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I've been reading over at engadget mobile ( http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/...-visual-voicemail-seep-through-verizons-pore/ )that verizon/sprint has visual voicemail in the works (specifically listed are some new LG/Blackberry phones).
Do you guys know anything about this for the 6800?
(iIm sure a lot depends on Verizon's side as far as setting up the infrastructure before it can be used by us...but It looks like theve started on that already).
Any education on the topic is appreciated as well!
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I've been using the Free Callwave for awhile now on Verizon. While not 100% the same, you do get text transcribed messages of the vocal message. It also sends you a WAV file of the message in email, which plays well on the 6800.
seeing as how the devices this feature are going to be initially available for are not windows based, I doubt we will see such a thing for the 6800 anytime soon
Alltel has it for their phones...
TyDoc said:
Alltel has it for their phones...
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for their windows based phones?
Or are you referring to the voice2text service through Spinvox?
MrTek said:
I've been using the Free Callwave for awhile now on Verizon. While not 100% the same, you do get text transcribed messages of the vocal message. It also sends you a WAV file of the message in email, which plays well on the 6800.
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I went to their website and couldn't find a free version for mobile phones, was it one of those deals you get grandfathered into if you have the account long enough? If there is a secret link to get to it like AVG has, I would appreciate it if you could share
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for their windows based phones?
Or are you referring to the voice2text service through Spinvox?
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Maybe thats what i meant... sorry. i just know the lady at the storew was pitching it too me.. i was paying half attention..
The Sprint Instinct has visual VM
I have it on Telus in Canada with my Titan, not sure if the US does it the same but it seerms to be outsourced to third party companies Telus uses spinvox...which i believe to be the same company that does it for the iphone. What u get is a email with transcribed text of your voicemail and a wav file with the voicemail as well as a text message with the same transcribed voicemail. I can't see them releasing an app specific to windows mobile just yet seeing how it is so generic at this point using just email and text.
The features are all selectable for instance (with Telus anyway) you can choose to:
Send the transcription and wav file to email or not
Send the transcription as text to your phone or not
Delete message from your voicemail once its been transcribed and sent or not
The benefits are reduced time checking voice mail as you can read the voicemail you want real quick, you can also archive your voicemail as you have it in a physical wav file. There may be other benefits as well. The transcription is pretty accururate for the most part however i your caller is talking fast, mumbling or mixes up their words the message can be pretty much useless, even though most of the message in this case gets transcribed correctly even one word transcribed incorrectly can have a total different meaning and be quite confusing.
The disadvantages, at least for spinvox seems to be buggy, I was getting duplicate messages deposited into my telus voicemail I called my carrier and they determined it to be an issue with the third party and transfered me to their technical support, they collected the info and described it as a known issue, meanwhile it is taking double the time to actually go through my physical voicemail and delete messages, the turn around time is 5 business days!
It's also expensive on Telus at least it is either 50 cents a message or $15 for unlimited.
There is another third party that does offer an app for windows mobile and they are called simulscribe, I have not tried them so I can not really provide any info.
Has anyone heard if this is available for the 6800? I heard it's on the new Omnia.
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I've been using the Free Callwave for awhile now on Verizon. While not 100% the same, you do get text transcribed messages of the vocal message. It also sends you a WAV file of the message in email, which plays well on the 6800.
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Is Callwave free? I could not find that on their website.
When I send texts sometimes my friends don't receive it and the stock messaging app says its sent. So I try sending one with Google voice (I have Google voice integration) and it gets sent. A few hours pass and my friends get all of the messages they never got at the same time..what should I do besides call sprint? Anyone run into this?
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Sprint could be having network issues in your area, which is why it sent with GV but not the messaging app.
It has happened to me before. I called sprint and they said something along the lines of network issue lol.
I wouldn't worry unless it keeps happening.
I agree but would also recommend using handcent as ur msging app. I think its by far a way better app
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Thanks guys. Yea I had to open up Google voice and send them manually. I was using handcent but I deleted it because I thought maybe it was causing the problem. Guess I'll just have to call sprint *sigh* haha.
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I'm a UK Three customer using Omega 9.1 ROM (FW: XXBLG1 Modem:XXLFB CSC:H3GALE4).
I work a lot offshore, way out at sea so obviously no mobile connection whatsoever for weeks however we do have a small bandwidth internet connection on the ship.
There seems to masses of apps for being able to receive and send SMS messages via the internet but many seem country specific. I don't want anything too fancy just the ability to use text messages (and preferably free???). Ideally being able to retrieve my voice messages would be awesome as normally when I get home from 4 weeks at sea I have loads and loads of voice messages (I should change my answerphone message before I leave to "Please don't leave a message as I am at sea" but I always forget)
Can anyone recommend a good way of doing this please? I understand that HandcentSMS may have this feature but their website made it look a bit overkill for my needs.
Thanks in advance
Could possibly suggest you using Whatsapp, its free from the Google Play Store and you can send messages, pictures, videos and even recorded voices messages to other whatsapp users completely free over an internet connection.
It would mean that the people who want to contact you would also need to have the Whatsapp app on there phone but it can be downloaded on Apple devices, Blackberry, Android and on newer nokia devices aswell.
I understand this may not be a perfect solution and maybe some of the people you want to contact cant have Whatsapp on there phone but it could really help with those who can.
Hope this helps
Tnanks for that. Certainly a part way solution and I guess the messages I am referring to involve close colleagues, friends and family so I'll see if we can try this route as a group.
Out of interest someone who I worked with mentioned Google Talk but as far as I have read/searched this is just a "chat/instant message" application. Surely it doesn't access my SMS messages? As far as I assume, SMS messages go through my network provider(??). The issue I really want to surmount is just to be able to receive my SMS messages when I am at sea for weeks on end. It really is frustrating getting to within sight of land (normally Aberdeen) and as soon as I get mobile reception a million and one messages start pinging in some of which were sent weeks ago.
