to avoid typing so much.
▸ Type less, say more.
FEEL LIKE TALKING ABOUT IT?
4. FACEVOX
ONLY VOICE CAN CONVEY YOUR PERSONALITY.
▸ People need to talk to each other.
▸ This is different from a conversation because you get to be the
talker, and it's a bit like giving a speech.
▸ Conversation in person can often be like a back-and-forth in
which you never actually get to say what you really want to say.
▸ Not to mention some of your friends you only see very rarely
and they probably want to hear your voice!
▸ It's so nice to just be able to talk.
6. YOUR VOICE IS
THE REAL YOU.
SPEAK FROM 💓.
Srini Kumar, Inventor,
FACEVOX
7. FACEVOX
WE NEED TO LEARN TO SPEAK TO EACH OTHER.
▸ Good things happen when you speak in public.
▸ Become more comfortable with public speaking.
▸ Conquering the fears leads us to advantages.
▸ FACEVOX has the potential to open up your soul.
▸ Substitute this for all that typing you do.
8. FACEVOX
QUICKLY CREATE AND POST VOICE MESSAGES WITH A PHOTO TO FACEBOOK.
▸ FACEVOX makes it easy to message the
people you care about using Facebook.
▸ No need to convince your friends and family
to sign up for yet another messaging service.
▸ It is very important to start the conversation
you want yourself.
▸ Give little speeches on whatever topic you
want to spark discussion around.
10. FACEVOX
IF YOU HAVE CONVERSATIONS...
▸ Have a conversation with
a friend and post it on
your timeline.
▸ So that others can share
in the moment.
▸ How many great
conversations do you
have?
11. CONVERSATION IS WHAT BEING
SOCIAL MEANS. IT'S BONDING. YOU
DON'T WANT TO FORGET. FACEBOOK
COMES ALIVE WITH HUMAN VOICE.
FACEVOX HAS THE POTENTIAL
TO OPEN UP YOUR SOUL.
12. THE ERA OF FREE SPEECH HAS
BEGUN. I FEEL LIKE TALKING.
DO YOU?
Srini Kumar, Inventor, FACEVOX
FACEVOX
13. FACEVOX
WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND, REALLY?
▸ Our mind is fluid, ever-changing, and flexible so we don't want to
be held to what was on our mind an hour ago.
▸ The answer to that question must be fresh.
▸ That's why self-destructing tapes are so cool.
▸ The original reason Facebook exists is to ask you the eternal
question, "what's on your mind?" Nevertheless until FACEVOX I
personally never felt like answering that question because typing
up what is on my mind, just for the heck of it, seemed absurd. I
love talking to my friends so FACEVOX is what I created to do that.
14. FACEVOX
YOU NEED TO BE SOMEBODY IF YOU
WANT TO SAY SOMETHING AND HAVE
ANYBODY CARE OR RESPOND.
IN GENERAL, I JUST WANT TO TALK TO
MY FRIENDS.
TAKE THE TIME TO SAY WHAT YOU
MEAN TO SAY, THINK IT THROUGH,
AND BE CONSCIOUS.
16. FACEVOX
THIS MAKES IT EASY TO GET YOUR POINT ACROSS
SO, I HEAR YOU SAY THAT YOU HAVE PLENTY OF WAYS TO EXPRESS YOURSELF.
BUT FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN ALL YOU DO IS TYPE, TAKE PHOTOS AND MAKE A FEW VIDEOS.
YET YOU'RE ALWAYS HAVING INTERESTING IDEAS THAT YOU NEVER GET AROUND TO
TYPING UP OR SHARING
AN IDEA THAT IS NEVER RECORDED IS EASILY FORGOTTEN.
THIS FORGETTING CAN MAKE YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'VE BEEN SILENCED BECAUSE YOU'RE
BASICALLY CENSORING YOURSELF.
IT'S A PROBLEM BECAUSE WHEN PEOPLE ARE SILENT THEY FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE
NOTHING TO SAY AT ALL.
I HOPE YOU'LL STOP AND REALIZE THAT THERE ARE REAL REASONS TO SPEAK WITH
YOUR FRIENDS.
