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MyVocal Holdings, Inc.

Conference: DEMOfall 09
Market Segment: Consumer Software and Services
Funding Amount: $100,001-$500,000
Funding Round: Seed
Funding Details: Private seed round
Competitors: Foneshow.com, Stitcher.com, Cellecast.com, Phonecasting.com, Odiogo.com, Earkive.com.
Product Description: With MyVocal you can listen to any of your favorite content podcasts, audio books and audio magazines, any text converted into speech, or any mp3 audio on your mobile phone while commuting. You can simply dial in the local line and navigate your content using touch-tone or voice commands, listen to your playlist and favorites, rate stories, post your audio feedback and even re-tweet any story immediately while listening to it!
Market Opportunity: According to International Telecommunication Union estimates, 2008 saw 4.1 billion mobile cellular subscriptions globally, representing a penetration rate of 61.1%. According to the Mobile Entertainment Forum, the global mobile content market is worth $32 billion and will continue to expand, achieving average revenue growth of 28% in 2010.
DEMO Says: Commuters have lots of options for on-the-go listening, few of them as simple as tuning in the radio on the dash. Publishers have fewer, more complicated choices to mobilize content by making it audible. MyVocal delivers convenience and ease of use to both listener and publisher, producing high-quality audio versions of Web content that is as easy to access as dialing the phone.