Voicemail 2.0
I am not a fan of voicemail. I think that the guys over at The Doghouse Diaries, captured it perfectly when it comes to the problems with retrieving messages nowadays. I’ve been accused of leaving a voicemail on my phone for days because I know who called me and I never even bothered checking what the message was because I just returned the call without listening to it. Today, with newer telephony technologies, there are products that allow you to read your voicemail with a speech-to-text application that translates voicemail to an interpreted text message. It is not always perfect and sometimes it turns into a cryptic message that sounds more like a nursery rhyme than a message, but you typically get the idea. It’s actually a nice benefit that allows you to read your voicemail, delete it without listening and keep an organized “database” of calls you have to return.
Some companies charge for this feature, while companies like Google give it away for free. We’re not advocating any particular company, but it is a feature found on a number of offerings from VoIP companies and worthwhile to consider. Just think you can check your messages without having to go through that voicemail tree all the time. So if you’re tired of having to work with voicemail, take a look at increasing your productivity with this new feature.
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Benny Carreon is the President and CEO of GrayBear Resources Group. GBR is a next-generation telecommunications consulting firm. We aren't a telephone company's vendor disguising itself as a consultant. We don't sell carrier products that would conflict with out mission - our goal is to work for our clients by reducing costs, streamlining services, eliminating waste and fraud while providing the least disruption to your business.
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