2010 Exhibition Matches

Category: Best Use of Real-Time Communications

Sponsor: Tropo
Contact: support@tropo.com

Description

Your whole team can win Sonos Music Systems by building the most
useful Tropo application for the Rails Rumble.

Tropo makes it easy for developers to add voice, SMS, and instant
messaging to web applications. Using the web programming languages you
already know (including Ruby!) your code can answer the phone, send
text messages, and talk over instant messaging.

Use powerful features like speech recognition, call recording, and
conferencing to allow users to interact with your app over the phone,
communicate with other users, or even send alerts and updates.

Tropo’s 100% free for developers, so there’s no cost involved in
adding real time communications to your Rails Rumble entry. We even
provide 24×7 support so you’ll be able to get answers fast if you need
them.

Sign up for free at http://tropo.com/ and if you need help, we’re available around the clock at http://tropo.com/forums/

Judging Criteria

Residents of the 50 U.S. (and D.C.) 13 years or older may enter by
building and submitting an app using Tropo and Ruby on Rails during
the Rails Rumble contest period.

After the entry period is closed, we’ll choose the entry that best uses Tropo, evaluating how extensively Tropo’s features are used (40%), the end user experience (40%), and the commercial viability of your project (20%). In the event of a tie, tied entries will be rejudged based on End User Experience.

Prize

Build the best application on Tropo for the Rails Rumble and we’ll send your whole team Sonos Music Systems.

Application Suggestions

  • Make it easier for groups to communicate with mass texting, call reminders, and conferencing.
  • Track advertising effectiveness with unique phone numbers for every ad.
  • Keep track of fantasy sports teams with scoring alerts over IM and SMS.
  • Clone google voice ;-).

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