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How Voice Enhances Life Online

Carl Bialik from the WSJ writes "A Wall Street Journal article looks at the myriad ways, some surprising, that voice is being integrated into websites and other online tools. Usages range from the familiar--multiplayer gaming--to conducting business transactions and long-distance relationships. 'Ten years ago, the first Web sites were like company brochures, says Jeff Pulver, the VoIP pioneer. 'No one ever expected to have the ability to engage a community virtually. But now a lot of services are becoming a part of the Internet experience, including video, email and voice.'" Update: 08/27 00:12 GMT by Z : Corrected the attempt to 'enchant' and 'enhance' in the same word.

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  1. Enchances by grub · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "Enchances"? Is that a word?

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    1. Re:Enchances by vonPoonBurGer · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Dictionary.com says yes. http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=enhances And it does so probably because it's standard third person singular English verb conjugation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_verbs#Third_p erson_singular I enhance... You enhance... He/She/It/Internet voice capability enhances...