No Webcam? No Problem : Desktop Video Recording w/o A Webcam.

One of the sticking points in our sales process has been that our video recording feature was dependent on the user having a webcam to work (duh). While this may seem like an obvious limitation it didn't stop us from getting the "what about people without webcams" question from marketing folks. Until recently our answer has been that users can record videos on their computer (using desktop software) then upload that file. Unfortunately, this was a bulky process for the end-user and often an attrition point.

Recently we came up with a solution to this "issue" that we think is kinda cool / fun and we wanted to share it with you guys. Using CameraTag users can now record videos using their mobile devices (iOS 6.0+ and Android 2.2+) directly into their desktop browser. The recorder has a "record by phone" option which will SMS them a link to record a new video on their phone. After recording the videos is instantly populated into the desktop form (URLs for h.264, webm, and thumbnails). As we have come to say now: No webcam? No Problem.

It's not groundbreaking technology but we think it's a pretty cool aggregation of existing technologies that produce a "wow" effect for clients and users.

You can check out an example on our homepage http://cameratag.com (click the "record by phone" link in the recorder).

Welcome your thoughts / feedback -Chris