GotVoice Offers Voicemail Transcription for Premium Subscribers

CallWave does this same thing and is free. The picture above looks pretty similar to it too.

http://www.callwave.com

From Lifehacker –

Web site CallWave is yet another voicemail replacement solution for mobile phones, offering voicemail-to-email forwarding, like previously-mentioned GotVoice, with a few more advanced options.

Unlike GotVoice, which checks your voicemail once daily by logging into your carrier’s default voicemail, CallWave actually replaces your carrier’s voicemail (like Pinger), meaning you’ll get any voicemail via email as soon as it’s left. CallWave also has a free Windows application that lets you organize and listen to any message from your desktop. If you’re looking for a few added voicemail management and notification options not offered by your carrier or GotVoice, CallWave looks like a pretty strong option. If you want to really beef up your voicemail and call management, check out previously-posted GrandCentral. — Adam Pash

Although there are transcription services out there, GotVoice is seamlessly compatible with my provider.

CallWave does not work with Sprint

SimulScribe’s voicemail-to-text service works with any US carrier and they ALSO send you the original voicemail audio…which none of the aforementioned services offer. So, if you really want to completely eliminate the need to dial-in, SimulScribe is better. Plus they have a pricing plan for unlimited voicemail transcriptions.

I am a product manager at CallWave. Just for clarification. CallWave does work with Sprint along with any other US carrier. The problem is that Sprint doesn’t support conditional call forwarding initiated from the handset. The user needs to contact Sprint in order to get call forwarding activated. CallWave also does provide the option to have an attachment of the original audio sent to your email, but the feature is initially inactive so the user doesn’t have to download the larger file. The CallWave transcription service is free, as well as Visual Voicemail that can be accessed by email, or through widgets compatible with Apple, Google, Yahoo!, and Vista. To say that GotVoice’s transcription service is “added” for free to premium users accounts really misinterprets the meaning of the word “free”. Another shortcoming with the GotVoice product include the inability to receive voicemail as it is comes in. Instead it requires the user to schedule when their voicemail is checked by GotVoice. For important messages, and timely responses, this could certainly be a problem.

SimulScribe automatically gives you the caller ID, transcribed voicemail message and attached audio file. Additionally, you can point all your phone lines, mobile, home, office, Skype directly at your SimulScribe voicemail box giving you a single, unified messaging solution without having to change a single phone number.

They have a free 7 day plan at http://www.simulscribe.com