Well, the Grasshopper Buzz Team is at it again. We are heading to another city (or country in this case) to meet local entrepreneurs and share some free drinks! Only this time it’s a bit more exciting than usual…
For the first time in Grasshopper History (–> Insert Star Wars Theme Music) we’re going to be able to offer Local Canadian Numbers (currently in beta but available to everyone in the next couple of months)!! We decided in honor of the occasion we needed to do something fun.
So what did we do?
We partnered with a great organization and decided to throw a fun event. We joined forces with the Canadian Youth Business Foundation (CYBF). Not only are the folks over there just as passionate about helping entrepreneurs as we are, but they do some great things to inspire & mentor young Toronto entrepreneurs.
On June 1st at 6pm Grasshopper and CYBF will take over the roof deck of The London Tap House.
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Free Trial Ends Today!
Just a reminder, the Grasshopper Unlimited Voice to Text 60-day free trial ends today for most of our customers.
If you answered yes to these questions, head over to your account and sign up today.
The Unlimited Voice to Text feature is just $10 a month and each voice mail transcription is done digitally to ensure your privacy and a quick turnaround. The option of human transcription is just a click away (at no extra cost!) and allows for improved accuracy in your transcription.
Read more about Voice to Text:
*The Unlimited Voice to Text feature is now referred to as “Read Your Voicemail”
*As of 4/28/2010 there will be no free trial upon signup
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At the beginning of October we announced the launch of the new Unlimited Voice to Text feature and the feedback has been great:
“This is probably the *best* innovation in voice mail I’ve seen in years. The automated transcription is amazingly accurate, so much that I didn’t realize the first couple of times that it was real. Just assumed it was boilerplate text for marketing the new feature.”
“Great Voice to text feature!! Thanks for bringing it in house. I’ve already signed up to the service.”
@elizabethpw: my voicemail system now emails me voice-to-text transcriptions of each voicemail. THAT IS AWESOME!
@ducttape: Grasshopper phone service just added VMs to text something I’ve wanted for a while – Nice!
As a reminder to everyone, the 60 day free trial is over December 7th (that’s Monday!), for those customers who were signed up prior to October 9th.
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To those long-time GotVMail users that have incorporated our service into your business workflow, why should you get excited about the new Grasshopper virtual phone system? Yes, I know change is difficult. Why fix what isn’t broken. However, there’s plenty to get excited about and hope it will make any pain from change worth it.
So what’s new? Well, here’s what I think are the most compelling changes:
Now, you can easily point your phone numbers to any type of extension (e.g., department, employee, dedicated fax, Q&A, etc.) and enable your staff to have access to one or more extensions, or even have multiple staff monitor the same extensions. What’s more, you can limit access to administrative features like plan changes and billing info.
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Meetings. Conferences. Cars. What do they all have in common? They are all places you can’t always answer your phone.
As an entrepreneur running your small business there is a lot of traveling, meetings and times you simply can’t take a phone call or listen to a voicemail.
That’s why Grasshopper is excited to announce our NEW feature – Unlimited Voice to Text.
The Voice to Text feature will do just what it sounds like; take your voicemail and transcribe it into an email, giving you the ability to view your voicemail. You can read the transcription of your voicemail on your phone or your computer without having to listen to it.
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