Hot on the heels of the iPhone’s release comes SimulScribe’s SimulSays Beta, available for Blackberry owners (8800 series, Pearl, and Curve) and Windows Mobile users. SimulSays is a visual voicemail system much like Apple’s visual voicemail system. Instead of deleting or bypassing fifteen messages to get to an older message, your voicemails are laid out visually similar to your e-mail inbox.
As a Windows Mobile user, I’ve been looking for a quick and easy way to access my voicemail without having to actually go and check it every time I get a message. This service would be great for a guy like me, except for the fact that I couldn’t find anywhere on SimulSays’ site to download the Windows Mobile version.
After a little digging around, I found that going to mobile.simulsays.com from my phone allowed me to download the elusive Windows Mobile version. Installation was short and sweet and as I fired up the program, preparing to ditch my old-school voicemail system once and for all, I was greeted with a screen asking for my e-mail address and PIN number.
Heading back to the SimulSays website on my big-boy computer, I proceeded to sign up for an account so’s I could get me a PIN number. Do I want to pay to have my voicemail transcribed? No. What time zone am I in? Central. Who’s my provider? Spri–. No Sprint?! The only choices are Cingular/ATT and T-Mobile. So when SimulSays says that their service is available for Windows Mobile users, take that to mean Windows Mobile users who aren’t on Sprint or Verizon.
That’s a shame, too, because judging from all the testimonials and awards on the SimulScribe website, it looks like I’m missing out. If you’re one of the lucky few whose stars align perfectly from a carrier/equipment perspective, give SimulSays a whirl and see what all the fuss is about.
Doug,
Thanks for the post, we will be updating the site shortly to decrease the confusion with Windows Mobile.
In the meantime check out a little fun we had making a YouTube video comparing SimulScribe and the iPhone, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVAX5OtbllU
Jamie Siminoff, CEO
SimulScribe and SimulSays
I tried to find the WM version of simulsays a couple days ago. I searched for a solid 20 minutes, then even emailed support telling them that several articles reported a WM version available but I couldn’t find it. They never got back to me. Interesting to see that you dug it up.
Cool, thanks James. Any plans to support Sprint or Verizon somewhere down the road? Looks like a killer product nonetheless.
Doug,
It actually will work today. Just need a small tweak on our end. We are working out that minor process on the back end so soon it will be just as easy to sign up for such carriers and use SimulSays.
In the meantime, we can help you. Feel free to email me offline at john_minor@simulscribe.com and I will get you going.
John Minor
VP of Products & Services
SimulScribe and SimulSays
How do I make the email transcription work? I’m using Callwave at the moment but I’d like to try Simulsays because I like the software and interface for listening to the message, but the transcription is the most important feature for me. The website says it should work and I checked the box in the My Account page, I can’t figure out what I’m doing wrong.
Pretty slick… Just signed up, installed and tested with a BB Pearl on TMo. The only complaint I have is even if you record your own greeting you get the SimulSays lady saying “Your message will be transcribed — speak slowly and clearly” after the recorded greeting you set up. This is kinda lame considering the way SimulSays makes there money is on incoming calls. Any “carrier” who terminates a call gets paid a per minute amount from the incoming carrier. So… The fact that they advertise and still get paid is a little lame. Oh well — works well!
Ahhh, nevermind. You can log into your account and disable the “tagline”. OK, it rocks. :)