Check out textplus. May be worth a look.
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I have fully adopted my GVoice number and it is what I give out now. The two main issues are:
Dropping MMS without notification
Some OS or App text integration doesn't work
I love the widgets available to the Samsung Galaxy line of phones but does anyone have experience using them with Google Voice?
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I have fully adopted my GVoice number and it is what I give out now. The two main issues are:
Dropping MMS without notification
Some OS or App text integration doesn't work
I love the widgets available to the Samsung Galaxy line of phones but does anyone have experience using them with Google Voice?
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I dunno if I can fully answer this, but I'll try.
Using LightFlow, I receive LED light notifications as well as text notifications for any SMS, and emails for MMS - however, I get the "normal" email message notification for MMS, not something that specifically tells me it's an MMS. The widgets aren't super-helpful with MMS, but again, i don't really get/use the GV number for them.
I haven't had any issues with App integration, but I only have texted/used it from the mail app and Chrome, so I dunno if that will answer that question. I don't think I've immersed myself as much as you have, but when I use GV, it has worked great.
This was on my S3 - I had a Tmobile GN2 for a week and it worked just as well. Sorry I couldn't be more helpful.
Thanks for the reply. I guess I wasn't expecting any better integration with GV in this device than other android device.
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really?
there has got to be a way to integrate this better. i mean..this is android, and a google app..come on! lol.
Voice has become another red headed stepchild lately, it seems. Been waiting on them to do something about the MMS thing for years. Not a big deal to not get them, but it should at least tell you that you're not getting something someone is attempting! App integration has been bugging me more too. They really need to get on with polishing up the app, or at least open up the api's to let others do what they want to it.
I've been using Google voice visual voice mail for years. Any reason to switch to Verizon's VVM?
Thanks!
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Only if you have money to waste on an inferior product. That would be why.
Well that's not a very good answer, why not offer something more helpful as a reply. While I agree it may not be worth the money for some, it is for others. My answer is if you like what you have been using why change. Since I have not used Google Voice Visual Voicemail share some thoughts on what you like about it.
Google Voice will transcribe your vmail to text which is great for me. Sometimes I can't listen to my messages, but I can read them. I have found the GV transcription is not very good. I have used services that provide much better transcription, but those are not free like GV.
You can access your voice mails anytime on the Web. While transcription may not always be correct, you can keep all your clematis consolidated in one place.
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i've been using google voice for about a year now. transcripts are usually not accurate at all. but, its a free cloud based voicemail.
the transcripts are actually quite funny to read sometimes. if you can read like that.
Yes, for a free voicemail service GV is great for my needs. And as mentioned, sometimes can get a good giggle out of the transcribes. For me they are at least close enough where even if I can't listen, I at least get an idea of what the message subject is(my wife asking wtf I'm not home yet)
Honestly reason for my support gv is my sister passed away like 2 years ago, & my best friend a year ago. One day I had searched for there named and all there voice mail came up. Lol I know that is a morbid reason. But point is, it stored them that long, and was able to download them.
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What are some of the other services that offer visual voicemail like Google, that are paid but have better transcribing?
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What are some of the other services that offer visual voicemail like Google, that are paid but have better transcribing?
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I would also like this info, I was using a free one (can't recall the name) that i loved up to a year ago and they I guess went under. And i never understood how Google works. I just use Verizon's because it's simple.
Thanks for the replies. I just saw that Verizon's vvm was being added by a Dev to his rom and surmised there was a good reason. Not free and not better than Google vvm says otherwise (except that some companies might insist on it for work devices).
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While Google's transcription may not be accurate, it is enough for me to get the gist of the message in a quick format.
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I like Google Voice's transcript. It gives me something creative and funny to read.
I lived at my cabin for a couple years, no cell service for miles, but could wifi off a neighbors satellite internet service. Slow as heck, but GV transcription gave me enough info on voice mails to know if I had to make the trek down the mountain and make a call. Yes transcription is not perfect, but I can almost always figure it out. I don't pay for texting either, and GV is pretty limited in that regard but for the few times my kids text me instead of email I can get and respond, no mms though, and no short codes.
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I lived at my cabin for a couple years, no cell service for miles, but could wifi off a neighbors satellite internet service. Slow as heck, but GV transcription gave me enough info on voice mails to know if I had to make the trek down the mountain and make a call. Yes transcription is not perfect, but I can almost always figure it out. I don't pay for texting either, and GV is pretty limited in that regard but for the few times my kids text me instead of email I can get and respond, no mms though, and no short codes.
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I think this is a really good point, and the reason I have stuck with GV - I can still get messages even when I don't have VZW service (or, if I just am simply not near my phone). And, though I don't see myself leaving VZW right now, if I did, GV is portable. I wouldn't have to do anything but set up forwarding on my new service.
There have been times (not recently, it's hard to "misplace and forget" a phone this big) that I would go to work and leave my phone at home. No worries, I pull up GV and can see if I am missing anything - calls, texts, etc. I can also have different voicemails for different groups, that I can change on the fly (i.e. if I did forget my phone, I would change my favorites group message - girlfriend, maybe parents - to ask them to call my firm instead since I left my phone at home) right from my work comp.
The "only" reason I can think of to switch to VZW VVM is if there is something lacking with GV. If you are happy with it, I say no reason to switch.
Boy do I sound like a shill for GV or what?
Just to add a comment to an issue I experience using GV.
If someone forwarded me a voicemail from their inbox, GV will never receive it and it would be stuck in Verizon's VM. I had no way to get at it.
If there is a work around for this, please let me know. I just wanted to add my experience.