Comments on: Free Voicemail Replacement with YouMail http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/free-voicemail-replacement-with-youmail/ Cool Websites, Software and Internet Tips Sun, 07 Sep 2008 02:26:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Jacey http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/free-voicemail-replacement-with-youmail/#comment-306301 Jacey Thu, 05 Jun 2008 05:10:40 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/free-voicemail-replacement-with-youmail/#comment-306301 Youmail sounds terrific. I'm currently using <a href="http://101voicemail.com" rel="nofollow">101Voicemail</a> which gives a tollfree number. I'm not sure if i want to let go of my number. Does anyone know if I can transfer my toll free number? Youmail sounds terrific. I’m currently using 101Voicemail which gives a tollfree number. I’m not sure if i want to let go of my number. Does anyone know if I can transfer my toll free number?

]]> By: Jacey http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/free-voicemail-replacement-with-youmail/#comment-306300 Jacey Thu, 05 Jun 2008 05:06:47 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/free-voicemail-replacement-with-youmail/#comment-306300 Youmail sounds terrific. I'm currently using 101Voicemail tollfree voice mail and I'm not sure if I can let go of my toll free number. Does anyone know if you mail has toll free numbers? Youmail sounds terrific. I’m currently using 101Voicemail tollfree voice mail and I’m not sure if I can let go of my toll free number. Does anyone know if you mail has toll free numbers?

]]> By: Surfer http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/free-voicemail-replacement-with-youmail/#comment-282052 Surfer Wed, 07 May 2008 20:50:10 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/free-voicemail-replacement-with-youmail/#comment-282052 I just signed up a few weeks ago and I have to say i'm very impressed. As a small business owner/entrepreneur i find it very useful for the 3 different projects i have to be able to organize my callers so my cell answers with the right identity. i tried a bunch of stuff before and even GC but i found it too confusing to give people a new number and then confuse them by calling them back from my cell and have a different number show up - who wants that hassle! Anyway, their new transcription service is a bit wonky but hey, it's free and it's in beta. I am using a bunch of the pre-recorded stuff they have and they're generally pretty good. So, a thumbs up from me on YouMail. -Surfer I just signed up a few weeks ago and I have to say i’m very impressed. As a small business owner/entrepreneur i find it very useful for the 3 different projects i have to be able to organize my callers so my cell answers with the right identity. i tried a bunch of stuff before and even GC but i found it too confusing to give people a new number and then confuse them by calling them back from my cell and have a different number show up - who wants that hassle!
Anyway, their new transcription service is a bit wonky but hey, it’s free and it’s in beta. I am using a bunch of the pre-recorded stuff they have and they’re generally pretty good.
So, a thumbs up from me on YouMail.

-Surfer

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]]> By: Kent http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/free-voicemail-replacement-with-youmail/#comment-252247 Kent Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:15:20 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/free-voicemail-replacement-with-youmail/#comment-252247 From what I've read, YouMail's speech to text transcription of voicemail is actually 100% automated and not sent overseas, but many of the other services actually are sent overseas. I think that's why Spinvox had to recently raise $100M and why those services charge a nice fee per month to have the service! What's actually pretty cool about youmail's speech service is their community correction tool - if the quality of an individual transcription is poor, you can contribute directly to making YouMail better by correcting the wording and sending it back to Youmail. They log the difference in their speech engines so that over time the quality of transcription just gets better and better. Brilliant use of the power of Community. From what I’ve read, YouMail’s speech to text transcription of voicemail is actually 100% automated and not sent overseas, but many of the other services actually are sent overseas. I think that’s why Spinvox had to recently raise $100M and why those services charge a nice fee per month to have the service!

What’s actually pretty cool about youmail’s speech service is their community correction tool - if the quality of an individual transcription is poor, you can contribute directly to making YouMail better by correcting the wording and sending it back to Youmail. They log the difference in their speech engines so that over time the quality of transcription just gets better and better. Brilliant use of the power of Community.

