February 7, 2008 at 11:44 pm · Authored by Ricky · Filed under Mobile Services, Operators, SMS, Vodafone

Vodafone Spain has claimed the title of the first European operator to offer Spinvox’s speech-to-text services. Dubbed DictaSMS Automatic and DictaSMS 115, the services allow Vodafone users to easily receive their voicemail as convenient text messages.

With DictaSMS Automatic, when a Vodafone user attempts to call another Vodafone user who either does not have voicemail or is out of coverage, the message will automatically be converted to text and delivered as an SMS.

With DictaSMS 115, users can prefix their outgoing call with 115 to be asked if they want to record a message, which will be delivered via SMS. This service works for calls to any network.

The coolest part is that the service is free, billed only for the minutes used to record the message.