Talk the lead. Don’t type it.
BoothBuddy is a voice-first trade show lead capture app. Tap once, say the visitor’s name, email, company, and what they asked for — in one natural sentence — and BoothBuddy structures it into a clean, exportable lead. No typing on the show floor. No form to fill out mid-conversation.
Forms aren’t built for booth-side conversations.
The visitor watches you stare at a screen for 30 seconds, misspell their last name, and give up on the notes field. Voice keeps you in eye contact.
A form means fields, taps, validation errors, autocomplete drama. By the time you finish, the next person walked off. Voice is one tap and one sentence.
The notebook in your back pocket is unsearchable by Tuesday. Voice capture is searchable, exportable, and timestamped automatically.
One tap. One sentence. Clean lead.
The whole flow lives in the natural lull at the end of a conversation. About 30 seconds per lead, total.
- 01Tap onceThe whole capture screen is the tap target — no menus, no "new lead" button.
- 02Say the leadName, email, company, and what they asked for, in one natural sentence. No script.
- 03Review the fieldsSpeech-to-text plus structured extraction fills in name, email, company, title, notes. Low-confidence fields get a "Worth a glance" flag.
- 04Save and move onEdit anything that needs a tiny fix. Tap save. Back to the next visitor.
Four things voice does that typing can’t.
A natural sentence takes 10–15 seconds. Typing the same lead into a form takes 45–60. Across 80 conversations a day, that's the difference between catching 80 leads and catching 50.
You don't look down at a screen for half a minute. The visitor sees you nod, ask one follow-up question, and casually say what they just told you. It feels like a conversation, not paperwork.
When you're typing, "notes" is another field — most reps skip it. When you're talking, the context is just the next sentence. The notes field fills itself.
Short, deliberate recordings (not always-on transcription) are robust to ambient noise. Hold the phone closer to your mouth, speak clearly, done.
Mobile-first and audio notes are already accepted.
Verbatim quotes from public reviews of adjacent products. Voice and mobile capture aren’t novel — they’re already what booth reps reach for first.
“It was easy to train our team, as they just download the app, and it turns their mobile phones into lead scanners.”
“I also really enjoyed the ability to take notes using audio.”
“i was at a trade expo recently... and even companies selling crm tools were manually typing in business card details after the event...i mean in 2025... shouldn't we be way past that?”
“The app required us to enter a typed note before we could scan the badge of the next potential lead at the trade show. This was somewhat time consuming especially when there are multiple people waiting to be scanned.”
Voice lead capture, answered.
What is voice lead capture?
Voice lead capture is when a sales rep records the lead by speaking instead of typing it into a form. The audio is transcribed and structured into fields (name, email, company, title, notes) for review and export. BoothBuddy is a voice-first trade show lead capture app built around this workflow.
How does voice lead capture work in practice?
You tap the record button after a conversation, say the visitor's name, email, company, and a sentence about what they asked for, then stop. The app uses speech-to-text plus a structured-output extraction model to fill in each field. You see the lead on a review screen, edit anything that looks off, and save. Total elapsed time: 15–30 seconds per lead.
Will voice lead capture work in a noisy trade show hall?
Yes, because BoothBuddy uses short, deliberate recordings — not always-on transcription that tries to listen to everything. The rep taps record after a conversation, says the lead clearly in one sentence, and stops. It's the same flow that works in a quiet room, just with the phone held closer to your mouth.
What if the AI mishears a name or email?
Every lead goes through a review screen before saving. Low-confidence fields — usually emails or unusual last names — are flagged with a "Worth a glance" tag. Tap the field, fix it, tap save. The rep is always in control of the final lead.
Do I need a special microphone?
No. The phone in your pocket is fine. Hold it 15–20 cm from your mouth and speak clearly. BoothBuddy works with the standard iOS and Android microphones.
Is voice lead capture better than a badge scanner?
Better for different things. A badge scanner is best when all you need is contact info from a pre-printed badge. Voice capture is best when you want the conversation context — what the visitor asked for, how serious they seemed, what to send them next. Most trade-show ROI lives in that context, which is why voice capture wins for follow-up.
Use cases and comparisons.
Capture your next event by voice.
25 free leads, no credit card. Try voice capture at one show — see how it changes the way your booth works.