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            <span class="d-lg-block d-sm-inline">Turbocharge Your Phone Banking</span>
            <span class="d-lg-block d-sm-inline">in &lt;2 Minutes</span>
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                        TurboVPB is a free browser extension that speeds up
                        calling and texting with
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                        EveryAction's OpenVPB, VAN,
                        DNC VoteBuilder,
                        and BlueVote.
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                        Skip typing in phone numbers by hand. TurboVPB automatically sends
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                        contacts' details to your phone so you can call and text with just 2 clicks.
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        <p class="lead text-center my-4">Ready to use in &lt;2 minutes &dash; no account or phone app needed.</p>
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            <h3>TurboVPB Features</h3>
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                <li><b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3QotZgtmF4&list=PLj6LKfMQzQFo9Lfqpb9W_tHD463qJF8IX&index=1"
                            target="_blank">More Calls, Less Hassle</a></b> - Enable organizers and
                    volunteers to call without typing in phone numbers by hand.</li>
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                            target="_blank">Fast Setup</a></b> - Install and start calling in under 2 minutes.
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                            target="_blank">2-Click Texting</a></b> - Easily follow-up with contacts
                    that do not answer the phone, or send links or more information after successful calls.
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            <h3>Calling from Google Voice</h3>
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                Calls with TurboVPB will use your phone number unless you use <a href="https://voice.google.com">Google
                    Voice</a> or another similar calling app.
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            <p> Once you have the Google Voice app installed on your phone: </p>
            <ul>
                <li>On iOS: enable the "Long-Press to Call" mode with the switch on the bottom of the mobile page. Then,
                    press and hold the call button until the menu opens. Select "Voice" to place the call with Google
                    Voice.</li>
                <li>On Android: (temporarily) set Google Voice as your default phone and messaging app by opening the
                    Settings app and then going to Apps & Notifications &gt; Advanced &gt; Default Apps.</li>
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                Note: If you prefer to call from Google Voice on your computer, you may want to use the <a
                    href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-voice-by-google/kcnhkahnjcbndmmehfkdnkjomaanaooo"
                    target="_blank">Google Voice Extension</a> instead of TurboVPB.
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            <h3 class="mb-3">Frequently Asked Questions</h3>
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                <h6>Do you collect or store contact details?</h6>
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                    No. Contact details are not collected or stored on
                    any server.
                    TurboVPB sends the details directly from your computer to your phone using a peer-to-peer
                    communications technology called <a href="https://webrtc.org">WebRTC</a>.
                    For more details on how TurboVPB works, see the source code repository: <a
                        href="https://github.com/emschwartz/turbo-vpb" target="_blank">emschwartz/turbo-vpb</a>.
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                <h6>Does EveryAction support the use of TurboVPB?</h6>
                <p>Not officially, but they mention TurboVPB in the
                    <a href="https://everyaction.readme.io/docs/other-solutions#turbovpb">"Officially
                        Unsupported"</a>
                    features section of their documentation.
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                <h6>How is this different from <a href="https://blog.ngpvan.com/intro-vpb-connect">VPB Connect</a>?
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                <p>
                    TurboVPB is a free extension that speeds up calling primarily from the caller's own phone
                    number.
                    It also makes it easy to text contacts after calling them.
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                <p>
                    VPB Connect is a paid service from EveryAction that lets you call from phone numbers provided by
                    VAN. You may want to consider using VPB Connect if you work with a campaign that needs to
                    call from campaign numbers and is open to paying by the minute for calls.
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                <h6>Is there a catch?</h6>
                <p>Nope! I built this after getting tired of typing in phone numbers by hand while
                    contacting volunteers for the Sunrise Movement and calling voters with SwingLeft.
                    I hope it will help make phone banking a little more efficient for other organizations,
                    campaigns, or individual volunteers.
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            <h3>Get In Touch</h3>
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                Want to talk about how your campaign or organization can use TurboVPB? Have feedback on the
                experience or ideas for how it could be improved?
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                Send me an email at: evan [at] turbovpb [dot] com
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