Sharing Messages

The Share option in Visual Voicemail allows you to share both messages that you have composed and messages that you have received.

The sharing options that are available depend on whether you are sharing a voice or avatar message. The sharing options are described in following tables:

Compose and share a message

Share via option The recipient will see
Bluetooth Audio message forwarded to a paired Bluetooth device
Text Text message (MMS) with audio file attachment
Email/Gmail Email message with audio file attachment and link to message
Facebook
(Avatar only)
Post on Facebook wall with a link to the avatar message on the Visual Voicemail server

Receive and share a message

Share via option The recipient will see
Bluetooth Audio message forwarded to a paired Bluetooth device
Text Text message with audio file attachment. If you have Premium service, the transcription will also appear in the message.
Email/Gmail Email message with audio file attachment. If you have Premium service, the message will also include the transcription.
Voicemail
(Premium Service)

Voice message to the person's Visual Voicemail Inbox. Otherwise, the person receives a text message with a link to listen to the message. If you have Premium service, the transcription will also appear in the message.

Facebook
(Avatar only)
Post on your Facebook wall with a link to the avatar message on the Visual Voicemail server
Social network sites
(Premium Service)
Post with the transcription of the message on the social network site (Facebook, Google+, etc)

Note: Avatars are not available on handsets running Android 2.3 (Gingerbread).

To share a message

1.   Start composing your message. In the message compose screen, record your message and tap Share .
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Open the message playback screen. Tap the overflow menu and then select Share.

2.   The Share Via menu appears. You will see a list of Share options, depending on the type of message and your application features.

3.   Select how you want to share the message from the Share via list.

●  Bluetooth Share — See Sharing using Bluetooth.

●  Text— See Sharing Messages via SMS.

●  Email/Gmail — See Sharing Messages via Email.

●  Voicemail — See Sharing as a Voice Message.

●  Facebook (Avatar messages) — See Sharing Avatar Messages to Facebook.

●  Social network sites (Facebook, Google+) - voice messages— See Sharing Your Messages to Social Networks.

Note: In order to share your messages to social network sites, you will need to have your voice messages transcribed using the Premium service with Voicemail-to-Text.