Patent ID: 8204486

Claim:
A method of providing playback of an audio voicemail message corresponding to a visual voicemail message; comprising: receiving a voice call at a voicemail system directed to a called party device; storing an audio voicemail message at the voicemail system; sending a copy of the stored voicemail message to a transcription service; transcribing the copy of the stored voicemail message into a text-based voicemail message; embedding the text-based voicemail message with a unique identification for accessing the stored audio voicemail message; sending the text-based voicemail message to the called party device; at the called party device, receiving an instruction for playing the stored audio voicemail message at the called party device; from the called party device, calling a unique directory number associated with the unique identification for accessing the stored audio voicemail message; and in response to calling the unique directory number associated with the unique identification for accessing the stored audio voicemail message, playing the stored audio voicemail message at the called party device.