ChaCha, the human-powered Web search service, is launching a new service on Tuesday that will allow you to ask your question over the phone instead of having to type it.
To use the new service you can call 800-224-2242 (which spells “chacha”) and specify the information you want. ChaCha then sends you a text message with the answer. You can access your questions and answers on the Web as well.
Eventually, you will be able to get the answer via voice too, says Scott James, chief executive of ChaCha.
The free service launched in January and so far has signed up more than 40,000 unique users and completed more than 6,000 queries, according to James.
There are no ads yet but the company is planning to run them in the second half of the year.
Voice input is great for people who are not accustomed to doing “fat-finger texting” or who are driving.
ChaCha had guides dedicated to the Sundance Film Festival and at South By Southwest but it sounds like Twitter was still the place people turned for information about important events at the show, like which parties had short waiting lines.
Original post by Elinor Mills and software by Elliott Back
