Visual voicemail is a complementary voicemail feature that allows for improved voicemail management. Visual voicemail utilizes voice recognition software to transcribe audio messages into text. It is a voicemail enhancement that allows users to check voicemail visually in the form of written text.
How is Visual Voicemail Different from Regular Voicemail?
Basic audio voicemail requires users to dial in and then check voicemails in a sequential order and utilize various phone prompts to save, delete, skip or forward a message. This can be a time consuming and occasionally frustrating experience especially if there are spam-type messages left in the phones voicemail in-box.
Visual voicemail eliminates the frustration associated with basic voicemail and allows users to view all voicemail messages with a quick glance and then read or listen to the voicemail of their choice in whatever order they prefer. In fact, a user can quickly delete a voicemail without ever having to listen to any part of the voicemail message.
Visual Voicemail can Drastically Improve a User's Voicemail Experience
- Visual voicemail allows users to quickly and easily view voicemail messages and then skip, delete or play the messages accordingly.
- Users can simply scroll through voicemail messages to see who called, the caller’s phone number and the date and time that the voicemail message was left.
- Visual voicemail also allows users to reply to messages or compose messages visually through the use of text.
The ability to manage messages in a time consuming and simple manner makes visual voicemail an extremely appealing and useful application.
Visual Voicemail Offers Numerous Benefits
- Users can see the name and location of every caller who left a message even those not included in the phone’s address book.
- The ability to view the number of missed calls and voicemail messages left on the phone.
- Better voicemail management because users can quickly delete spam and unwanted messages without having to listen to them first.
- The ability to play or read the most important message first.
- Users can view the details of a call and then play the audio version of the voicemail message or simply read the message.
- Increased storage by allowing users to save and store more messages than basic audio voicemail allows.
The visual element to voicemail provides users with an alternative method for reviewing messages. Users have a choice to how they want to review their voicemail messages. They can either listen to voicemails directly and respond to the audio prompts or read a voicemail on the phone’s LCD screen and respond to the visual prompts.
Phones that Support Visual Voicemail Include:
- iPhone
- Blackberry Tour
- Blackberry Bold
- LG Voyager
- Samsung Instinct
Visual voicemail technology is a user friendly time saving option to regular voicemail and provides users with more than one option for checking messages.
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