PeerMe Introduces Free Voice Mash-Up; ''PeerMe's Open API Allows Developers to Create Click-To-Talk Voice Tags''

Voice communications technology company PeerMe, Inc.
(www.peerme.com) today introduced a free application programming
interface (API) that allows Web developers to integrate PeerMe's voice
capability into sites and enable users to speak with each other in
real time. All click-to-talk connections are supported by VoIP
technology, so there are no long-distance charges to use the service.
Users simply click on a telephone icon to connect with other users who
are online. Instructions on implementing PeerMe Voice Tags can be
downloaded at http://peermevoice.wikispaces.com.
"PeerMe is doing for voice what Google Maps did for location-based
services," says CEO Tom Lasater, "We are giving developers a quick and
easy way to create a voice mash-up and offer free click-to-talk
functionality. This is exactly what Web 2.0 is supposed to be: giving
other people the opportunity to integrate cool technologies into their
sites. I can imagine that classified advertising sites such as Craig's
List might want to integrate click-to-talk functionality with their
listings. Ditto for photo sharing sites, real-estate sites,
social-networking sites and bulletin boards. For example, a
photo-sharing site could integrate PeerMe to allow users to talk to
each other as they view online pictures. As a demonstration of the
mash up potential, we've built a social networking site
(www.peerme.in) which integrates our Voice Tags APIs to show
developers just how easy it is to fully integrate the Voice Tags. We
expect that the developer community will really open the world's eyes
to how voice can be integrated into every nook and cranny of the
Internet."
PeerMe's Voice Tags empowers any Web site -- large or small -- to
offer users the ability to speak with each other at the press of a
button. "There are many sites, such as language exchange sites,
teaching sites, auction sites and collectibles sites, that offer the
ability to connect users with other people. However, it used to be
prohibitively expensive to offer this type of service, and therefore
it was only available on major portals such as MSN and Yahoo! Now,
using our Voice Tags API, any site in the world can offer this great
service to users within minutes -- at absolutely no cost. Many social
networking sites let people see each others' photographs and personal
profiles, and maybe send messages," says Lasater. "Why shouldn't they
be able to simply click a button and talk to each other?"

About PeerMe

PeerMe, Inc. (www.PeerMe.com) is a Silicon Valley-based
communications technology company that offers a peer-to-peer voice and
instant-messaging platform that supports Voice over Internet Protocol
(VoIP), PC-to-PC and PC-to handheld voice communications, instant
messaging, and peer-to-peer file transfer over public Internet
connections. The privately held company was founded in 2004, is based
in Mountain View, California, and has offices in Japan, South Korea,
China, India, Bulgaria and Texas.