Nov 14, 2011
How to Use Phone.com For Cell Phone Voicemail
It’s a pain to listen to voicemail, at least for me. I am so bad about checking voicemail on my cell phone, in fact, that I rarely take the time until I get that alert that says my voicemail box is about to reach 100 percent capacity.
Apparently, I’m not alone. Phone.com community manager Jeb Brilliant pointed to a similar phenomenon about other cell phone users—they avoid listening to voicemail. These days, you don’t always need to. There are so many services and even phone apps that transcribe your messages. But what about your cell phone voicemail?
Brilliant offers some tips on how to use Phone.com for cell phone voicemail, which means you can have your voicemail transcribed rather than having to dial in and listen. So if you are like me—and like Brilliant—listen up:
1. Add another phone number to your virtual office account at Phone.com.
2. Forward unanswered calls by entering *004*1xxxxxxxxxx*11. Brilliant points out that the xxx represent the newly added Phone.com number.
3. Press send (or call, etc.).
4. Voila! All your missed calls on your cell phone number are forwarded to Phone.com versus your carrier picking them up.
Brilliant didn’t stop there…Did you know you can have all your incoming cell phone calls transcribed? Wow. What a great tool for virtual office users.
“Then I set up my new Virtual Office number to have all incoming calls go straight to voicemail. At this point you would have the option to have your calls transcribed, which I highly recommend,” Brilliant says. “It’s $1.50/month for automated transcription and ¢25/message (first 4 are free) if you want human transcription. This can be found in the settings section. Don’t forget to also set up notifications so you get an email (that includes the voicemail) and or a text message alerting you to a new message.”
What if you want to turn off call forwarding from your cell phone to your new Virtual Office number? Just type into your phone ##0004# and press send (or call, etc.).
Brilliant, Brilliant! Thanks for the advice!
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