Aussies are renowned for their colourful and straight forward communications style, so we know they’re going to love the newly-launched Optus Voice to Text™ service powered by SpinVox.
Optus is the second largest mobile operator in Australia so we’re more than excited that they announced the launch today.
This latest deal (SpinVox is also live with Telstra in Australia) means SpinVox is available to 80 per cent of the Australian population – so now, whether they’re at work, on one of their 10,000 beaches or at a barbie, Australians can all benefit from getting their voice messages as an SMS – leaving them more time to enjoy one of the most spectacular countries in the world.
And, Jim Jacques, Marketing Director at Optus agrees! As Jim told us: “Optus’ Voice to Text service is the simple and convenient way to receive a message when you miss a call. Whether you’re in a business meeting or you’ve got your hands full with children at the supermarket, sometimes you just can’t answer the phone and instantly reading an important message on your mobile can make life much easier.”
All new Optus consumer and small and medium business post-paid mobile customers will automatically receive a 14 day free* trial of Optus Voice to Text™ on activation. Existing Optus consumer and small and medium business mobile customers can opt in to the 14 day free trial by texting the word “ON” to 7746. At the end of the 14 day trial customers can choose to continue with the service for $6.99 per month which includes unlimited messages (Optus Mobile Fair Go™ policy applies).
To distinguish from thumb-typed texts, every SpinVox converted message will appear within speech marks and carry the ‘spoken through SpinVox’ tagline, ensuring customers recognise the difference in message style.
Great work by the SpinVox Australia team, headed by Anandh Maistry! We’ll hear from him later in the week in a two-parter which tells us how he came to work with SpinVox and outlines what’s going on for SpinVox in AsiaPac.
Beaut!
For more info on the Optus service check out www.optus.com.au/voicetotext
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