DID YOU KNOW THAT MOST PEOPLE CAN TALK FASTER AND MORE ACCURATELY THAN THEY
CAN TYPE WITH THE THUMBS?
IF YOU CONCENTRATE ON ADDING AUDIO THEN YOU'LL FIND YOURSELF TRULY
UNDERSTOOD BY YOUR FRIENDS.
17. FACEVOX
ACTUALLY SAY WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND.
MOST IMPORTANT,
YOUR FEELINGS
WON'T STAY TRAPPED
INSIDE.
ACKNOWLEDGED BY
YOU AND HEARD BY
OTHERS, THEY'LL
HAVE AN OUTLET.
CAPTURE IDEAS
ON THE RUN.
KEEP FACEVOX
HANDY. LEAVE A
VOICEMAIL FOR
YOURSELF.
19. THE AMBITION TO DO
SOMETHING IN SPITE OF YOUR
FEAR IS CALLED COURAGE.
20. FACEVOX
EVER WANT TO BRAINSTORM
BY JUST TALKING IT OUT?
EVER THINK, "MAN, I OUGHT
TO *TELL* THAT STORY"?
YOUR WORDS ARE PRECIOUS. THE WAY YOU
PHRASE IT, THE STYLE YOU SPEAK, IT ALL
EXPANDS AND BECOMES MORE OF A BIG DEAL.
21. BY ACTIVELY LISTENING AND CONSCIOUSLY
EXPRESSING YOUR SELF, YOU SHOW
RESPECT FOR OTHERS AND EFFECTIVELY
COMMUNICATE YOUR TRUE INTENT.
22. EVERY MORNING, I WAKE UP
AND TAP RECORD TO GET MY
IDEAS FLOWING.
Srini Kumar, Inventor, FACEVOX
FACEVOX
23. FACEVOX
CLOSE YOUR EYES AND OPEN YOUR MIND.
▸ Just tap RECORD to start taping.
▸ You can go over forty minutes and it'll post (we did it a few times)
▸ On the tape there is a label in which you can type and that text is
posted to your status as text along with the video.
▸ You can take a selfie, or just a photo or pick from your camera roll.
You can also tag it, just tap the # icon.
▸ While you're taping, you can type as much as you like with the
"Add text" button.
24. FACEVOX
YOU MUST SAY SOMETHING TO BE HEARD.
▸ Facebook needs VOICE to come alive! FREE SPEECH.
▸ Why hold up your arm for twenty minutes when audio is all
you need?
▸ Normal people freeze up on camera, and open up to audio.
▸ Photo plus audio is all you need for video creation.
▸ Tape classes and listen back later.
▸ Folks need to talk to their friends. This is the solution.
25. IT'S TRUE. YOU
TALK BETTER
THAN YOU CAN
TYPE.
Srini Kumar, Inventor,
FACEVOX
26. FACEVOX
NEED TO TALK? EVERYBODY NEEDS TO TALK. TYPING HAS STIFLED
YOUR VOICE. THE KEYBOARD AND THE CAMERA ARE NOT AS GOOD AS
THE MICROPHONE FOR CAPTURING MANY IDEAS. THE MORE YOU DO
IT, THE MORE YOU WANT TO DO IT. WHEN A PROBLEM COMES AROUND,
YOU MUST TALK ABOUT IT TO GET IT OUT OF YOUR MIND AND INTO
YOUR TO DO LIST. TALK IT OUT! IT'S THE FIRST THING TO DO. IT'S
HONEST. THERE IS NO BETTER WAY TO TALK. IT'S THIS AND RAW
CONVERSATION. I'M TALKING BECAUSE I NEED TO TALK. EVERYBODY
NEEDS TO TALK. TYPING HAS STIFLED YOUR VOICE. THE KEYBOARD IS
ONLY ONE WAY TO EXPRESS YOURSELF. YOU NEED TO TALK OUT YOUR
IDEAS. YOU NEED TO SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY IN YOUR OWN VOICE. YOU
HIT RECORD BECAUSE YOU NEED TO TALK. MESSAGING BECOMES SO
MUCH BETTER WITH REAL TALKING!! YOU NEED TO TALK IT OUT IF
YOU HAVE SOMETHING ON YOUR MIND, RIGHT?
