6. The system of claim 5 , further comprising a text message generator for generating one or more text messages that include the text and for sending the one or more text messages to a telephone number supplied by the subscriber.
5. A system for limiting voicemail transcription, comprising: a call handler for answering a forwarded call from a caller to a subscriber and for recording audio of the call as a voicemail message; a call timer for timing the recording of audio, the call timer stopping performing the recording once the recording duration reaches a maximum recording time limit; and a transcriber for transcribing the audio into text; wherein the call handler notifies the subscriber of what portion of a total maximum record time available to the subscriber for recording all voicemail messages within a predetermined time period remains at the end of the forwarded call.