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OddCast’s New API: Talking Avatars Are Coming To A Community Near You

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Those animated, talking avatars you might have come across on sites like Evite and CBS Radio are about to become a lot more prevalent. Oddcast, the company behind them, is announcing the Voki Partner Platform, which enables any web site to offer their users the ability to create their own talking avatars.

now anyone can sign up via the Voki Platform web site. There are two flavors available: basic and premium. The basic service is free, but carries Oddcast branding and doesn’t let the publisher control the advertising. The premium version allows total customization, let’s you control the advertising, and includes extra features such as messaging so users can share their avatars with friends and drive them to your site. It will cost you at least $2,000/mo, however.
OddCast also targets individual consumers with widgets that you can place in your various social networking profiles.