Vtxt

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Vtxt is a form of visual voicemail developed by CallWave, Inc., where a mobile phone voicemail message is transcribed into text and sent to the recipient as a text message.[1][2] Vtxt was launched on June 25, 2007.[3][4] Vtxt uses speech recognition technology to capture and artificial intelligence to summarize the gist of the voicemail in about 125 characters; there is no live operator involvement.[1][3][4][5] As explained in the April 2007 issue of Speech Strategy News, CallWave drew on a vast amount of voicemail messages and “identified a large number of statistically significant voicemail-specific behaviors in them” to open up “a new class of application” in the large vocabulary continuous speech recognition space, when developing this technology.[1] Users can also hear, read, archive, and search their messages on a personal webpage called the PhonePage.[1][3]

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  1. ^ a b c d Meisel, William. “CallWave Introduces Service that Transforms Voicemail into Text”, Speech Strategy News, April 2007, pp. 13-14.
  2. ^ Calore, Michael. “Voicemail-as-Text Service Quiets the Ringing in your Ears”, Wired, June 25, 2007.
  3. ^ a b c Wolinsky, Howard. “Voice-mail Service Cuts to the Chase”, Chicago Sun-Times, June 25, 2007.
  4. ^ a b Biggs, John. “CallWave to Launch Voice-to-Text Service Monday”, TechCrunch, June 21, 2007.
  5. ^ Needleman, Rafe. “Highly Useful: CallWave Transcribes your Voicemail”, CNET Webware, June 25, 2007.

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