Sending a Text Message

If you have subscribed to Voicemail to Text transcription, you can compose a text message (SMS) just by speaking into your phone. Follow these steps:

1.   From your voicemail Inbox, tap the Compose menu option . You will now be prompted to select the type of message to compose.

Note: This prompt and its SMS transcription option will appear only if you have subscribed to Voicemail-to-Text transcription. It will not be available otherwise.

2.   Select Transcribe to SMS. An on-screen prompt to "Speak now" appears.

3.   Speak the message that you wish to send. When you have finished speaking, the Visual Voicemail application will display the SMS compose screen, populated with a transcription of your spoken message.

4.   If you want to make any changes to the transcription prior to sending, tap the transcribed text and use the on-screen keyboard to make any desired changes.

5.   To specify the recipient of the text message, do one of the following:

●   Tap the To field and then use the on-screen keyboard to enter the phone number of the mobile phone to which you wish to send the text message.

●  Select a contact from your contact book.

6.   If you want to add an attachment, tap the Attach menu option.  Refer to your phone handset's Mobile Guide for adding various types of attachments.

7.   To send your text message, tap the Send menu option.