Unified Messaging
Unified Messaging (UM) is the integration of different streams of communication (e-mail, SMS, Fax, voice, video, etc.) into a single, or, unified 'message store', accessible from a variety of different devices. Unified messaging is a subset of a fully integrated Unified communications system.
Unified Messaging is an indistinct term that can refer to the typical definition of simple inclusion of incoming faxes and voice-mail in one's email inbox, all the way to dictating a message into a cell phone and the intelligent delivery of that message to the intended recipient in a variety of possible formats like text email, fax, or voice recording.
Having access to e-mail, voice mail and faxes via a common computer application or by telephone. For example, unified messaging may send faxes and digitized voice mail to a mail server that turns them into e-mail attachments. Audio-based systems convert e-mail messages to speech (text-to-speech) in order to deliver messages to a desk phone or cell phone.
Having access to e-mail, voice mail and faxes via a common computer application or by telephone. For example, unified messaging may send faxes and digitized voice mail to a mail server that turns them into e-mail attachments. Audio-based systems convert e-mail messages to speech (text-to-speech) in order to deliver messages to a desk phone or cell phone.