27. FACEVOX
LOVE MAKES SOUNDS.
▸ Capture the imagination of people listening to you.
▸ The sharing dynamic is about capturing imagination.
▸ Just start imagining a world where Facebook talks and
where you can hit play and hear a person.
▸ Record all sorts of stuff. It's about interstitial moments
where you have nothing to do.
29. FACEVOX
CAPTURE THE MOMENT OR LOSE IT.
▸ When ideas come pouring... And typing that fast is impossible... And
making a movie would ruin the situation... How should you use your
iPhone to capture the moment?
▸ If your ideas come fast and furious then why should you squeeze them
through a keyboard when they spring naturally to your lips?
▸ You always have to reduce your thoughts when you're typing and that
means you say less, maybe too little.
▸ Stop staring at a screen and start talking and listening to your friends...
▸ Record sound over photos. It's the new way to capture the moment.
30. FACEVOX
THE ABILITY TO TALK TO PEOPLE IS PRICELESS.
Video is incredibly powerful but I don't want to feel awkward on camera so I don't get this
opportunity to express myself. I feel like I look stupid on camera. It's not fun to be on camera. It's
anti-fun. Where is it going to go? Who's gonna see me? Get that camera off of me! I just want to be
able to let go and think which is much easier when you don't have to feel awkward. Right now I feel
very natural talking to you. I've recorded hundreds of minutes of audio with pictures as videos. By
stripping out the camera from the experience you can really hold forth at length on your topics.
Without having the camera involved you're stress free. What might you do with this? You can tape a
concert and just take a photo of the band. Rather than just making funny faces you can hold forth
and express yourself freely on your topics. This is nothing like what I might be typing at you. You
want to take a photo of a book and read from it. All that camera is unnecessary, just a photo is all
you need. A faster uploading experience is built smoothly into the app. We made it work. There is a
deeper mission to this; free speech. You are expected to use a camera to make video and we reject
that. No tripods. No selfie videos. So awkward and unappealing to stare at an audience rather than
speak to them unless you're some entertainment pro. I'm kicking against the idea that people want
to be looked at. It's foolish to waste your time snapping when you could be thinking. Making sense.
The camera in your face is the problem. Get that camera away from me! Most people go through
stress when a camera is on them. But audio is so much more ambient and unobtrusive.
PLUS YOU CAN TYPE UP WHAT YOU SAY TO WRITE FASTER.
32. IT'S ABOUT FREEDOM. NOT BEING
RESTRICTED BY PHONINESS. EXPLORING
THE REAL DEAL. FREEDOM TO THINK
AND SPEAK TO EACH OTHER AND
EXPRESS OURSELVES. I REALLY AM
COUNTING ON YOU TO COME ALIVE
SOMEDAY. I'M HERE TO HELP YOU.
33. FACEVOX
DISRUPTOR OF SILENCE
▸ ADD AUDIO ANYWHERE
▸ talking photos you can post anywhere on Facebook from
your iPhone so you can say much more than with shaky
video or hunt and peck text.
▸ Now pictures literally can say more than a thousand words.
▸ THIS APP IS AMAZING.
▸ Brainstorm, communicate and SAY something!!
34. BEING ON CAMERA OFTEN
RUINS THE MOMENT.
Srini Kumar, Inventor, FACEVOX
FACEVOX
35. FACEVOX IS TRYING TO FIX ONE
OF THE LARGEST PROBLEMS
WITH MAKING VIDEO ON IPHONE.
ALL OF A SUDDEN, EVERYTHING IS
VIDEO. HOW DO YOU JOIN IN WHEN YOU
HATE HAVING TO STARE AT A CAMERA?
THIS IS HOW.
36. FACEVOX
NEED A BETTER WAY TO MAKE VIDEO?
▸ Avoid the feeling of being a "deer caught in the headlights".
▸ Video selfies aren't the same as real communication. Like telephone.
