Anatomy of an Egraph.
(Credit: Egraphs)
Collecting baseball player autographs is a time-honored tradition, one that goes hand-in-hand with the sport itself. Before and after any Major League Baseball game, fans will crowd the stands above the dugouts with pens, baseballs, and photographs in hand, waiting for their favorite players to emerge.
But fans who don't have access to a nearby stadium or the players have to settle for collecting autographs from memorabilia shops or Web sites like eBay. Enter Egraphs, a new online service where fans pay a fee for a personalized autograph and MP3 voice recording. It's the unique, one-on-one interaction between a player and a fan that the company hopes will be the next-generation of autograph collecting.
Here's how it works. You choose from more than 200 baseball stars on Egraphs.com, indicating what message you want your player of choice to write over his action picture and what to say in his voice recording to you. On the other end, the star opens up the Egraphs app on an iPad and creates a customized message using a stylus. His signature and voice print will be verified by Egraphs, and within two weeks, you'll get an e-mail that lets you know your autographed photo and MP3 are ready. You'l... [Read more]
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