Vonage Visual Voicemail

A couple of years ago I reviewed Vonage Broadband Phone Service. One of the features that Vonage provides is the ability to have an email sent to you when someone leaves you a voicemail. I have used this feature since I originally signed up for Vonage's service. I like the ability to get a new email with an attached sound file that lets me listen to the voicemail while I am at work.

Earlier this year, Vonage introduced a new feature called Vonage Visual Voicemail. This new feature translates the audio from the voicemail into text. After enabling this option, my voicemail emails now contain both the audio file and a transcript of the text. For example, previously, when someone left a voicemail, I got an email with an attached wav file that I would need to open in Windows Media Player. Now, with Visual Voicemail, I get an email with a wav file and text like this:

"Hi, Kevin. This is Seth. Hey, when you get back, please give me a call. Thanks. Bye."

No need to fire up Windows Media Player, now I can read what they said. Very quick. Very handy.