With iOS 10 update, your iPhone has the ability to transform voicemails into text format that you can read and get an idea about the voicemail. Let us take a look at how to convert voicemail to text format on your iPhone.
Convert Voicemail to Text Format
Before going ahead with the steps to convert voicemail into text messages, there are a few things that you need to know about this feature.
1. The feature that transcripts Voicemail into text is available only on iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone SE, iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus.
2. You need to set Siri language to English (United States or Canada) in order for this feature to work.
3. Your telephone carrier needs to support the visual voicemail feature for voicemail transcription to work on your iPhone.
4. Voicemail transcription works only for voicemail messages received after updating to iOS 10. Previous voicemails cannot to converted to text format and they will have a note saying “Transcription not available”.
5. The voicemail transcription service is still in its beta version. Hence, the transcription is not going to be perfect. However, you should be able to get a good idea about the Voicemail received.
Steps to Convert Voicemail to Text On iPhone
1. Tap on the Phone app on your iPhone
2. Next, tap on Voicemail from the bottom of your screen (See image below).
3. On the Voicemail screen, tap on the Voicemail that you want to convert to Text.
4. The recorded audio message will start playing automatically, and you will see a Transcribed message being displayed as your iPhone transcribes the voicemail message.
As mentioned above, the voicemail transcription is still in beta mode and not always perfect. But, it is worth trying out this new feature on your iPhone as it can certainly provide an idea about what the caller wanted to convey in his/her voicemail.
Save or Share Transcribed Voicemail
Just as you can share or save the Voicemail in Audio format, the transcription of a voicemail message can also be shared and saved for future reference.
1. Tap on the Phone app on your iPhone
2. Tap on Voicemail from the bottom of your screen (See image below).
3. Next, select the transcribed Voicemail or any part of it. You will see a bubble, tap on the Share option to share the voicemail transcript.
4. On the next screen, tap on Message to send the transcript using the Messages App on your iPhone, or tap on More to select other options to share the voicemail transcript (See image below).
The Voicemail transcription feature on iPhone can be a time saver, as it quickly provides an idea about the voicemails received without having to listen to the actual voicemails.