today expanded its offerings to include high-quality voicemail transcription. This opt-in transcription service provides YouMail customers with human transcribed voicemail or automated transcriptions via SMS or email.

“We’re committed to providing our users with the most innovative mobile voicemail service,” said Alex Quilici, CEO of YouMail. “That’s why we are thrilled to offer our users the option to read their voicemail, helping them save time and letting them access their voicemail when it would otherwise be inconvenient.”

Benefits of the new transcription service include low price points, the ability to select human or automated transcriptions, and the ability to provide feedback and/or correct transcriptions they receive to improve transcriptions of future voicemail.

Below is a breakdown of YouMail’s new transcription service and monthly pricing options:

1. $3.99 -- Read-It Text: High-quality transcription sent as a single SMS. Designed for users without smart phones to quickly decide what a voicemail is about and whether or not to retrieve it. This option provides 50 transcribed messages per month.
2. $6.99 -- Read-It Select: High-quality transcription delivered as an email. Designed for users with smart phones to avoid dialing your voicemail to receive messages. This option provides 50 transcribed messages per month.
3. $9.99 -- Read-It Text Unlimited: High-quality transcription that fits in a single SMS. Designed for users without smart phones who receive a lot of voicemail. This option provides unlimited transcribed SMS messages per month.
4. $17.99 -- Read-It Select Unlimited: High-quality transcription delivered as an email. Designed for users with smart phones who receive a lot of voicemail. This option provides unlimited transcribed e-mail messages per month.

YouMail remains committed to adding value to its basic service, so in addition to the opt-in transcription services, YouMail users can activate the Read-It Free plan at no charge, which is fast automated transcription of voicemails from a pre-determined contact, like a significant other, or a limited number of messages in a given month.

The addition of the high-quality voicemail transcription feature comes off the heels of YouMail’s recent regional carrier partnerships with IMMIX Wireless, a Pennsylvania wireless carrier, and SmartCall, LLC dba iSmart Mobile, a wireless carrier in Bozeman, Montana. Through these partnerships, SmartCall and IMMIX customers now receive YouMail as their primary voicemail service, enabling them to have more control of their voicemail free of charge. SmartCall and IMMIX customers will now have the option of YouMail’s transcription services, available for purchase directly from the carriers. Furthermore, these partnerships allow IMMIX and SmartCall to differentiate their offerings to compete with larger, national carriers and increase ARPU through sales of premium services.

In addition to the new transcription service, YouMail has also partnered with the creators of the original Crazy Calls answering machine messages to provide users with another fun way to customize their mobile voicemail greetings. There are several hundred premium greetings available for purchase by YouMail users for a nominal fee of $1.99/greeting. Combined with YouMail’s personal greetings feature, this lets users entertain family and friends while maintaining a professional appearance to other callers.

About YouMail

YouMail provides a free, cell phone voicemail service that allows every consumer to completely customize their voicemail experience. YouMail offers control over every aspect of the voicemail experience: users can determine which callers get which greetings and when, how they are notified about voicemail, which callers can leave voicemail and even how voicemails are picked up – in e-mail, online, or over the phone. The company has a growing set of distribution partnerships with mobile service and content providers. YouMail, Inc., headquartered in Aliso Viejo, California, was founded in January, 2007. The company is backed by Vantage Point Venture Partners and Tech Coast Angels.

Information Source:    Business Wire