Sharing Messages

The Share option in Visual Voicemail allows you to share messages.

The sharing options that are available depend on whether you have composed or received the message, the message type, and which applications you have installed on your device. 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

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 transcription will also appear in the message.

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.

Social network apps (Premium service)

Post with the transcription of the message on the social network site (Facebook, Google+, etc)

To share a message

1.   Compose a new message or open a message in the 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 which applications are installed on your device.

3.   Tap an icon from the menu to select how you want to share the message:

●  Bluetooth — See Sharing using Bluetooth.

●  Text— See Sharing Messages via SMS.

●  Email/Gmail — See Sharing Messages via Email.

●  Voicemail — See Sharing as a Voice Message.

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

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