]]> By: lattyb http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/free-voicemail-replacement-with-youmail/#comment-251629 lattyb Tue, 08 Apr 2008 03:33:49 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/free-voicemail-replacement-with-youmail/#comment-251629 i've just signed up for YouMail on my T-Mobile phone. one thing to be aware of - if you are a T-Mobile customer in the greater San Francisco bay area, you will have a devil of a time getting YouMail to work at all. i signed up on a Saturday night for the service, and sign-up was 90% intuitive. (10% taken off since there's no easy way to return to your regular voicemail service shown on the site anywhere - but i learned after 2 days of no voicemail that you can dial # 004 # to turn it off fyi) so it sounds kinda horrific, right? two days with no voicemail? i politely asked YouMail to let me know how to completely disable this service. then a wonderfully kind woman named alexandra emailed me from YouMail and asked me to ring her. directly. i did, and she phoned T-Mobile with me -- apparently it's a known issue -- and was able to escalate my issue to the top with no ruffled feathers, and now I'm just waiting on T-Mobile to flip the switch that allows people from 415 (and neighboring) area codes to forward calls to any number in the 714 area code (the root of the problem). not ideal, for sure, but a) YouMail is free, and b) their customer service kicks the butt of most paid services (including any healthcare I've ever experienced in the US). hopefully i'll be able to actually use YouMail by the end of the week. a girl can dream. i’ve just signed up for YouMail on my T-Mobile phone. one thing to be aware of - if you are a T-Mobile customer in the greater San Francisco bay area, you will have a devil of a time getting YouMail to work at all.

i signed up on a Saturday night for the service, and sign-up was 90% intuitive. (10% taken off since there’s no easy way to return to your regular voicemail service shown on the site anywhere - but i learned after 2 days of no voicemail that you can dial # 004 # to turn it off fyi)

so it sounds kinda horrific, right? two days with no voicemail? i politely asked YouMail to let me know how to completely disable this service. then a wonderfully kind woman named alexandra emailed me from YouMail and asked me to ring her. directly. i did, and she phoned T-Mobile with me — apparently it’s a known issue — and was able to escalate my issue to the top with no ruffled feathers, and now I’m just waiting on T-Mobile to flip the switch that allows people from 415 (and neighboring) area codes to forward calls to any number in the 714 area code (the root of the problem).

not ideal, for sure, but a) YouMail is free, and b) their customer service kicks the butt of most paid services (including any healthcare I’ve ever experienced in the US).

hopefully i’ll be able to actually use YouMail by the end of the week. a girl can dream.

]]> By: Chad http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/free-voicemail-replacement-with-youmail/#comment-251137 Chad Mon, 07 Apr 2008 18:20:00 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/free-voicemail-replacement-with-youmail/#comment-251137 Dude, I 've been on YM for nearly a year now and it's saved my bacon a few times when my crap Verizon phone died on me while traveling and another time when at a client's office in a basement i was able to reply to voicemails by email and text. I love, love, Youmail. Chad Dude,
I ‘ve been on YM for nearly a year now and it’s saved my bacon a few times when my crap Verizon phone died on me while traveling and another time when at a client’s office in a basement i was able to reply to voicemails by email and text.
I love, love, Youmail.
Chad

]]> By: Dave http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/free-voicemail-replacement-with-youmail/#comment-247824 Dave Sat, 05 Apr 2008 16:17:25 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/free-voicemail-replacement-with-youmail/#comment-247824 That has to be an urban legend - lol. I can't imagine people sitting there transcribing all of those messages - but it is maybe the only way to get 100% accuracy on them! That has to be an urban legend - lol. I can’t imagine people sitting there transcribing all of those messages - but it is maybe the only way to get 100% accuracy on them!

]]> By: Dave http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/free-voicemail-replacement-with-youmail/#comment-247820 Dave Sat, 05 Apr 2008 16:16:18 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/free-voicemail-replacement-with-youmail/#comment-247820 I've heard of it but it is a for-pay service which is why it isn't included here :). Re:Sprint, they have a per minute charge for this? I've never heard of that, but it is an issue with Sprint and not YouMail. I would think that Sprint would also charge this for any other voicemail provider as well. I’ve heard of it but it is a for-pay service which is why it isn’t included here :).

