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Transcription isn't new, I was in a Google Meet the other day and you could turn on transcription which was also available live as speakers spoke.

You've been able to have voicemail converted as a text and sent for years. For whatever reason I'm really bad at timing ten seconds and I reckon my messages end up like a TV show badly written cliffhanger.

The issue of usefulness of Norwoods VV is of great conjecture. Voicemail as a service seems limited to only certain countries. Anecdotally I'd suggest it's being used less and less, people prefer sending texts or messages. If I get a missed call or even a message saying a voicemail has been left I tend to ring back without listening to the message. Knowing the content of the message would be handy but accessing voice messages is a PITA. The question is whether it's worth $40 a year to me.

I'd say that individual subscriptions will never take off. It's failed on the AppStores, failed as a Spark white label, and will fail again when and if it's ever rebooted with Spark for attempt 2.

If Norwood can sell it to Telcos for say $2-$5 a year where in all probability it would be just absorbed into the cost of monthly pricing then you'll get traction.

I don't want a separate app I need to access for it, I'd want it integrated into my native dialer (I have a keypad, recents, contacts tab, why not add a voice message tab). Or available as a text.