Items tagged with voicemail

by Brandon Hill - Thu, Oct 24, 2019

AT&T Still Battling Weeks-Long Voicemail Outage And Customer Outrage With No End In Sight

If you are an AT&T customer that has been experiencing annoying problems with your voicemail lately, you’re not alone. The second-place U.S. wireless carrier says that it has identified an issue with its voicemail system that is preventing customers from retrieving their messages. This problem could range from being a... Read more...

by Brandon Hill - Mon, Aug 03, 2015

Siri Reportedly Receiving Major Voicemail Overhaul With Transcription Capabilities In 2016

Compared to rival digital assistants like Google Now and Cortana, Apple’s Siri can often seem like it’s stuck in the past. While Apple has added some nifty functionality to Siri since it was first introduced with iOS 5 in 2011, Siri will get a significant “intelligence” overhaul this fall with iOS 9, and will become... Read more...

by Paul Lilly - Fri, Jul 24, 2015

Google Voice Neural Network Update Slashes Transcription Errors Rate By Nearly 50 Percent

Visual voicemail is a wonderful thing...in theory. The idea of being able to read our voicemails in text form is both convenient and awesome, though in practice, it's not usual to stare at a jumble of words trying to figure out if the caller was drunk or if it was simply a poor transcription. Even Google is not shy of... Read more...

by Ray Willington - Mon, Mar 26, 2012

Google Voice Updated For Andoird 4.0+, Brings Improved Visual Voicemail

The vast majority of Android devices still aren't seeing their Ice Cream Sandwich update, but those that have it can now look forward to a new edition of Google Voice that better integrates visual voicemail. The feature has been supported since 2009, enabling users to see all your voicemails with text transcripts, and... Read more...

by Ray Willington - Wed, Jun 23, 2010

Google Voice Now Requires No Invite (in the US) To Join

Google has revolutionized a few things in their short time on Earth as a mega-corporation, with search being at the top. But they've also created the only real rival to Apple's iOS system, and they've also changed the way the world thinks about e-mail and cloud-based Office suites. Now, Google is hoping to change telecommunications, with Google... Read more...

by Michael Santo - Fri, Feb 29, 2008

Homeless to Get Voicemail, Via Google

You might find this unusual, and think it useless, but for those without the lifeline of a phone number, this is a boon.Since the acquisition of Grand Central last year, Google has been participating in periodic Project Homeless Connect events in which it has been providing the homeless with free phone numbers and voicemail accounts that they... Read more...

by Gregory Sullivan - Tue, Dec 18, 2007

Alltel Lets You Read Voicemail

Arkansas based Alltel Wireless is offering a service that converts your voicemail messages to plain text. Great for multitasking, you can now view your messages even when it's not convenient to listen to them, and forward them as e-mail. It's based on technology developed by Great Britain's Spinvox. “Our customers will appreciate the fact... Read more...