Well I did not set it up but I have been getting the e-mail alerts for a few days now. It is really cool.
Feed: Skype Blogs Posted on: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 2:18 AM Author: Peter Parkes Subject: Skype voicemail improvements <http://www.skype.com/go/voicemail> Skype voicemailSkype voicemail means that you?ll never miss a call. Your unanswered calls are sent to voicemail and you can listen to messages when you want, wherever you sign in to Skype, or using Skype To Go. To make voicemail even better, we?ve added two new features: voicemail to text and voicemail alerts. Voicemail to text With voicemail to text <http://www.skype.com/go/voicemail-to-text> , you?ll never miss an important voicemail ? thanks to our partnership with the ultra-cool SpinVox. SpinVox will convert your voicemail to text, and we?ll send it directly to your mobile by SMS for you to read (SpinVox's blogger, James Whatley, is <http://blog.spinvox.com/2009/03/03/skype-me-up-baby/> understandably quite excited about this ;) <http://download.skype.com/share/emoticons/0105-wink.png> ). The SpinVox gnomes currently understand voicemail messages left in English, French, German and Spanish, and, believe me, they?re pretty good. SpinVox <http://share.skype.com/sites/en/2009/02/17/spinvox_180x50.png> Each voicemail to text conversion will cost ?0.20/?0.17/$0.25 plus the cost of sending up to 3 SMS at standard low Skype <http://www.skype.com/go/smsrates> rates, depending on the length of the voicemail message. The number of messages we send will depend upon the length of the voicemail message ? if we can?t fit it all into 3 SMSes, you?ll see an ellipsis (?) at the end of the third message, and you?ll have to sign in to Skype or call your Skype To Go number to hear the full message. Voicemail alerts You can now set up email or SMS <http://www.skype.com/go/myaccount.voicemail> voicemail alerts to let you know when you have new voicemail messages. Email alerts are free, and SMS alerts are charged at Skype?s standard low SMS <http://www.skype.com/go/smsrates> rates. You can also use Skype <http://www.skype.com/go/skypetogo> To Go to pick up your voicemail on the move. To make life easier for you, we?ve also introduced privacy settings for voicemail alerts, so you can get alerts only from people on your contact list. In addition, you can set a daily limit for the number of alerts. Both of these enhancements should make Skype voicemail even more useful ? and don?t forget; if you have any comments or questions about these new features, leave a comment below and I?ll respond as quickly as I can. <http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ShareSkypeEn/~4/548546984> View <http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ShareSkypeEn/~3/548546984/skype_voicemail_improvements.html> article... __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 3844 (20090211) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com
