The beauty of Google Voice's transcription service.
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Whenever cultural behavior changes, we cast a wistful eye or simply don't notice.
So today's question is: Do you bother to leave voice mails any more? And when people leave them on your phone, do you bother listening to the message, or do you just see who called and then call them back?
I'm not prying -- any more than usual. I'm just wondering if the evidence presented today by Vonage might just be true.
According to USA Today, Vonage has declared that humanity just can't be bothered with all that voice mail nonsense any more.
It's going the way of the Walkman and the "Now That's What I Call Music!" CDs.
Apparently, 8 percent fewer voice mails were left this July than in the previous one.
And the sheer lugubriousness of checking what your lover or that telemarketer actually wanted is now apparently quite beyond the pressured human cranium. Yes, retrieved messages were down 14 percent.
Vonage speculates that the rise of texting and chat -- and the fact that people just can't be bothered to make phone calls any more -- has contributed to this downward spiral.
Michael Tempora, senior vice president of product mana... [Read more]
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