K.C. Neel
Yahoo! is broadening its offerings by adding voice-based services in a bid to increase traffic over its network of sites and bring in new ad revenues.
Yahoo! by Phone provides free access to personalized content via the phone by calling 1-800-MY-YAHOO. Yahoo! Mail is offering free voicemail and allows users to make free phone calls to anyone in the United State.
Yahoo! is transmitting its voice service using Net2Phone technology and technology from SpeechWorks.
Yahoo! customers can access their voice and text messages using an integrated Yahoo! Mail inbox through the Yahoo! Web site or by dialing Yahoo! by Phone and entering a private password.
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