Alltel Corp. is unveiling a new feature that uses voice-recognition software to allow wireless phone customers to read their voicemail messages as text messages. Monthly fees for the Voice2TXT service start at $4.99, and users will still have the option to listen to the messages. "It'll appeal to a broad customer base ... people who are in meetings quite regularly and can't take a phone call - it's very useful in those settings," said Wade McGill, Alltel's senior vice president of product management. Alltel is using technology developed by Britain-based SpinVox. It will work on any Alltel wireless phone that can receive text messages, McGill said.
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