Verizon wireless - Voice Command for checking voicemail

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Voice Command for checking voicemail

Harlan Messinger

2007-03-12, 3:33 pm

How do you get voicemail checked using Voice Command? I tried
"voicemail", "call voicemail", and "check voicemail". The first two were
unrecognized and the last caused random things to happen.

xPosTech

2007-03-12, 3:33 pm

On 3/12/2007 12:48 PM, Harlan Messinger wrote:
> How do you get voicemail checked using Voice Command? I tried
> "voicemail", "call voicemail", and "check voicemail". The first two were
> unrecognized and the last caused random things to happen.
Make a contact entry under whatever "name" you want and for the number
enter *86, a two second pause and your voicemail passcode. When you
call "name", the phone will call your voicemail and automatically enter
your passcode for you.

If you're paranoid, and don't want your passcode stored on the phone,
you will have to enter it manually. Or have you considered that?

--
Ted
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clifto

2007-03-12, 3:33 pm

Harlan Messinger wrote:
> How do you get voicemail checked using Voice Command? I tried
> "voicemail", "call voicemail", and "check voicemail". The first two were
> unrecognized and the last caused random things to happen.

You wave your magic wand and proclaim, "Oh mighty lords of the Voice
Command, I summon you to bring forth my voicemail!"

Use the same magic wand you wanted us to use to figure out which phone
you might be talking about.

--
Martians drive SUVs! <http://oregonmag.com/MarsWarm307.html>

Harlan Messinger

2007-03-12, 3:33 pm

xPosTech wrote:
> On 3/12/2007 12:48 PM, Harlan Messinger wrote:
> Make a contact entry under whatever "name" you want and for the number
> enter *86, a two second pause and your voicemail passcode. When you
> call "name", the phone will call your voicemail and automatically enter
> your passcode for you.
>
> If you're paranoid, and don't want your passcode stored on the phone,
> you will have to enter it manually. Or have you considered that?
>

Harlan Messinger

2007-03-12, 3:33 pm

xPosTech wrote:
> On 3/12/2007 12:48 PM, Harlan Messinger wrote:
> Make a contact entry under whatever "name" you want and for the number
> enter *86, a two second pause and your voicemail passcode. When you
> call "name", the phone will call your voicemail and automatically enter
> your passcode for you.

I thought of that, but the contact editor won't t let me enter commas
for the pause.

>
> If you're paranoid, and don't want your passcode stored on the phone,
> you will have to enter it manually. Or have you considered that?

I'm not paranoid. :-)

Harlan Messinger

2007-03-12, 3:33 pm

clifto wrote:
> Harlan Messinger wrote:
>
> You wave your magic wand and proclaim, "Oh mighty lords of the Voice
> Command, I summon you to bring forth my voicemail!"
>
> Use the same magic wand you wanted us to use to figure out which phone
> you might be talking about.
>

I'm embarrassed. I was thinking I had said, but that was in the other
message I had posted here.

It's a Treo 700W.

Quaoar

2007-03-12, 3:33 pm

Harlan Messinger wrote:
> xPosTech wrote:
>
> I thought of that, but the contact editor won't t let me enter commas
> for the pause.
>
>
> I'm not paranoid. :-)

The new interface uses "P" for "pause".

Q

Harlan Messinger

2007-03-12, 10:33 pm

Quaoar wrote:
> Harlan Messinger wrote:
>
> The new interface uses "P" for "pause".

The Treo won't take P either.

Larry

2007-03-12, 10:33 pm

Harlan Messinger <hmessinger.removethis@comcast.net> wrote in
news:55li3rF24ucu7U1
@mid.individual.net:

> How do you get voicemail checked using Voice Command? I tried
> "voicemail", "call voicemail", and "check voicemail". The first two
were
> unrecognized and the last caused random things to happen.
>

Forget the voicemail in your phone and call yourself off a voiceprompted
regular phonebook number with the word "voicemail" as the programmed
voice prompt to voice dial it, like any other voice propted call.

