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February 28, 2005
Telstra’s Talking Text Messages.
Telstra announced today their Talking Text Messages service for land lines. Essentially allowing fix line phones to receive text messages. The catch, you need a Telstra Mobile Phone and a Telstra fixed line. Currently, it’s only available as Talking Text, but they promise that “Telstra Shops will stock a full range of SMS Capable phones when they become available”. Unfortunately only seven pre-defined responses are available from the land line : Yes, No, Okay, Please call me, I’ll call you later, :-), and :-(.
Sending text messages from your home phone is simple. Telstra customers with a compatible service and an SMS-enabled home phone use their keypad to send text messages just as they would to send text on a mobile phone.
To send text messages to a home phone, simply type the message, key in the full 10-digit fixed phone number including the STD area code without spaces (eg. 0297101234) and press send.
Reading a text message on one of the new telephones is identical to reading a text message on a mobile phone. Even homes without a new SMS-enabled phone can receive SMS using Telstra’s Talking Text” service that was launched in 2004 and converts text messages into speech that is relayed to the person answering the home phone.
We’re not sure why people just call the other party and say the message themselves, but it’ll surely help avoid those times where talking to people is just too damn embarrassing.
Gadgetman | | Mobile Phone
June 3rd, 2005 at 8:02 am
Hi can yu send a talking to text to a home phone blocking your mobile phone number??