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I don”t know about you, but I find it very frustrating to come back from lunch and discover that I”ve got a bunch of voice-mail messages that I can”t understand. People talk too fast, talk too slow, ...

Even with a smartphone nearby around the clock, you can’t catch every phone call, and some are best left going to your messages anyway. While many of us don’t actively use voicemail, it can still come ...

Voice mail messages from my family allowed me to slowly climb out of a state of gloom and self-imposed isolation. By Serenity Hughes My cousin left this message for me three months into my freshman ...

Apple's voicemail application on the iPhone is proprietary, like many other features in Apple products. A downside to this application is its lack of features, such as the ability to forward voicemail ...

And a great thing about voice mail as opposed to text messages or looking the email on my cell phone is, you know, I hit one or two buttons on my cell phone and through the speakerphone I can listen ...

Tap the menu button at the top and choose Settings from the list of options. Scroll down and select Voicemail. Tap the toggle next to Visual voicemail. You can also choose different notification ...

For many business owners, voice mail is as essential a business tool as email and the Internet. Voice mail allows businesses to receive messages from customers and suppliers after hours and other ...

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If you've noticed how many people have voicemail messages that sound like they're gasping for air when they record them, this simple trick from reader Gregor Samosa will help you leave smooth ...

Last month, I gave you an “I’m on vacation” auto-reply that guarantees you don’t get swamped with a backlog of email messages the moment you get back. That solves only part of the problem, though.

Why listen to your voice mail messages when you can read them? That's what a new crop of companies is asking--they're developing software that turns voice mail messages into transcribed e-mail or text ...