Re:Sprint, they have a per minute charge for this? I’ve never heard of that, but it is an issue with Sprint and not YouMail. I would think that Sprint would also charge this for any other voicemail provider as well.

]]> By: Aibek http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/free-voicemail-replacement-with-youmail/#comment-247556 Aibek Sat, 05 Apr 2008 12:49:39 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/free-voicemail-replacement-with-youmail/#comment-247556 <em>"... does someone in India transcribe the message (as Jott does– which I thought was a joke when I heard it but apparently it’s true) "</em> Are you sure :-). That's hillarious. And I though they had a really good voice to text software. “… does someone in India transcribe the message (as Jott does– which I thought was a joke when I heard it but apparently it’s true) “

Are you sure :-). That’s hillarious. And I though they had a really good voice to text software.

]]> By: Michael http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/free-voicemail-replacement-with-youmail/#comment-246914 Michael Sat, 05 Apr 2008 03:13:49 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/free-voicemail-replacement-with-youmail/#comment-246914 Have you heard of GotVoice? http://gotvoice.com/ Have you heard of GotVoice? http://gotvoice.com/

]]> By: Scott http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/free-voicemail-replacement-with-youmail/#comment-246801 Scott Sat, 05 Apr 2008 01:00:03 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/free-voicemail-replacement-with-youmail/#comment-246801 Looks great, but it doesn't work with Sprint without an outrageous per-minute charge (charged by Sprint, not YouMail), so I'll stick with my current services: Grand Central and Got Voice. Looks great, but it doesn’t work with Sprint without an outrageous per-minute charge (charged by Sprint, not YouMail), so I’ll stick with my current services: Grand Central and Got Voice.

]]> By: wjgray http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/free-voicemail-replacement-with-youmail/#comment-246664 wjgray Fri, 04 Apr 2008 22:42:28 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/free-voicemail-replacement-with-youmail/#comment-246664 Been using youmail for well over a year and I am here to endorse it! It is wonderful for small business owners as I can create personalized messages for customers, different for friends and family, and a generic message for new callers. The new caller's phone and caller id are entered into your address book. This is later edited and a new personal message attached. Also nice is the fact that email notifications contain an mp3 of the call (no need to return to the site). Support was great the one time I had to call them. So seemless. So nice! (BTW... I use Jott too. Great service as well. Some funny transcriptions sometimes... but still a fabulous tool for small business owners like me. ) Been using youmail for well over a year and I am here to endorse it! It is wonderful for small business owners as I can create personalized messages for customers, different for friends and family, and a generic message for new callers. The new caller’s phone and caller id are entered into your address book. This is later edited and a new personal message attached. Also nice is the fact that email notifications contain an mp3 of the call (no need to return to the site).

Support was great the one time I had to call them.

So seemless. So nice!

(BTW… I use Jott too. Great service as well. Some funny transcriptions sometimes… but still a fabulous tool for small business owners like me. )

]]> By: Ron http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/free-voicemail-replacement-with-youmail/#comment-246511 Ron Fri, 04 Apr 2008 20:43:40 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/free-voicemail-replacement-with-youmail/#comment-246511 Dave-- Cool review. I'm curious, do you know if Youmail uses voice recognition or does someone in India transcribe the message (as Jott does-- which I thought was a joke when I heard it but apparently it's true). The thought of someone having to transcribe my stupid messages for my stupid life makes me sad. Dave–
Cool review. I’m curious, do you know if Youmail uses voice recognition or does someone in India transcribe the message (as Jott does– which I thought was a joke when I heard it but apparently it’s true). The thought of someone having to transcribe my stupid messages for my stupid life makes me sad.

]]> By: Travis Quinnelly http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/free-voicemail-replacement-with-youmail/#comment-246308 Travis Quinnelly Fri, 04 Apr 2008 18:16:44 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/free-voicemail-replacement-with-youmail/#comment-246308 Great solution Dave. You had mentioned that you were looking for a good service like this. I'm impressed...I'll be joining soon. Great solution Dave. You had mentioned that you were looking for a good service like this. I’m impressed…I’ll be joining soon.

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