{"id":181711,"date":"2010-01-14T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"Gizmodo-5448571"},"modified":"2010-01-14T19:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-15T00:00:00","slug":"free-alternatives-to-atts-10month-voicemail-to-text-service-telephony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/181711","title":{"rendered":"Free Alternatives to AT&amp;T&#8217;s $10\/Month Voicemail-to-Text Service [Telephony]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cache.gawker.com\/assets\/images\/4\/2010\/01\/500x_attvoice.jpg\" class=\"left image500\" width=\"500\" \/>We heard about AT&#038;T&#8217;s Voicemail-to-Text service back in December, but now it&#8217;s being shoved down our throats again with email reminders aplenty. Why don&#8217;t we care about the $10\/month service? Because we can get something better. For free.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lifehacker.com\/5304626\/testing-google-voices-transcription-powers\">Google Voice<\/a> and it&#8217;s transcribing powers were our first thought, but it&#8217;s not the only alternative. <a href=\"http:\/\/lifehacker.com\/5431998\/ribbit-app-delivers-voicemail-transcripts-to-your-iphone\">Ribbit Mobile<\/a> offers some decent transcriptions and has a pretty solid iPhone app available and as does <a href=\"http:\/\/lifehacker.com\/5382623\/youmail-for-iphone-gets-push-voicemail-transcriptions\">YouMail<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Lifehacker actually made it a point to <a href=\"http:\/\/lifehacker.com\/5092607\/battle-of-the-free-visual-voicemail-and-transcription-services\">pit some of these transcription services<\/a> against each other a long time ago, but I&#8217;m certain that both quality and prices have changed since then. Either way, these services remain free&mdash;or at least cheaper than AT&#038;T&#8217;s service&mdash;and have been around long enough to work out some kinks. So check them out and spend the ten bucks you&#8217;ll save each month on ice cream or something.<\/p>\n<p> <br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=b5677b6e88e08636e34a9a5dff898714&#038;p=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 0;\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/img.phdo?s=b5677b6e88e08636e34a9a5dff898714&#038;p=1\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"0\" width=\"0\" border=\"0\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"http:\/\/a.rfihub.com\/eus.gif?eui=2226\"\/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/jdsNCr2lTVXAi3-vERrpc3_5pbY\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/jdsNCr2lTVXAi3-vERrpc3_5pbY\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/jdsNCr2lTVXAi3-vERrpc3_5pbY\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/jdsNCr2lTVXAi3-vERrpc3_5pbY\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=Hqb8m-UXH9w:6vT9uqHCdsU:H0mrP-F8Qgo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=Hqb8m-UXH9w:6vT9uqHCdsU:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=Hqb8m-UXH9w:6vT9uqHCdsU:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?i=Hqb8m-UXH9w:6vT9uqHCdsU:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=Hqb8m-UXH9w:6vT9uqHCdsU:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?i=Hqb8m-UXH9w:6vT9uqHCdsU:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/gizmodo\/full\/~4\/Hqb8m-UXH9w\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We heard about AT&#038;T&#8217;s Voicemail-to-Text service back in December, but now it&#8217;s being shoved down our throats again with email reminders aplenty. Why don&#8217;t we care about the $10\/month service? Because we can get something better. For free. Google Voice and it&#8217;s transcribing powers were our first thought, but it&#8217;s not the only alternative. 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