Dan Cameron - Latest Comments in Spinvox

Re: Spinvox

dancameron — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 22:16:14 -0000

Spinvox's service is free but I do not recommend it. For a while I was getting some calls about credit cards and loans and I have to believe they were spamming me, or sending emails through spinvox as ads, because they would come through as if they were voicemails (translated and sent to my email as a translated call) but I never received a call. Very strange and of course they denied it.

I used Callwave for a while for home VOIP and call forwarding but I never used the vtxt since it's a pay for service and I know have the iPhone which has "visual voicemail".

I would expect Google's Grandcentral to have voice to text but it's up to you.

Re: Spinvox

Jared — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 21:42:50 -0000

If I remember correctly, it's exactly the same. Spinvox started in the UK, and Callwave is the US company that's selling the same underlying technology. Not sure of the exact terms of the arrangement (some sort of licensing agreement, etc.), but I'm pretty sure they are related and Callwave is selling exactly what Spinvox offered.

Re: Spinvox

Ron — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 18:06:34 -0000

How does spinvox compare to Callwave's vtxt?

Re: Spinvox

tyler — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 13:14:47 -0000

I just signed up with simulscribe.com - seems to be the same service. Very easy to use. Cost is $9.95 for first 40 messages, and then .25 per message.

Re: Spinvox

JaredB — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 11:36:49 -0000

Yeah, I've done the same thing on my phone, I was just checking if that was the method they used to transfer to the Spinvox system.

I've thought about doing something like this before on my own, with an Asterisk box, because I hate voicemail too.

Re: Spinvox

dancameron — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 10:33:43 -0000

Yeah, you configure your phone to forward to the number you're given from spinvox rather than the one the mobile provider sets up your phone with. All phones work this way, when someone goes to voicemail on your current phone it's being transfered to another number and that number is what you change. Some carriers make it pretty easy to modify this number, I know ATT does.

Re: Spinvox

JaredB — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 02:34:39 -0000

How do you use it with your cell account? Do you configure your cell plan to go to a number they provide instead of your cell companies voicemail #?

Re: Spinvox

Steve — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 23:30:32 -0000

Man, I hate voicemail too. Especially when someone could just as easily send me an e-mail, but they try to call because they think they'll get my attention faster. Sign me up!!