Let's pretend my number is 333-222.1111 and my password is 567890

So, I enter a new phonebook number with several pauses in it to give the
system time to say "Please enter your security code" and start listening
for my DTMF tones for the passcode. Mine looks like

3332221111pp567890pp
p1

It works every time on Alltel's system, from anyplace because I'm dialing
my number with my area code, too. Two pauses in the dialing cause my
motorola phones to dial 3332221111 to the switch like any normal call,
then the phone switches to DTMF signalling during the pauses and
generates the tone sequence for 567890 to satisfy the needs of the
voicemail bureaucrats, who should already know its me by my ESN, but
that's not connected right to the voicemail system box. After 3 more
pauses for the voicemail system to start reading me the menu options, a
single DTMF 1 outputs, automatically, causing Alltel's voicemail system
to start playing my voicemails without touching a button.

I entered the voice prompt "voicemail", in my voice in a QUIET location
when recording prompts, please, and, to the delight of everyone at any
table I'm with, my phone even dials my passcode itself and I get my
voicemails after that last 1 is sent to it.

If I used the software voicemail autodialer, I have to enter my passcode
and such MANUALLY....(shudder).... That's for "commoners"...(c;

Larry
--
What pisses me off is the stupid phone doesn't CONSTANTLY monitor its mic
waiting for me to say "Stupid Cellphone"....instead of having to press
the voice prompt button.

I don't like to press 1 for English, either......damn them!

Larry

2007-03-12, 10:33 pm

xPosTech <polk_ted@yatrashhoo.com> wrote in news:kkiJh.4726$yW.3011
@newssvr11.news.prodigy.net:

> If you're paranoid, and don't want your passcode stored on the phone,
> you will have to enter it manually. Or have you considered that?
>

A good idea if you don't want Wife 1.0 to hear Girlfriend 2.2 whispering
in your ear on the voicemail box....(c; You might become DEAD 4.21beta.

Larry
--
Someone I knew had a popup come up on his laptop every X minutes that
said:

"Girlfriend 2.2 has been upgraded to Girlfriend 2.3
Click here to receive this upgrade"

Of course it was a joke, but great fun as people looked over his shoulder
at the office. I knew it was bogus because he'd just broken up with
Girlfriend 12.9.2d Build 4821. Her kernel had a bug in it that reset her
during orgasms, loosing lots of data as she did a hard shut down before
Boyfriend 2.6's program completed its data transmission to Girlfriend's
serial port.

Very frustrating, indeed.
Boyfriend's screen wasn't the only thing that turned BLUE!

Larry

2007-03-12, 10:33 pm

clifto <clifto@gmail.com> wrote in news:aeogc4-1ut.ln1@remote.clifto.com:

> You wave your magic wand and proclaim, "Oh mighty lords of the Voice
> Command, I summon you to bring forth my voicemail!"
>

Too long to record.

"Voicemail, MASTER"

fits great...(c; Wear that black leather harness you wear to bed for
effect....

Larry
--

Frankster

2007-03-12, 10:33 pm

> I thought of that, but the contact editor won't t let me enter commas for
> the pause.

Don't enter a comma, don't enter a P, don't enter a T (used on some LG
phones too). Instead, hit the button to change the entry style and select
2-sec Pause. The phone will enter the correct symbol for you.

-Frank

Pegleg

2007-03-13, 10:33 am

On Mon, 12 Mar 2007 20:01:20 GMT, xPosTech <polk_ted@yatrashhoo.com>
wrote:

>Make a contact entry under whatever "name" you want and for the number
>enter *86, a two second pause ...

How do you do a 2 second pause?