▸ It's really hard to communicate with the camera staring at you. I can't
say what I need to say without this.
▸ I want to make Facebook fun again. Everybody's on it. Let's have fun!
▸ People who don't make video will be left behind without this.
▸ Concentrate on your words not what you look like.
▸ Why should you let the camera interfere with what you're saying?
37. FACEVOX
VIDEO IS INCREDIBLY POWERFUL BUT I DON'T WANT TO FEEL AWKWARD ON CAMERA SO I DON'T GET
THIS OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS MYSELF. I FEEL LIKE I LOOK STUPID ON CAMERA. IT'S NOT FUN TO
BE ON CAMERA. IT'S ANTI-FUN. WHERE IS IT GOING TO GO? WHO'S GONNA SEE ME? GET THAT
CAMERA OFF OF ME! I JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO LET GO AND THINK WHICH IS MUCH EASIER WHEN
YOU DON'T HAVE TO FEEL AWKWARD. RIGHT NOW I FEEL VERY NATURAL TALKING TO YOU. I'VE
RECORDED HUNDREDS OF MINUTES OF AUDIO WITH PICTURES AS VIDEOS. BY STRIPPING OUT THE
CAMERA FROM THE EXPERIENCE YOU CAN REALLY HOLD FORTH AT LENGTH ON YOUR TOPICS.
WITHOUT HAVING THE CAMERA INVOLVED YOU'RE STRESS FREE. WHAT MIGHT YOU DO WITH THIS?
YOU CAN TAPE A CONCERT AND JUST TAKE A PHOTO OF THE BAND. RATHER THAN JUST MAKING
FUNNY FACES YOU CAN HOLD FORTH AND EXPRESS YOURSELF FREELY ON YOUR TOPICS. THIS IS
NOTHING LIKE WHAT I MIGHT BE TYPING AT YOU. YOU WANT TO TAKE A PHOTO OF A BOOK AND READ
FROM IT. ALL THAT CAMERA IS UNNECESSARY, JUST A PHOTO IS ALL YOU NEED. A FASTER
UPLOADING EXPERIENCE IS BUILT SMOOTHLY INTO THE APP. WE MADE IT WORK. THERE IS A DEEPER
MISSION TO THIS; FREE SPEECH. YOU ARE EXPECTED TO USE A CAMERA TO MAKE VIDEO AND WE
REJECT THAT. NO TRIPODS. NO SELFIE VIDEOS. SO AWKWARD AND UNAPPEALING TO STARE AT AN
AUDIENCE RATHER THAN SPEAK TO THEM UNLESS YOU'RE SOME ENTERTAINMENT PRO. I'M KICKING
AGAINST THE IDEA THAT PEOPLE WANT TO BE LOOKED AT. IT'S FOOLISH TO WASTE YOUR TIME
SNAPPING WHEN YOU COULD BE THINKING. MAKING SENSE. THE CAMERA IN YOUR FACE IS THE
PROBLEM. GET THAT CAMERA AWAY FROM ME! MOST PEOPLE GO THROUGH STRESS WHEN A CAMERA
IS ON THEM. BUT AUDIO IS SO MUCH MORE AMBIENT AND UNOBTRUSIVE.
38. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO CREATE? FEEL LIKE
VIDEOS ARE JUST NOT THAT FUN TO MAKE?
SOUND MAY BE THE THIRD DIMENSION YOU
NEED TO GET OUT OF FLATLAND.
PERSONALITY IS WHY
WE COMMUNICATE.
39. IT'S MAKING A VIDEO WITHOUT
ANY STRESS AT ALL. I TURN
INTO A DIRECT CHANNEL OF
COSMIC COMMUNICATION. I
COME ALIVE.
Srini Kumar, Inventor, FACEVOX
40. FACEVOX
HOW IMPORTANT IS THINKING OUT LOUD TO YOU?
▸ Take the time to say what you mean to say,
think it through, and be conscious.
▸ The ability to talk to people is priceless.
▸ Most important, your feelings won't stay
trapped inside.
▸ Acknowledged by you and heard by others,
they'll have an outlet.