Interestingly, the reason Google initially created it's Google Voice service back in the day was to gather voicemail audio to train its speech to text engines.

Interestingly, the reason Google initially created it's Google Voice service back in the day was to gather voicemail audio to train its speech to text engines. It's mind-blowing to me that with all of Google's data, Google isn't the far and away leader in this new space. I have to believe they're paralyzed by the fear of legal repercussions.