How does the dictation feature work?

[RustBoy]

I am having a hard time finding any information that describes how the dictation feature works. I assume that it listens to a voicemail message and transcribes it, and then emails the results to the provided email address?

I have turned on the dictation option but I cannot get it to do anything. I receive my voicemails via email delivery but no dictation.

 

[Megabyte2]

The Dictation Service field allows the user to dial a feature code (*34) from their endpoint and have whatever they say recorded. Dictations will be saved in the format selected in the field, and will be emailed to the address specified in the Email Address field. Completed dictations are only emailed to the user when they dial the appropriate feature code (*35). Both the Dictation Service and Dictation Format fields are drop-down menus. The Email Address field is not required. If it is left blank, dictations cannot be emailed to the user once the user has finished recording.

 

[RustBoy]

Is there an option that allows us to have all emails automatically dictated and emailed?

 

[RustBoy]

How silly of me, I thought that it was a speech to text converter. That would have been cool.