It is a brilliant marketing strategy from Aira though, because if someone uses several 5 minute free sessions, they may be more open to signing up with the service.
Wayne On 8/15/19, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: > I assume maybe they received funding from somewhere because after all Aira > agents are paid ant volunteers like Be My Eyes. Air agents also have more > control through the app, they can take pictures for you and will even look > up stuff online and send you information through the app, they can help with > filling out inaccessible web forms and so on. Of course this would probably > not work within the 5 minute free call time frame. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Tim > Mehok > Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2019 5:29 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: ira going free > > Hi, > I think "Be My Eyes" (which is totally free ; is giving AIRA enough of a > challenge that AIRA had to try to cut into "Be My Eyes" usage. > I have used both services and I hope there is room for both of them in the > future. > Gracious, > Timoteo > > On 8/15/19, Candy Lowe <candyrl...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I have used the free trial, and now the free five minutes. It works >> perfect for me. My husband is cited, and I don’t have use for many >> long term sessions. >> >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone 8 >> >>> On Aug 15, 2019, at 10:54 AM, Ekstrand, Pamela A. -ND >>> <pamela.a.ekstrand....@disney.com> wrote: >>> >>> From what I have seen on the AIRA discussion list, if you have a >>> purchased plan and a call goes over the 5 minutes, it will just start >>> using your plan minutes for the remainder of the call. Not sure how >>> it will work if you don't have a plan. It sounds like you might need >>> to call back to finish. >>> >>> AIRA is a great service, and this new option does sound great if you >>> don't need to make longer calls often. >>> >>> Pam >>> ________________________________________ >>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [viphone@googlegroups.com] on behalf >>> of Sieghard Weitzel [siegh...@live.ca] >>> Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2019 11:47 AM >>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: RE: ira going free >>> >>> It is not a hoax. >>> >>> >>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf >>> Of Paul and Paula Jordan >>> Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2019 8:32 AM >>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: ira going free >>> >>> Since I got a complaint about the long list of email recipients and >>> since I’m still not sure if this is a hoax or not, I’m sending the >>> text of the message I received earlier in my inbox. If it is a hoax >>> I apologize in advance. >>> God bless! >>> >>> The day we've been waiting for is finally here. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Aira is free everywhere and at any time. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Let that sink in For a moment! >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Aira. Is. Free. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Starting today, you can make short calls to Aira agents for free, >>> everyday. >>> >>> So whenever you are doing those small daily tasks where a little >>> information can save a lot of time, we've got you covered. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> We know, we can't hardly believe it ourselves! >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> There is no catch. So long as the call is relatively quick (5 >>> minutes), its free. 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