Rogers Wireless Selects ScanSoft and TeleMessage to Power TXT 2 Landline Service

PEABODY, Mass. and ACTON, Mass. - Rogers Wireless has selected TeleMessage SMS to Landline solution, powered by ScanSoft RealSpeak, for its TXT 2 Landline service. With TXT 2 Landline, wireless users can communicate and send messages to anyone with a landline. Text messages are converted to voice with ScanSoft RealSpeak, and are read aloud to the user in English or French.

With TXT 2 Landline, users can communicate with friends and family who use a landline by typing a text message on their wireless phone and directing the message to the landline number. With the TeleMessage messaging application, the message is converted to speech using ScanSoft RealSpeak and delivered to the landline phone for pick up from the recipient, who will hear the message in voice and even have the ability to reply via a voice message to the sender. The wireless caller receives confirmation of message delivery - from time of pick-up to whether it was answered by a live person or an answering system. If a reply was sent, the sender can click a button on his phone to dial in to a phone number to retrieve the message.