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Text as voice

UKdodger — Sat, 25 Nov 2023 21:07:11 GMT

I have a landline and no mobile. If a company sends me a TSV message it s delivered by BT as voice. The problem is numbers are read out by the voice as a whole number. Rather than - one, two, three etc. It says - "One hundred and twenty three." That's fine on short numbers but on six or even eight random numbers they are impossible to remember in time before the TSV dialogue box on your computer sent to receive the number times out. I've complained to BT about it but their resonse is - thats how it is now and we arent going to change it. That means therefore that landlines can no longer be used to receive TSV messages.

Re: Text as voice

imjolly — Sat, 25 Nov 2023 21:27:57 GMT

Maybe time to but a cheap mobile phone which will be also handy when you move to digital voice

Re: Text as voice

UKdodger — Sat, 25 Nov 2023 21:33:14 GMT

Thanks for your reply. But I have no real need for a mobile and I dont want to buy one just to receive TSVs

Re: Text as voice

imjolly — Sat, 25 Nov 2023 21:48:38 GMT

When you are moved to digital voice then should you get a power cut then your landline phone will not work and a mobile will be a good standby in case of emergencies

Re: Text as voice

UKdodger — Sat, 25 Nov 2023 21:54:47 GMT

Thanks. But I've lived a long life with just a landline without any problems and in any case Landlines are powered from the 50v line. Unless going digital changes that. Though I cant see why.

Re: Text as voice

Keith_Beddoe — Sat, 25 Nov 2023 22:05:23 GMT

Digital Voice is not powered from the exchange, you have to provide the power for the phone.

Re: Text as voice

UKdodger — Sat, 25 Nov 2023 22:14:41 GMT

Really. So a power cut would take down the entire network. What about emergency calls?

Re: Text as voice

imjolly — Sat, 25 Nov 2023 22:24:32 GMT

@UKdodger

Hence why my suggestion that a mobile would be a good investment in case you get a power cut and enable you to make calls in emergency

Re: Text as voice

Anonymous — Sat, 25 Nov 2023 22:32:48 GMT

So you're complaining about being unable to receive text messages as you'd like, while simultaneously claiming you have no need for a mobile, which would receive text messages as you'd like?