Yap Lands Its LEC

One of the few remaining independent local exchange carriers, Cincinnati Bell, has selected Yap’s Voice2Text as the basis for its voicemail transcription service. According to this press release, Yap will be transcribing incoming voice mail messages for Cincinatti Bell’s wireless subscribers and delivering the messages as SMS-based text messages or as email. The service is fully-automated and Cincinnati Bell offers on a monthly subscription basis for 
$4.99
 for 25
 message
 conversions
, or $5.99
 for “unlimited” conversions.

Cincinnati Bell has roughly 500,000 wireless subscribers in its metropolitan region.