1. A method of providing voicemail to a mobile telephone, in which a caller initiates a voice call to the mobile telephone, but that call is diverted to a voicemail server, with the caller then leaving a voice message on the voicemail server, the method comprising the steps of: when a recording time of the voice message exceeds a maximum time, sending a standard notification to the mobile telephone indicating that an end-user of the mobile telephone has a new voicemail to listen to; when the recording time of the voice message is less than a maximum time: converting the voice message to an audio file format; sending or streaming the audio file to a voice to text transcription system comprising at least one computer adapted to play back the voice message to an operator to enable the operator to transcribe the voice message into the computer to generate a transcribed text message; including a unique identification in the transcribed text message that links the text message to the voice message held at the voicemail server; sending the transcribed text message to the mobile phone; and providing the voice message held at the server to the mobile telephone when the end-user of the mobile telephone selects or uses the unique identification.
1. A method of providing voicemail to a mobile telephone, in which a caller initiates a voice call to the mobile telephone, but that call is diverted to a voicemail server, with the caller then leaving a voice message on the voicemail server, the method comprising the steps of: when a recording time of the voice message exceeds a maximum time, sending a standard notification to the mobile telephone indicating that an end-user of the mobile telephone has a new voicemail to listen to; when the recording time of the voice message is less than a maximum time: converting the voice message to an audio file format; sending or streaming the audio file to a voice to text transcription system comprising at least one computer adapted to play back the voice message to an operator to enable the operator to transcribe the voice message into the computer to generate a transcribed text message; including a unique identification in the transcribed text message that links the text message to the voice message held at the voicemail server; sending the transcribed text message to the mobile phone; and providing the voice message held at the server to the mobile telephone when the end-user of the mobile telephone selects or uses the unique identification. 8. The method of claim 1 in which the operator summarizes the voice message.