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Configure AI Voicemail Transcription

AI voicemail transcription converts the audio of your voicemail messages into text, so you can scan, search, and act on them without listening to a recording. Set your preferences once in the Cloud Voice App and they apply everywhere you sign in, since the settings sync across all of your Cloud Voice clients.

Confirm the following before configuring transcription:

  • The PBX (Private Branch Exchange, the phone system server) is running firmware 84.19.0.110 or later.
  • Your system administrator has turned on the AI Voicemail Transcription feature and granted your extension permission to use it.
  1. Sign in to the Cloud Voice App and open Preferences > AI.

  2. Under Voicemail Transcription, adjust the settings to match how you want messages handled.

    Voicemail transcription preferences with options for automatic transcription, language, and auto-detect languages

    SettingWhat it does
    Automatic Voicemail TranscriptionControls whether new voicemails are transcribed on arrival. It is on by default. Turn it off if you would rather leave messages as audio and transcribe only the ones you choose, on demand.
    LanguageThe language your voicemails are transcribed into. You can also set this to Auto Detection so the system identifies the spoken language for each message instead of using one fixed language.
    Languages to Auto-DetectThe set of languages the system checks for when identifying speech. It detects which of these is being spoken in each message and transcribes accordingly.
  3. Click Save.

  • Incoming voicemails are transcribed into the language you set, either automatically or when you trigger it yourself. Transcribed messages carry an AI marker; select the View transcription icon to read the text.

    A voicemail entry showing its transcribed text alongside the audio message

  • To clean up a transcription, click Edit. This is useful for fixing misheard names, clarifying details, or jotting down notes you want to keep with the message.

    Editing the transcribed text of a voicemail message