Press Release
Dynamic Funds™ Launches Odiogo's 'Listen-Now' and Enhanced Podcast Services
New vocalization technology from Odiogo enables easy listening for advisors on the go
New York and Toronto May 13, 2009 -- Dynamic Funds ™ ("Dynamic") today announced it has enhanced its advisor website (advisor.dynamic.ca) with audio technology that will allow advisors to listen to practice management and educational content instantly on their computer or portable device. Dynamic is the first Canadian company to license the Enterprise version of the Listen-Now technology, provided by Odiogo, Inc. ("Odiogo").
"Through Odiogo's media-shifting technology, we hope to raise the bar on web-based client service in our industry." says Robert Gardias, Senior Vice President, Marketing, DundeeWealth Inc. "We appreciate that in this current environment advisors are expected to spend more time both communicating with clients and digesting product information and market insights. Our web content is now quick and easy to access for advisors who are multitasking or on the go."
Odiogo's solution automatically converts internet articles into high fidelity, near human quality audio files, enabling listening to text content such as Business Book Summaries, Tax & Estate Strategies and Economic & Market Commentary on PCs, iPods and Smartphones. Content published on the site is scanned automatically and made available by podcast and Listen-Now instantaneously.
"New customs of information consumption are inciting firms to deploy innovative solutions that allow their clients to access informational content anytime, anyplace and as easily as possible. We are thrilled to be helping Dynamic enrich its offering to advisors." said Marc Kawam, CEO of Odiogo.
Dynamic's commitment to maintaining the highest standard in online customer relations was recently recognized for the second consecutive year by Dalbar Canada ("Dalbar"), when advisor.dynamic.ca was awarded 2008 Best Advisor Site in Canada. Dalbar, which expanded to Canada from the United States in 1994, evaluates and ranks Canada's largest mutual fund companies on the quality of service they deliver to the clients.
About Dynamic Funds
Dynamic Funds is a division of Goodman & Company, Investment Counsel Ltd., an affiliate of DundeeWealth Inc. (TSX: DW). Goodman & Company offers a wide range of wealth management solutions through financial advisors. These include the mutual funds, hedge funds and closed-end investment trusts of Dynamic Funds, the portfolio solutions of the Marquis Investment Program, the flow-through limited partnerships of CMP™ and Canada Dominion Resources and the high-net worth investment counsel of Goodman Private Wealth Management.
About Odiogo
Odiogo (http://www.odiogo.com) is a pioneer in the 'media shifting' space, where content created for one medium is made available for consumption via many media. Odiogo provides an intelligent and automated bridge that links Enterprises, Text-content providers and bloggers with mobile phone and MP3 enabled device users (e.g. iPod, other portable media players, PCs, etc.). Odiogo enables Enterprises, Content Providers and Bloggers to quickly and automatically generate audio from textual content, allowing consumers to easily 'listen to' their favorite online news/information.
The service is being used by thousands of bloggers and high traffic news publications such as politico.com, redherring.com, dailytech.com. The Odiogo Enterprise version allows corporations to deploy the vocalization system behind their firewall for full control on the service.
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