Qwips launches a quick way to send sound around the Internet

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Unless youre Bruce Willis, weve got 5 senses ladies and gents. Before texting, emailing, Tweeting and Facebook messaging, the human voice was the most fundamental way to communicate, whether by phone or face to face. However, the current social web is mostly silent. But this is all about to change. According toSoundCloud CEO Alexander Ljung, Sound will be bigger than video on the Web.

Audio is a speed-dial to the emotions, Ljung arguedat The Next Web Conference in Amsterdam, noting that audio use online is evolving to the point where people are learning not to just read sound, but to write it too. Were becoming Sound literate, he believes.

One small, social voice startup called QWiPS (formerly Blurts) launched today, aiming toacceleratethe pace of Sounds evolution on the web. The New York City based company will also release its iOS app in early October, whichdebuted recently at Fashions Night Out in NYC, allowing Vogue editors to create PhotoQwipsvoice captioned photos. The upcoming iOS app will also include theabilityto create voice tagged Tweets and Facebook posts, apply filters and effects, and create and share threaded voice conversations.

QWiPS web app is very easy to use. Without signing up, you can hit record and speak into your computers microphone. Your audio is then saved via a link. Its up to you to do what you will, either tweet out the link, share it in an email, or spam your coworkers. Its not as robust, as shareable or as pretty as SoundCloud, but it does feel more lightweight with a link rather than an embed.With QwipB! acks, ot hers can respond in their voice to your individual Qwips, facilitating an ongoing dialogue. QwipBack responses can be recorded in your browser or on the upcoming app.

Check out what the interface looks like below, and click here to listen to my test QWiPS.

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