Monk-e-Mail

Monk-e-Mail is a website and piece of software powered by Oddcast, Inc. and created by CareerBuilder. The application allows users to generate messages featuring talking images of apes, which can then be sent via email or Twitter. It was released on January 25, 2006 and later updated in 2010 (as named "Monk-e-Mail 2.0").

Monk-e-Mail 1.0

Monk-e-Mail 1.0 was released on January 25, 2006. When the application is opened, a caricatured monkey states, "Welcome to Monk-e-Mail. You got something to say, I gotta nap to take, So let's get going."

The user is shown three chimpanzees to choose from, named "The Boss", "The Co-worker", and "The Receptionist". The Boss is a male monkey with grey fur and a heavy stature. The Co-worker is also a male, but his fur is black and he has a slightly smaller build than "The Boss". The Receptionist is the only female monkey and is smaller than the other two chimpanzees. Users can stylize the apes by choosing their headgear, clothes, glasses, background and other items. To add audio, users can use text-to-speech functionality with one of four voices, or record their own voice using a microphone or telephone. When recording by telephone, users may record up to one minute of speech; but when using a microphone, users may only record up to 20 seconds. Messages generated using this application may be emailed to others or posted on Twitter.

Monk-e-Mail is currently at http://host-d.oddcast.com/php/application_UI/doorId=137/clientId=49/

As of September 11, 2014, this site was active, but links sent in emails were not valid.

Achievements

Monk-e-Mail won a Webby Award in June 2007 in the Viral Marketing category.