Voicemail To Email

USATODAY: Why listen to your voice mail messages when you can read them? That’s what a new crop of companies is asking — they’re developing software that turns voice mail messages into transcribed e-mail or text messages.
We’ve all gotten those long voice mail messages from a friend, relative, business associate — or in this reporter’s case a PR person pitching a story idea — that seem to drag on forever. New companies, such as Simulscribe, SpinVox and now Callwave, are emerging to provide a fix for busy people who don’t want to listen to long messages anymore.
Even though cellphones are increasingly being used to do everything from sending text messages to surfing the Web to playing music, the main reason to use a phone is voice communication. New applications, such as voice-to-text, could be part of a growing trend of new services based on voice-recognition technology.
Tech turns voice mails into emails [USATODAY]