Comments on: YouMail: More Useful Voicemail

By: E

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 05:48:44 +0000

Because unless you want to bid for a phone number off ebay, Google Voice won’t send your phone number before the end of the year if you’re lucky. Also, YouMail has many features that Google Voice doesn’t have (like “ditch mail” check it out). The point is, YouMail is here for you to use RIGHT NOW where Google Voice is not.

By: Markus

Markus — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:36:59 +0000

Now, it seems the ‘automatic’ voice transcribing into SMS is not so automatic. Companies pass our voice messages to outsourced personnel in South Africa and they actually hear and type the SMS. Where is the confidentiality of all this? One of the outsourced employees was clear enough: “the machines (for automatic voice transcription) do not understand nothing, we need to start typing when the voice message starts”. I think WebWorker Daily’s reporters should investigate which other companies use acutally human beings to make ‘automatic’ transcription. This could be a major security breach for private and corporate clients that use those ‘automatic’ transcription systems. Please check this article by BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8163511.stm

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:40:10 +0000

Jon – please contact us at marketing@youmail.com so we can dig into your situation. However, in practice, *82 to unblock does provide the number to YouMail and we do take full advantage of that. So we’d like to see what appears to be going on in your case.

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:18:40 +0000

The only real issue I’ve seen so far (with no response from YouMail) is when callers unblock their number – the software does not recognize the call has been unblocked, even though the phone does. The greetings that are for blocked calls will always play, whether or not the caller unblocks their number or not.

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 20 May 2009 14:56:12 +0000

@Lari: Very easily when the subject of your article is not Google Voice.

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Mon, 11 May 2009 12:17:31 +0000

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By: Lari Hughes

Lari Hughes — Sun, 10 May 2009 15:42:50 +0000

How do you write an article like this without even mentioning Google Voice?

By: Katybeth

Katybeth — Sat, 09 May 2009 15:55:24 +0000

I love You Mail. The customer service is great and they have a lot of options that I find useful. My son has a personal “love mom” voicemail, clients who know the drill… receive short and sweet messages, and new clients receive the whole message. And the coolest part, is since I am in the dog care business, I can leave personalized messages for any client who might want to check on their pet at a time, I might be unable to answer the phone. I can also create messages that greet existing callers by name. My number one priority is customer service..and YOU MAIL really helps me provide it. I pay to use the product, by the way and its so worth it.

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What to read on the GigaOM network — Fri, 08 May 2009 17:41:15 +0000

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By: Harry

Harry — Fri, 08 May 2009 12:20:43 +0000

Unfortunately for Sprint users, they hit you with a per minute forwarding charge (I think it’s .20) if you use a service like YouMail.

By: Shawn Hickman

Shawn Hickman — Fri, 08 May 2009 06:17:03 +0000

This is pretty awesome. I would love to see some integration with Skype:)

By: Zach

Zach — Fri, 08 May 2009 05:33:07 +0000

I already use youmail and it’s AMAZING. I screen calls from numbers not in my phonebook, and youmail tells me who it is via caller ID 95% of the time.

By: Justin Smith

Justin Smith — Fri, 08 May 2009 03:22:30 +0000

Wouldn’t it be cool to link the per-group and per-user voicemail preferences to user presence or availability information.

Callers could be provided with richer information about the recipient’s status, enabling them to make better decisions about what messages to leave and where to leave them.