This is a cool new feature -- it transcribes your voicemail into text. I did a test message, and it works pretty good. Bad part is that it costs 25 cents a message, which is a little steep.
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I was presuming that it was all done by machine . . . The translation happens very very quickly. On our test call, within a couple of minutes of leaving the message, the Vonage Text was left.
Thinks .25 per message is somewhat expensive and could add up fast. Also though I don't know all whats involved in deciphering the voice to text expense wise for Vonage.
But it seems to be a great feature for those needing something like that. Kudos to Vonage for a new added feature.
The more I think about it, the more I think that this service has to be machine translation, and not human translation. I think that the disclosure that voicemails may be reviewed by a human is so that they can do quality spotchecks.
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As a side joke just think if there was virtually no time limit on a message. 25 cents might be cheap for a dictation service. Oh well, just a thought. I have to agree it wouldn't work for me. But maybe somebody needs this service.
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As a side joke just think if there was virtually no time limit on a message. 25 cents might be cheap for a dictation service. Oh well, just a thought. I have to agree it wouldn't work for me. But maybe somebody needs this service.
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