Free Talking E Cards

The choices are limited for finding free talking e-cards. However, you can put free trial memberships to good use across several sites to find out if it is an online service you want to invest your money in at a later date.

Delight relatives with funny talking cards.

Instead of sticking to the usual free e-cards with music, consider seeking out some talking e-cards to really switch things up. Unlike other interactive cards that have a short animated or moving clip, these cards have one of the following features or combination of features:

• A character that speaks directly to the card recipient with a preset message.
• A character that says something you type into a message box.
• A digitally altered photograph you upload that speaks a message you enter.

These cards are good choices for sending to people who receive many e-cards and may have seen several of the other popular choices or for people who have trouble reading a computer screen message. Both kids and adults can send and receive talking cards with ease.

Few places offer create your own free talking e-cards on a regular basis. A couple that do include AudioCard.com and Tomorrow's Hope Talking Cards.

If the free talking e-cards listed above are not to your liking, seek out samples of free online talking cards. Many of the major online e-card websites offer their own take on talking cards, and even more offer free trial memberships to new customers. Places to sample free talking cards online include:

• BirthdayCards.com: This website offers a talking female head with a customizable message for unlimited use, free. Sign up for the 10-day trial and get access to the premium member features, which includes recording your own voice, choosing a different voice from a list and picking a different character head to recite your message.
• American Greetings: Get a cute baby, newscaster, animal or even a snowman to give your message to someone special. During your 30-day free trial period, you can send these spoken messages in one of three female voices or five male voices.
• Doozy Cards: Look through the many choices of animated characters available to send your personalized message during your free 10-day trial. Holiday figures, animals and even President Barack Obama make up the selection of fun and unique talking characters on this website.
• Blue Mountain: Sign up for the free 14-day trial at Blue Mountain to gain access to the numerous cards you can personalize to send a special message.

Both American Greetings and Blue Mountain offer a photograph upload feature on their websites. Use a photograph that was shot from the shoulders or higher, for best results. It might be necessary to crop the photo before using it in the card.

Trial memberships are a great way to decide if you really want to pay for a service or not. Determine the true cost of service before you sign up for a paid membership by figuring out the cost of membership broken down by the amount of cards you typically send in a year. If it is less than your long-distance telephone bill and sending a cheap greeting card by mail, it may be worth it.

Remember that a free trial is set up in a manner to get a paid subscription. Keep these tips in mind before you sign up for a trial with any website offering samples of free e-cards:

• Write down the day you join. Even if you activate the account later, many websites will begin counting the days from the day you initiated the process.
• Cancel the service the day before the expiration, just to be on the safe side.
• Do not sign up with a website if they require payment information for the free trial. Instead, find a site that will automatically cancel if you do not come back to enter your information.
• Always read the fine print, terms, and conditions before accepting any trial e-card membership offer.
• Consider creating a lot of talking e-cards for the upcoming birthdays and anniversaries on your calendar. Simply select a later date for them to be sent.

Talking e-cards are a fun way to remember someone's birthday, celebrate an anniversary or just because. With the limited availability of totally free sites offering these e-cards, you may find it both fun and necessary to find samples and free trials to get the best online talking cards.

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