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Re:HelloFax (YC W11): Sign And Send Faxes From Your Browser,... by nhebb on Tuesday February 22, 2011 @01:09AM (#2248974)
Perhaps the signing functionality offered by HelloFax will give them enough differentiation

I think the editing capability is key. The signature feature might work for a device with a stylus but is difficult with a mouse. I opened up an image editor and wrote my signature with a mouse. The result wasn't legible (at all), and more importantly, it didn't match what I consider to be my legal signature. So users would probably need access to a scanner to upload the signature image.

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Re:HelloFax (YC W11): Sign And Send Faxes From Your Browser,... by guiseppecalzone on Tuesday February 22, 2011 @02:55AM (#2249165)
Hey nhebb, Joseph here, co-founder of HelloFax. Check out the third option for signing, which is taking a picture of your signature and emailing it to [email protected]. Then, we automatically place it on top of your document. That skips the scanner :)
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