Periodically somebody writes about neat things that VoIP can do. Though it is not stated explicitly, the implication is that POTS can not offer such features. A more exhaustive list of such features was recently compiled by VoIP Now. Based on what Rich Tehrani has unearthed, it looks like we can add the 26th item to that list – voicemail transcription. (If this were a multimedia blog you would be seeing my cheek bulging because tongue is resting on it.)
Apparently, Rich has learnt that Vonage will transcribe the first two minutes of voicemail spoken in English and will be sent out as email. The unconfirmed rumor is that Vonage will charge 25 cents per voicemail. Of course intelligence has moved to the edge only as far as it concerns to PSTN luddites, but features offered by VoIP service providers like transcription require more intelligence that the edge can muster. Hallelujah!
Posted by aswath at April 21, 2007 05:47 PM