BT Reverses Web21c into Ribbit
Written by martyndavies on Sep 26, 2008 - 08:30 AM
In a surprise move,
British Telecom have announced that their existing Web21c telephony tools will be folded into BT's recently acquired
Ribbit.
Web21c is a multi-language toolkit that allows developers to create mashups using BT's core services, for example SMS, location and call control. Silicon Valley-based Ribbit, which became part of BT in July, provides Flex-based call control, allowing in-browser apps to do voice calling without need of a separate softphone application.
| JP Rangaswami, MD Strategy & Innovation, BT Design : |
Complementing the server side tools provided by our Web21C SDK, Ribbit brings a host of client side features that will enable you to bring together voice calling and Web 2.0 experiences, turning voice into a rich feature that can be added to any application, on any device.
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Commentators generally expected that Ribbit would become part of the Web21c toolkit, rather than the other way around. But it seems that from October 10th, apps wanting a RESTful API to telephony services will be accessing them via Ribbit rather than the Web21c interface they have used in the past.
Reply from andyk on Mar 18, 2010 - 12:25 PM
Has anyone here joined Ribbit and explored it?
I signed up and played with the voicemail and call forwarding system a bit, but haven't really looked yet at what else there is.
It seems to be free while in beta, or they haven't asked me for money anyway, but I wonder what happens when it becomes chargeable
Reply from dean on Mar 18, 2010 - 02:17 PM
I'm using it on my mobile for voice to text (and visual voicemail).
It's not bad - a bit clunky, but I'm sure they'll refine it. I have kept it, clunkiness and all, because it's genuinely useful and saves me a lot of time (I don't have to call my VM and play messages sequentially).
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