Harlan Messinger

2007-03-13, 12:33 pm

Frankster wrote:
>
> Don't enter a comma, don't enter a P, don't enter a T (used on some LG
> phones too). Instead, hit the button to change the entry style and
> select 2-sec Pause. The phone will enter the correct symbol for you.
>

I don't understand what you mean by "the button to change the entry
style". Pressing the Option button doesn't do anything special, pressing
Alt does nothing, and clicking the entry method icon at the bottom
center of the screen doesn't reveal anything like a 2-second pause option.

Grant Baxter

2007-03-14, 10:33 am

music53OUTOUT@earthl
ink.net wrote:

>On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 22:28:33 GMT, Grant Baxter
><grant@baxterfamily.org> wrote:
>
>
>
>It works great on mine. I set up a contact called "Voice
>Mail" which is
>
>*86p#1234
>
>("1234" being my password)
>
>I say, "Call Voice Mail" and eventually, I get the usual
>"You have X unheard messages" etc.
>
>If you need more help, let me know (un-munge return email
>addy)
>
>Sharon
O.K. That's a new approach. No one has mentioned the "#" sign so far.
Is that a regular # or a special character that the phone shows as a
"#"? IOW - is it like the phone showing a "p" for the special
character "pause"?

grant

music53OUTOUT@earthlink.net

2007-03-14, 10:33 am

On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 13:21:22 GMT, Grant Baxter
<grant@baxterfamily.org> wrote:

[color=darkred]
>O.K. That's a new approach. No one has mentioned the "#" sign so far.
>Is that a regular # or a special character that the phone shows as a
>"#"? IOW - is it like the phone showing a "p" for the special
>character "pause"?

It's the "pound" key. It's the same as if you called the
regular voice mail number ("star" 86) and then manually
entered the "pound" sign and your password.

The "p" puts in a 2-second pause, so that the password is
entered during the opening message. You may have to
experiment with the number of "p"s you have. If the
password is entered too quickly, it won't "take."

HTH,
Sharon

Larry

2007-03-14, 10:33 pm

music53OUTOUT@earthl
ink.net wrote in
news:vm1gv2ha08qpphu
345tqrsr867vn917pnh@
4ax.com:

>

This method works IF you are on its native system. My alternative method:
8435551234pp1234
works from ANY system it will connect to as you're calling your own cell
(8435551234), even in your own system. *86 doesn't work when roaming on
Burt's Cellular and Tire in Grover's Hollow.

(If you dial 611 on Burt's system, say hello to Mary Jane, his wife, for
me. She's your tech support person and very helpful. She's also the tower
climber.)

Larry
--
Roll up to the long checkout line....
Yell, "ICE RAID!"
It's your turn to load the grocery belt...(c;

music53OUTOUT@earthlink.net

2007-03-15, 10:33 am

On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 02:28:45 +0000, Larry <noone@home.com>
wrote:

> music53OUTOUT@earthl
ink.net wrote in
> news:vm1gv2ha08qpphu
345tqrsr867vn917pnh@
4ax.com:
>
>
>This method works IF you are on its native system. My alternative method:
>8435551234pp1234
>works from ANY system it will connect to as you're calling your own cell
>(8435551234), even in your own system. *86 doesn't work when roaming on
>Burt's Cellular and Tire in Grover's Hollow.

Good point. Except don't forget the "pound" sign # which
takes you out of the outgoing message announcement and into
the voice mail prompts.

Jeb

2007-03-15, 12:33 pm

On Mar 14, 10:33 am, music53OUT...@earthlink.net wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 13:21:22 GMT, Grant Baxter
>
> <g...@baxterfamily.org> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> It's the "pound" key. It's the same as if you called the
> regular voice mail number ("star" 86) and then manually
> entered the "pound" sign and your password.
>
> The "p" puts in a 2-second pause, so that the password is
> entered during the opening message. You may have to
> experiment with the number of "p"s you have. If the
> password is entered too quickly, it won't "take."

Nice! I just configured my E815 to do that as well. Anything to take a
step or two out of getting my VM.

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