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title: "Spinvox: The Next Killer App. for Cell Phones"
date: 2007-02-24
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# Spinvox: The Next Killer App. for Cell Phones
Two U.S. competitors to Spinvox are [Simulscribe](https://simulscribe.com/)and [Callwave](http://callwave.com). But with Spinvox, not only can you have the transcribed voicemail sent to your email or cell phone (although your cell carrior charges for incoming text msgs), you can also convert text messages into voicemail. And you can also leave memos for yourself, and even blog by voicemail.

The drawbacks? I believe the one-year free account limits you to basic conversion options. And if I had to pay for the service, it would be prohibitively expensive ($20/month to convert 50 msgs). Still, it might be something I find I can't live without. Here's a sample converted message.

![spinvox](https://s3.us-west-1.wasabisys.com/idbwmedia.com/images/spinvox.gif)