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Kodak and Skype Give a New Voice to Online Storytelling with KODAK Photo Voice
2006 International CES Kodak Launches the First Skype Certified Online Photo Sharing Experience, Helping People Talk Live to Friends, Family and Colleagues around the World While Viewing a Shared Photo Album
Eastman Kodak Company and Skype(TM), the global Internet communications
company, announce the availability of the latest innovation in digital
storytelling - KODAK Photo Voice - that combines live voice and online photo
sharing. The beta version of KODAK Photo Voice, the first Skype certified online
photo sharing experience, is now available as a free download at www.kodakgallery.com/photovoice.
"Today's families and social networks are scattered around the globe. Staying
connected through photo sharing remains an important element in maintaining
closer personal relationships," said Sandra Morris, general manager of Consumer
Imaging Services at Kodak. "Traditional social gatherings that once took place
around the radio, television or telephone are now happening around the computer,
mobile phone or camera. KODAK Photo Voice marks the next step in this
evolution."
KODAK Photo Voice is a brand new way to relive memories, empowering two
people to simultaneously view a customized slideshow, and to reminisce and react
to each picture. Imagine if Grandma could see pictures from her grandson's first
day at school while he narrates every moment of the experience over Skype.
Perhaps an old roommate could share detailed photos and recount stories of his
new life in London, as his friend back home in California reacts to each
picture.
"Our goal is to make technology easy to use and Skype is a simple Internet
communications service that is changing the way people stay in touch," said
James Bilefield, vice president of business development for Skype. "The
combination of Skype's service and KODAK EASYSHARE Gallery's photo sharing
capabilities will make sharing memories even more simple and rewarding for
consumers around the globe."
After downloading KODAK Photo Voice and Skype, the host selects pictures from
a KODAK EASYSHARE Gallery album or from their computer, quickly and easily
compiles them into a KODAK Photo Voice presentation and "calls" a friend via
Skype to watch the slideshow live. Hosts submit orders for prints and other
merchandise that guests select through KODAK EASYSHARE Gallery and have them
mailed directly to the guest's home.
About Eastman Kodak Company
Kodak is the leader in helping people take, share, print and view images -
for memories, for information, for business, and for entertainment. With sales
of $13.5 billion in 2004, the company is committed to a digitally oriented
growth strategy focused on four businesses: Digital & Film Imaging
Systems-providing consumers, professionals and cinematographers with digital and
traditional products and services; Health-supplying the medical and dental
professions with traditional and digital imaging and information systems, IT
solutions and services; Graphic Communications--providing customers with a range
of solutions for prepress, traditional and digital printing, and document
scanning and multi-vendor IT services; and Display & Components-supplying
original equipment manufacturers with imaging sensors as well as intellectual
property and materials for the organic light-emitting diode (OLED) and LCD
display industries. More information about Kodak (NYSE:EK) is available at www.kodak.com.
About Skype
Skype is the world's fastest-growing service for Internet communication,
allowing people everywhere to make unlimited voice and video calls for free.
Skype is available in 27 languages and is used in almost every country around
the world. Skype generates revenue through its premium service offerings such as
making and receiving calls to and from landline and mobile phones, as well as
voicemail and call forwarding services. Skype also has a growing network of
hardware and software partners. Skype is an eBay company (NASDAQ:EBAY). To learn
more visit skype.com.
Kodak and EasyShare are trademarks of Eastman Kodak Company. Skype is not a
telephony replacement service and cannot be used for emergency calling.
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