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January 15th, 2010, 00:20
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2010/01/500x_attvoice.jpgWe heard about AT&T's Voicemail-to-Text service back in December, but now it's being shoved down our throats again with email reminders aplenty. Why don't we care about the $10/month service? Because we can get something better. For free.
Google Voice (http://lifehacker.com/5304626/testing-google-voices-transcription-powers) and it's transcribing powers were our first thought, but it's not the only alternative. Ribbit Mobile (http://lifehacker.com/5431998/ribbit-app-delivers-voicemail-transcripts-to-your-iphone) offers some decent transcriptions and has a pretty solid iPhone app available and as does YouMail (http://lifehacker.com/5382623/youmail-for-iphone-gets-push-voicemail-transcriptions).
Lifehacker actually made it a point to pit some of these transcription services (http://lifehacker.com/5092607/battle-of-the-free-visual-voicemail-and-transcription-services) against each other a long time ago, but I'm certain that both quality and prices have changed since then. Either way, these services remain free—or at least cheaper than AT&T's service—and have been around long enough to work out some kinks. So check them out and spend the ten bucks you'll save each month on ice cream or something.
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More... (http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/Hqb8m-UXH9w/free-alternatives-to-atts-10month-voicemail+to+text-service)
Google Voice (http://lifehacker.com/5304626/testing-google-voices-transcription-powers) and it's transcribing powers were our first thought, but it's not the only alternative. Ribbit Mobile (http://lifehacker.com/5431998/ribbit-app-delivers-voicemail-transcripts-to-your-iphone) offers some decent transcriptions and has a pretty solid iPhone app available and as does YouMail (http://lifehacker.com/5382623/youmail-for-iphone-gets-push-voicemail-transcriptions).
Lifehacker actually made it a point to pit some of these transcription services (http://lifehacker.com/5092607/battle-of-the-free-visual-voicemail-and-transcription-services) against each other a long time ago, but I'm certain that both quality and prices have changed since then. Either way, these services remain free—or at least cheaper than AT&T's service—and have been around long enough to work out some kinks. So check them out and spend the ten bucks you'll save each month on ice cream or something.
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More... (http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/Hqb8m-UXH9w/free-alternatives-to-atts-10month-voicemail+to+text-service)