A week after Telstra completed a deal with communications company SpinVox to enable voice messages to be texted to customers, Skype has also taken the new system on board.SpinVox will convert voice messages to text, which are then sent by Skype as an SMS text directly to a designated mobile phone.
Recipients of converted voicemail messages can listen to the full voice message by either signing into Skype or by calling their Skype To Go number. As well as being able to receive voicemail as text via SpinVox, Skype users may choose instead to receive voicemail notification via SMS or for free by email.
It’s easy for Skype users to set up voicemail to text from their account page, by simply registering a mobile phone number. Each voicemail-to-text conversion will cost $0.39 plus the cost of sending an SMS at standard low Skype rates. Additional SMS charges – a maximum of three – may apply depending on the length of the voicemail message.
All payments are made through Skype Credit. Users have a choice to set a limit on the number of voicemail conversions received per day and to receive messages from people only in their contact list to help them manage their Skype credit. An email notification will be sent if that limit is exceeded.
