Voice Mail to Text – It’s Here! (A Better way to Voice Mail!)

You are sitting in a meeting and you have your phone on vibrate or silent so as not to disrupt the speaker and get “the eye?” Then that important call comes through. You fidget as the name flashes on the screen… “Should I get up and take the call in the hallway?” “Or just send it to voice mail?”. The second choice creates anxiety as you need a piece of information… Now, let’s see how this would have played out if you had a MetroPCS handset on that conference table:

You would have let the call go to voice mail, and then your caller would leave a message… a few seconds later a text message arrives with a transcription of the call allowing you to judge if it is important enough to hop out of that chair (spilling the coffee in front of you while you are at it) and run to return the call.

We are faced with many situations where taking a call or even checking voice mail is not possible (loud events, babies screaming, blustery weather days, a night at the movies, board meetings, a classical music concert and so forth) now we have the option of receiving that message in perfect silence while your important event continues uninterrupted.  All MetroPCS handsets are compatible with this feature and it is only $3.00 a month (taxes included).  You may have this feature added at any authorized MetroPCS store.

You may also choose to have your voice mails sent to you as an email if this is your preference (an audio file will be attached too!). Currently this new service is only available in English. Message is transcribed via SMS text (first 480 characters or 3 text messages) or full text (up to 60 seconds) via email.

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