Alltel offers voicemail transcription service
Posted by Joe P on December 18, 2007
Ho ho ho! Merry…happy…eh, whatever. It’s the holidays, which means you’re bound to receive plenty of calls from long-lost friends and relatives, wishing you a happy whatever it is you celebrate. Problem is, you probably don’t want to field calls from all of them. So you do what every other person in the world does: Send ‘em to voicemail. ::Sigh:: But that just means that you have to listen to their 15-minute message chronicling everything that’s happened since the last time you saw them. There is no easy way out…you have to pick your poison. That is, unless you’re with Alltel.
If you kick them $4.99 per month, they’ll listen to and transcribe 20 of your voicemails and send them to you via text message. Then you can cut through the crap and get to the message. If you’re particularly popular, they’ll do up to 100 messages for $19.99 per month. It’s like having a virtual assistant!
Just remember, when you return the message, send it straight from your voicemail to theirs. That way, the phone won’t ring, and there’s zero chance you’ll be caught in an awkward and never-ending conversation. WARNING: Won’t work with Aunt Mae, who doesn’t have a cell phone, therefore has no voicemail. You’re stuck talking to her. Sorry to break the news.
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