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January 17, 2007

Spinvox Launching in U.S. - We Have 100 Accounts To Give Away Now

Michael Arrington

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London-based Spinvox is a voice to text service that we wrote about last May (see MobileCrunch coverage as well). The key product takes voicemails, converts them to text and sends them via email and/or SMS to you to read. At the time they were only available outside of the U.S. Now, they are starting to take U.S. customers.

Spinvox mainly distributes their product through cell phone carriers, although they will set up customers directly as well. Pricing will be determined by carriers, but UK pricing is here, and it isn’t cheap.

I have been lucky enough to be using Spinvox to convert voicemails to SMS text messages since December, and it has been an incredible efficiency tool. If I miss a call while I’m in a meeting, I can see the SMS message a few seconds later and decide if I need to step out immediately and call the person back. In general, using Spinvox saves a ton of otherwise wasted time.

The company has set up a blog site to allow anyone to test the product - Go here, call the phone number on the site and leave a message. It will be converted to text and posted on the blog a few moments later.

Spinvox is currently negotiating carrier deals in the U.S., but has agreed to sign up 100 TechCrunch readers with free accounts, and there won’t be any charges for converted messages. If you live in the U.S. and would like to try Spinvox now, just leave a comment below and (this is important) leave your email address within the comment itself. Spinvox will contact you with the details.

See our coverage of Seattle based Jott, a company with similar technology but a slightly different product. SimulScribe is another company doing something similar to Spinvox, and charges $10/month for 40 voicemail conversions.

Spinvox has 150 employees and has raised a significant round of financing. The company says it should reach profitability by the end of 2007.

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  1. Mitch Maddox

    January 17th, 2007 at 3:42 am

    Sign me up! Can’t wait to see this in action.

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  2. Davar Fazaeli

    January 17th, 2007 at 3:49 am

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  3. Mano

    January 17th, 2007 at 3:51 am

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  4. Rneff

    January 17th, 2007 at 3:56 am

    I would be interested. Please send me more info:

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  5. anonymous2000

    January 17th, 2007 at 3:56 am

    sign me up but remove the caps from the email address :-)
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  6. Dan Ushman

    January 17th, 2007 at 3:57 am

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  7. Brandon Cobb

    January 17th, 2007 at 4:03 am

    Please send info.

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  8. Jonathan Field

    January 17th, 2007 at 4:08 am

    What would be great is if they started a similar effort for podcasters. If it weren’t too expensive, chances are they’d find an interested market

  9. wesley

    January 17th, 2007 at 4:10 am

    mr_xia at hotmail dot com

    Thanks

  10. Jim

    January 17th, 2007 at 4:12 am

    Sounds interesting. I’d like to check this out:

    simpsonmedia1 at gmail dot com

  11. +++

    January 17th, 2007 at 4:15 am

    Sounds great — please add me.

    rpazornik+spinvox(at)gmail==dot==calm

    Note the + sign is the only punctuation that should stay in the e-mail address. Thanks!

  12. Alan

    January 17th, 2007 at 4:15 am

    Sounds like a great service, sign me up please.

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  13. Andy

    January 17th, 2007 at 4:17 am

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    January 17th, 2007 at 4:18 am

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    Holla!

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    January 17th, 2007 at 4:18 am

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    I want it!

  16. groovy

    January 17th, 2007 at 4:20 am

    This sounds awesome!

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  17. Jim Polous

    January 17th, 2007 at 4:21 am

    cool!

  18. Jim Polous

    January 17th, 2007 at 4:21 am

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  19. RT

    January 17th, 2007 at 4:22 am

    I’d dig an account.

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    Thanks.

  20. Jayme

    January 17th, 2007 at 4:26 am

    yes please :
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  21. David

    January 17th, 2007 at 4:30 am

    I am interested in and account with Spinvox

  22. Bill Brister

    January 17th, 2007 at 4:31 am

    Would love to play around with this … shoot me a note over to

    bill (dot) brister (at) individui (dot) com

  23. Don

    January 17th, 2007 at 4:33 am

    wow sounds great.

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  24. Matt

    January 17th, 2007 at 4:33 am

    I would love to give this a try:

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  25. Adam

    January 17th, 2007 at 4:34 am

    sign me up!

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  26. Josh

    January 17th, 2007 at 4:34 am

    I would be interested in an account

    joshposner [at] gmail.com

    Thanks in advance!

  27. DG

    January 17th, 2007 at 4:36 am

    Sounds great … I’d appreciate an account.

    daphne (at) daphnegirard (dot) com

    Thanks !

