Movistar use as a wireless provider, received an SMS a few days ago telling us about the new service "Voice to Text." I transcribe the contents of the message:
"Dear Customer, from now you can try FREE for 15 days Movistar service Voice to Text, which converts voice messages deposited into your movimemo and send them by SMS. You can also still view your messages by calling * 6684. After this test the service is automatically disabled. If you do not want to try this service send an SMS to 6828 with the word NO and will be disabled within 24 hours. For information see www.movistar.com.uy. "
This new "service" caught my attention because its implications are not immediately noticed until I got some calls that were kindly sent to my phone as an SMS, and whose foot contains the text 
"via SpinVox"
. I immediately wondered how it would work, and I decided to do a little research ... which led me to the conclusion that it is best NOT USE THIS SERVICE "via SpinVox" .
In
http://www.spinvox.com/how_it_works.html explains that everything is an automated system, called "D2" , which receives the one hand to voice messages, and through intricate and advanced artificial intelligence, voice recognition and natural language, convert those text messages, forwarding them to the mobile phone as an SMS. Brilliant, eh? ... Well, it would be brilliant if it really worked as they put it, but unfortunately there is still no technology that can process without error all voice messages into text automatically, how SpinVox does. Just imagine the incredible power to recognize slurred speech, dialects almost beyond recognition, semantic errors, transmission errors, background noise, etc. If you are used to receive voice almost inaudible or unintelligible, and can grasp the idea ...
really works So how SpinVox service?: Simple, put hundreds of cheap labor to receive and translate messages, assisted by software that facilitates their work. Now it seems "to truth ", right? SpinVox does not deny that there are" humans "involved in the task (perhaps that is what" natural "from its acclaimed technology" linguistic "), but that gives us a good idea of \u200b\u200bwhy WE DO NOT USE service.
is clear that an employee working for SpinVox should not have time to get to read and fantasize about the content of the messages ... but this does not mean that to be a person reading them, the concept of privacy becomes meaningless. Imagine translating a text message that contains critical information and highly relevant, and have the power to know who did it and who sent it in an almost Anonymous (will SpinVox how humans associate with translating messages processed?, do we give this information if necessary? are valid in a public trial transcripts ?...)... Just Imagine that.
not want to sound too paranoid ("seriously?), But honestly I think that service is something that must be very well informed and aware.
My advice: Since you can not predict with certainty whether a recipient is using it or not, be careful with the messages left on the cell contacts. Do not leave voice messages with important information, critical or vital. Needless to say to the known public figures is not a good idea to leave recorded messages, but just in case, here we tell them too. Think privacy while you can not expect 100%, this service is like adding a new risk to the already complicated scheme of communications technologies that everyone uses daily indiscriminate, so do the same thing I, if you use Movistar,
send NO to 6828 right now and tell this information to your contacts.
I leave some interesting links:
http://www.movistar.com.uy/movistar_promociones_spinvox.htm
http://voicemailtranscription.blogspot.com/2008/08/spinvox-humans-tenzing.html
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/07/23/spinvox_bye/
http://www.telecoms.com/13439/spinvox-behind-the-spin
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