Unfortunate News: Discontinuing International Dial-In Numbers

Dear Community-

We regret to inform you we’ll be discontinuing our international dial-in numbers effective Saturday, February 28th. It’s unfortunate, but having this service running is very expensive, and we just can’t afford to keep this part of the, currently completely free, Utterli service running.

We are working on a new solution, and we’re hopeful this change will only be temporary. We are looking forward to providing this service again in the future, with even more international dial-in numbers and expanded telephone capabilities. We also want to remind everyone that our website and mobile site will remain as is, and you’ll still have every opportunity to publish your voice to the web using the click to record feature.

Thank for you for all of the content you’ve created, opinions you’ve shared, and friendships we’ve made. Special thanks to the most prolific:

We’re sorry we have to end this service, and we look forward to continuing to serve you in the future.

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Utterli Group Calling Tip

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We’ve received a few feedback messages from users expressing their confusion, and our lack of clarity, regarding recording Utterli group calls. To be more clear: Utterli group calls are not automatically recorded.

Here’s everything you need to know about administering and recording a group call:

  • While on the group call to start, pause, or resume recording, press [2].
  • To mute or unmute yourself during the call, press [5].
  • To end the call and recording, press [#]. The recording is posted to the group as an utter.

Click here for a full list of Utterli Group Calling features and tips.

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Utterli Desktop Application Now on Ubuntu

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Thanks to @Daz71 for letting our community know the Utterli Desktop App now works with Air 1.5 with Ubuntu.  One note for Ubuntu users planning to install the Utterli Desktop App: you must uninstall any previous version of Air and of the Utterli desktop application before reinstalling with 1.5.

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Utterli Phone Lines Back Up and Working

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As we previously alerted you http://www.utterli.com/…ODEwMzQ2NQ, we experienced some difficulty with our phone system this morning which has since been resolved.

Though highly unlikely, if anyone experiences any difficulty moving forward please let us know by sending us a message to feedback [at] utterli [dot] com.

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Utterli Phone Lines Down Intermittenly

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We’re experiencing intermittent difficulties with the Utterli phone system. Please be patient as we work to resolve this issue.

Thank you in advance,
The Utterli Team

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Video Processing Improvements Released

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This is just a quick blog post to inform our community that released new improvements to our video processing last evening, that will optimize the time it takes for each video file to upload and be playable. We saw the video processing time slow to a crawl after encountering a new file type; now that the new improvements are live, ALL BACKED UP VIDEOS have been processed.

Thank you for your patience and for everyone who helped bring this matter to our attention.

Happy New Year!

The Utterli Team

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Utterli Group Calling: Full List of Features

We’re very pleased to introduce to Group Calling to Utterli.  This new feature will be an exciting new complement to Utterli Groups, allowing you to invite, host, and record a group call for free and post it as an utter.

Group calling is a perfect solution for:

  • Podcasters conducting interviews and talk shows
  • Bloggers that want to talk directly with their audience
  • Groups using conference calling as a collaboration tool
  • Families that want to talk while also sharing pics, videos & more

There are two very important changes to your notification preferences:

  1. The default preference for group calling notifications is OFF: if you or your group want to start receiving notifications, you must turn them ON.
  2. We’ve added a new preference for group calling to your groups notification preferences.

Here’s a full list of what you can do on the phone side:

  • Start a group call via speech recognition
  • Join a group call (automatically via Call ID, or, using a group code created by the call creator)
  • Record a group call and create an utter for it

Here’s a full list of what you can do from the web:

  • Start a group call
  • Edit your group call notifications (current defaults for email/SMS are set to OFF)
  • Edit your group call preferences (either no group calls, only group calls started by the moderator, or group calls started by anyone)
  • Select members to invite (direct notifications if preferences are turned off)
  • Presence (determine who is on the call)
  • Recording state (active or inactive)
  • Create a group code
  • Review group calling instructions
  • Review group calling help page

Power Failure This Morning, Back to Normal Now

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We experienced a power failure at one of our server locations this morning resulting in the site being down for a few hours. Everything should be working fine and back to normal now, but if you experience any bugs or cross-posting issues, please let us know right away so we can look into it.

Our apologies to anyone who experienced any difficulties with the site this morning.

The Utterli Team

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Pownce Content Importer Released!!

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As a result of Pownce’s announcement that they are shutting down, and out of consideration for our shared users, we’ve created a Pownce content importer that will allow you to transfer all of your text & multimedia Pownce content to Utterli in a single step.

To learn more and get started on importing your Pownce content to Utterli, head here:

http://www.utterli.com/…wnceImport

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Frequently Asked Questions for Groups

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We’ve added five new Frequently Asked Questions relating to Utterli Groups to our FAQs:
1. How do I create a group?
Creating a group on Utterli is easy, just select “Groups” from the menu bar and then select the large orange box reading MAKE A GROUP.

2. How do I remove an utter from a group timeline?
If you’re the admin for a group you can remove an utter from a group timeline by clicking on the title and then “Remove from GROUP NAME”.

3. How do I change my groups notifications preferences?
You can edit your notification preferences for Utterli Groups, as well as each specific group, by selecting Groups -> Notifications.

4. Can I remove a group member?
If you’re the group admin, you can remove a group member by selecting Edit Members then clicking the X in the upper right-hand corner of each member’s profile pic.

5. How do I leave a group?
Leaving a group is easy, just select “Groups” from the menu bar, find the group you would like to leave and select “Leave Group”.

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