  28. Ashfaq

    January 17th, 2007 at 4:37 am

    Sounds like a great service. Please sign me up.

    Thanks!

  29. Ashfaq

    January 17th, 2007 at 4:38 am

    Please sign me up. I forgot the email address ashfaqt@yahoo.com.

    Thanks!

  30. Anne

    January 17th, 2007 at 4:38 am

    Me too!
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  31. Jake

    January 17th, 2007 at 4:38 am

    Sounds very intriguing. Sign me up!

    jcareyrand (at) yahoo (dot) com

  32. Mani

    January 17th, 2007 at 4:39 am

    Would love to try this one out.

    spinvox at iyerfamily dot us

  33. Scott Johnson

    January 17th, 2007 at 4:40 am

    Sounds cool, sign me up scjohnsonwax (at) gmail (dot) com

  34. Dan Burgin

    January 17th, 2007 at 4:41 am

    Speech to Text conversion is a nasty technology to master. Can’t wait to see if this really works. If so, it really would be a great productivity tool. danielburgin [at] gmail [dot] com

  35. chrisco

    January 17th, 2007 at 4:41 am

    Sounds great, thanks. info (at) buzzpal [dot] com.
    Thanks,
    Chris Comella, Founder
    BuzzPal - The World Is Your Party
    http://www.buzzpal.com

  36. Rich

    January 17th, 2007 at 4:43 am

    emailingguru (at) gmail (dot) com

    Would love to try this one out.

  37. Mike

    January 17th, 2007 at 4:59 am

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  38. Telopera

    January 17th, 2007 at 5:00 am

    Would love to try this out! info (at) telopera (dot) com

  39. Fashion Industry Ceo

    January 17th, 2007 at 5:00 am

    i’ll pass but mike has connections!

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  41. Fei Xiao

    January 17th, 2007 at 5:00 am

    sure, sign me up as well

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  42. Jeff

    January 17th, 2007 at 5:01 am

    I am interested in an account

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  43. Dan Mackie

    January 17th, 2007 at 5:01 am

    Thank you for this opportunity, my email address is: danmackie79@gmail.com

  44. Chris Miller

    January 17th, 2007 at 5:02 am

    Sure, why not.

    beretta627 (a) gmail (dot) com

  45. Ian

    January 17th, 2007 at 5:02 am

    Awesome, let’s give it a try.

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  46. Abhishek Ghuwalewala

    January 17th, 2007 at 5:04 am

    I want one.

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  47. Rob K

    January 17th, 2007 at 5:04 am

    Sounds interesting, would like to check it out.

    katz.rob@gmail.com

  48. blaine

    January 17th, 2007 at 5:05 am

    I’ll give it a try.

    blaine_5 (at) hotmail (dot) com

  49. Russ

    January 17th, 2007 at 5:06 am

    Sign me up.

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  50. GameGamer43

    January 17th, 2007 at 5:06 am

    I definately would like to check this out

  51. GameGamer43

    January 17th, 2007 at 5:08 am

    woops, forgot my email
    junk (at) secretop (dot) com

  52. Tim Hoyt

    January 17th, 2007 at 5:08 am

    I’m in, sounds great.

    thoyt-at-picturemarketing-dot-com

  53. Trader Mike

    January 17th, 2007 at 5:08 am

    I’m in. Michael (at) TraderMike (dot) net

  54. Numair Faraz

    January 17th, 2007 at 5:08 am

    I hate helping to set this bad precedent of using Techcrunch as a means of immediate user base creation, but alas … numair at numair dot com is my email!

  55. tony

    January 17th, 2007 at 5:09 am

    Sounds interesting! Invite please? tonysoretro@gmail.com

  56. Austin Cassidy

    January 17th, 2007 at 5:09 am

    Sure, would love to give it a whirl!

    afcassidy@yahoo.com - thanks!

  57. Scott Cress

    January 17th, 2007 at 5:10 am

    Sign me up! Very Cool! scress (at) gmail (dot) com

  58. Travis

    January 17th, 2007 at 5:12 am

    I must think that this service is worth extra spam because I’m posting my address in plain sight. Spammers - Let’s Cha-Cha.

    TravisLStutsman@Aviqa.net

  59. Alexander G.

    January 17th, 2007 at 5:14 am

    I want it! greenberg00 (at) gmail (dot) com

  60. Lance Weatherby

    January 17th, 2007 at 5:18 am

    lance at mindspring dot com

  61. Eric S

    January 17th, 2007 at 5:18 am

    erics120 (at) yahoo (dot) com

    Thanks. Looks very intresting.

