Here is an article with all you may want to know about transcriptions and voice
mail. But it is missing a piece in that it doesn't say what countries have it.
I seem to recall it may only be the US and Canada, but only Apple knows for
sure.
How to Set Up & Use Voicemail Transcription on iPhone (2022)
Use your iPhone's Voicemail Transcription feature to read voicemails when you
can't or don't want to listen to them.
By Conner Carey Updated 10/06/2022
A lot of people are asking, "How do you use voicemail transcription on the
iPhone?" The feature itself is pretty easy to use, but it can be a little
glitchy. We'll also go over what to do if voicemail transcription is not
working on your iPhone. Here's how to use the voicemail-to-text feature of
Visual Voicemail on your iPhone.
What Is Voicemail-to-Text on the iPhone?
We've already gone over how to set up voicemail on your iPhone, so now it's
time to learn how to use iPhone voicemail transcription. The voicemail-to-text
feature on Apple's iPhone takes voicemail and transcribes it, so you can easily
read phone messages.
iPhone voicemail transcription allows you to read a transcription of the
voicemail sent to you. Once read, you can listen to the voicemail if you feel
like the transcription missed a piece of information. You can also let Apple
know whether or not the voicemail transcription was useful.
Voicemail-to-text on iPhone is a default feature that works on devices running
at least iOS 10. However, if you own an iPhone 6 or earlier, voicemail
transcription will not work on your device. It does, however, work on iPhone
6S, iPhone SE, and all newer models including the iPhone 13.
Many people also want to know how to turn voicemail transcription off. While
there's not a straightforward way to turn voicemail transcription off, there is
a clever workaround that we'll go over below. To learn more about the Phone app
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How to Turn On Voicemail Transcription on iPhone
Note: It’s important to note that your carrier must support Voicemail
Transcription in order for this feature to work, regardless of the iPhone you
have. If you’re not sure whether or not your carrier supports Voicemail
Transcription, check here.
Note, this link is for the US and Canada:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204039
Now, let's learn how to turn on voicemail transcription on your iPhone:
1. Open the Phone app.
2. Tap Voicemail at the bottom of the screen.
3. Tap the voicemail you want to read.
4. You’ll see a paragraph of text above the voicemail play button. That’s the
voicemail transcription. To listen to the voicemail after reading the
transcription, tap the Play button.
The voicemail transcription may not be perfect, but it gives you an overall
idea of what the person was talking about and whether or not they’re a
telemarketer. Once you’ve read the voicemail transcription, you can choose to
listen to the voicemail or simply delete it.
How to Turn Off Voicemail Transcription
While some people enjoy using voicemail transcription, others might view the
feature as annoying. The transcriptions may fill up the voicemail screen,
making it hard to move to the next voicemail. Then, the transcription often
doesn't match what the voicemail is actually saying due to low transcribing
accuracy. With the help of Siri, you can disable the voicemail transcription
feature on your iPhone. Make sure that your iPhone is updated to iOS 12.4 or
later before attempting to turn off voicemail transcription.
1. Open the Settings app.
2. Tap on Siri & Search.
3. Tap on Language.
4. Change Siri language to Australian English or Indian English. If that
doesn't work, choose another language that doesn't sound like English such as
Italian or Japanese.
5. Tap Change Language.
This may seem like a strange workaround, but now when you check your voicemail,
you should see that the messages no longer include voicemail transcriptions.
Note: the web site this is from has a video ad running that is hard to get rid
of.
https://www.iphonelife.com/content/how-to-use-voicemail-transcription-ios-10
Richard, USA.
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-Original Message-
From: 'Harry Bell' via VIPhone
Sent: Thursday, October 6, 2022 10:54 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Did IOS 16.02 gget rid of the voice mail transcript?
I didn’t know transcripts were available - is there a setting somewhere?
Thanks
Harry UK
> On 7 Oct 2022, at 06:48, Marty Hutchings wrote:
>
> I just upgraded my iPhone 8 to IOS 16.02 and now I noticed that my latest
> voice mails do not have the transcript any more. What Gives?
>
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