Voicemail to email, with transcripts
Your number has a voicemail box. Each new message is emailed to you with the recording attached and a written transcript, so you can read it without calling in.
Before you start
- The server connected to your AI app, with your VoIP.ms API credentials saved or the server running on your device. How to connect
- Access to these areas, granted when you connect:
- Manage voicemail
- Manage phone numbers
- View reference data
What to ask
Copy this into your AI app and replace each highlighted blank with your own details. Leave out a line you don't need; the assistant asks about anything missing.
Set up voicemail on my VoIP.ms number [your number]. Email new messages to [email address], with a transcript of each message. Show me each change before you make it.
If your AI app lists the server's workflows (in Claude, the + menu), you can pick “Set up voicemail for a number” (set_up_voicemail_for_phone_number) instead and fill in the same details.
What VoIP.ms charges
VoIP.ms does not charge for mailboxes or email notices. It charges $0.05 per minute of transcribed message.
VoIP.ms sets these prices; check its site for the current ones. This server's own plans are on the pricing page.
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