  62. Rocky Agrawal

    January 17th, 2007 at 5:25 am

    Would love to give it a shot. Thanks.

    rakeshlobster gmail com

  63. mikeoliver

    January 17th, 2007 at 5:25 am

    I would like an account. Thank you!

  64. Matthew

    January 17th, 2007 at 5:27 am

    Seems interesting!

    mbiger (at) gmail (dot) com

  65. mikeoliver

    January 17th, 2007 at 5:27 am

    I skimmed. Sorry. I would like an account.

    michael -dot- oliver {at} gmail.com

  66. Greg Swann

    January 17th, 2007 at 5:30 am

    Very interested.

    GregSwann@BloodhoundRealty.com

  67. Alex Martinez

    January 17th, 2007 at 5:32 am

    This sounds great, I’d like to give it a try.

    amartinezmlaw@yahoo.com

  68. Jonathan Moore

    January 17th, 2007 at 5:33 am

    account requested

    spinvox@jonmower.com

  69. Cathleen Collins

    January 17th, 2007 at 5:34 am

    Yes, please.

    Cathleen@BloodhoundRealty.com

  70. Florian

    January 17th, 2007 at 5:35 am

    Can’t wait to try it! Thanks TechCrunch and SpinVox !

  71. Munish

    January 17th, 2007 at 5:36 am

    munish [[at]] gmail {{dot}} com

  72. Axinar

    January 17th, 2007 at 5:36 am

    Sounds pretty neat to me, please sign me up:

    axinar@gmail.com

  73. Gene Tunney

    January 17th, 2007 at 5:36 am

    Sounds great -

    tanison (at) gmail (dot) com

  74. Nathan

    January 17th, 2007 at 5:37 am

    Love to try
    realtrickyricky@yahoo.com

  75. Florian

    January 17th, 2007 at 5:37 am

    florian [at] box.net

  76. David Pitkin

    January 17th, 2007 at 5:38 am

    Love to try it

    dpitkin@pobox.com

  77. Andy

    January 17th, 2007 at 5:38 am

    Sounds awesome!

    andy -at- dumblaws -dot- com

  78. Scott Brodbeck

    January 17th, 2007 at 5:39 am

    ducttapefan@yahoo.com

    Thank you!

  79. Amit Goyal

    January 17th, 2007 at 5:40 am

    I would love to try it out.

    goyal[dot]blog[at]gmail[dot]com

  80. Daniel Rubenstein

    January 17th, 2007 at 5:42 am

    I’ll give’er a shot!

  81. Matthew Lazear

    January 17th, 2007 at 5:43 am

    I’d like to give it a spin.

    matt [at] mplazear [dot] com

  82. Daniel Rubenstein

    January 17th, 2007 at 5:43 am

    smadamas12@yahoo.com

  83. Michael Gasparino

    January 17th, 2007 at 5:45 am

    Would like to try this service. Sounds promising for my business.

  84. Ken Koch

    January 17th, 2007 at 5:45 am

    Very interested to see how good voice to text has become.
    kkoch (at) brmonline (dot) com

  85. Willard Sipple

    January 17th, 2007 at 5:46 am

    Sign me up!

    wsipple@cox.net

  86. Sam

    January 17th, 2007 at 5:47 am

    Sounds like an interesting service. Sign me up. foraccounts@fastmail.fm

  87. Meet Jig

    January 17th, 2007 at 5:47 am

    Sign me up please

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  88. Adam B.

    January 17th, 2007 at 5:48 am

    Sounds great!

    some.random.person@gmail.com

  89. Chris

    January 17th, 2007 at 5:48 am

    Wonderful, please kindly sign me up

    4Xk7rnaWQjVXwaNq (at) spambox (dot) info

  90. suman

    January 17th, 2007 at 5:49 am

    thanks

  91. Sahim Faizee

    January 17th, 2007 at 5:50 am

    Sign me up please.

    sahimsf@gmail.com

  92. suman

    January 17th, 2007 at 5:51 am

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  93. Sohan

    January 17th, 2007 at 5:52 am

    I’ll give it a shot.

    sbalcharan@yahoo.com

  94. Beh

    January 17th, 2007 at 5:52 am

    This looks like a terrific service. I would be happy to try this out any give comments and feedback.

    5UPFTep6h5LQDOrD (at) spambox (dot) info

    I wonder if this is something I may implement throughout my company!

    Beh Sel