SaskTel announced that it is the 1st in Canada to offer Voice Mail text

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Press Release Source: SpinVox


Read and Manage Your Voicemail Online with SaskTel 'Voice Mail to Text' and 'Online Voice Mail' Service Powered by SpinVox
Thursday September 27, 9:04 am ET


LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SaskTel today announced that it is the first provider in Canada to offer Voice Mail to Text service powered by SpinVox. Available on both the SaskTel cellular network and SaskTel's wireline telephone network, Voice Mail to Text service automatically converts voicemail messages to text and sends the text message to the recipient for viewing on a computer, a cellular phone or another wireless device. The service is available for USD 25 per month for unlimited messages, USD 10 per month for up to 40 messages or 40 cents per message on a pay per use basis.

SaskTel also announced the introduction of online access to SaskTel's Voice Mail Service for residential and small business customers as well as wireless customers. Online Voice Mail, which has been available to large business customers for several months, gives all of SaskTel's voice mail customers the ability to listen to and delete messages, forward messages to email, download and save messages, and change their voicemail settings, all on an easy-to-use web site that can be accessed via SaskTel. Voice mailboxes are secure, and customers are required to enter their phone number and voice mail password to access their mailbox online. These online enhancements, plus an increase in mailbox storage capacity, are available at no extra charge.

"Voice Mail to Text is a revolutionary service and we're proud to be the first provider in Canada to offer it to our customers," SaskTel President and CEO Robert Watson said. "These new technologies provide customers with incredible new flexibility and convenience when dealing with their voicemail."

"Voice driven messaging is about to explode around the globe," said Christina Domecq, Co-founder and CEO of SpinVox. "SpinVox was the first to create the service and SaskTel is the first in Canada to offer it. We believe voice messaging greatly enhances your ability to communicate effectively with the people you interact with on a daily basis - and that's why we're both in business."

About SaskTel

Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corporation (SaskTel) is the leading full service communications provider in Saskatchewan, offering competitive voice, data, dial-up and high speed internet, entertainment and multimedia services, security, web hosting, text and messaging services, and cellular and wireless data services over its digital networks. The Corporation also provides security monitoring services through SecurTek, directory services through DirectWest, in-room communications services to the healthcare sector through Hospitality Network, telecommunications consulting service through SaskTel International and an out-of-province sales and service channel in Alberta and British Columbia. SaskTel and its wholly-owned subsidiaries have a workforce of approximately 5,100 full-time, part-time and temporary employees. Visit SaskTel at SaskTel.

About SpinVox

SpinVox® brought together the two most popular methods of communication - voice and text - and created a new category of messaging called Voice-to-Screen(TM). Its award-winning service is now making everyday communication simpler and more powerful, creating new recurring revenues for wireless, landline, cable and VOIP carriers as well as service providers and web partners. SpinVox has already launched its service with Cincinnati Bell and announced deals with Alltel, Rogers, Sasktel and Vodacom. As a managed service provider any network or service can rapidly and cost-effectively implement SpinVox.

At the heart of SpinVox is its Voice Message Conversion System(TM) (VMCS), which works by combining state-of-the-art speech technologies with a live-learning language process. VMCS is being rolled-out across four continents in four languages - English, French, Spanish and German.



Contact:
SpinVox
Tony Carter
Public Relations Director - North America
T: +1 404 316 0201
tony.carter@spinvox.com
or
Jane Henry
Global PR Director
T: +44 (0)20 7965 2000
M: +44 (0)7941 941 794
Jane.henry@spinvox.com
or
Greg Kalish
GK Communications for SpinVox
T: +1 646 290 8840
M: +1 917 592 1942
Email: gkalish@gkcomms.com
Sasktel
Andy Tate
Corporate Affairs
T: (306) 777-4548
andy.tate@sasktel.sk.ca

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Source: SpinVox