Voicemail preview and editing system

A voicemail system, comprising:

• a memory for storing executable program instructions;
• and
• processor electronics configured to execute the program instructions in order to:
• record an audio voicemail message from a calling party to one or more called parties;
• provide an indication to the one or more called parties that they have received a voicemail message;
• transcribe the audio voicemail message to text;
• detect that a called party has retrieved the voicemail message;
• present the text of the audio voicemail message to the calling party with a number of controls that allow a calling party to accept, reject or edit the voicemail message and wherein the processor electronics is configured to execute program instructions to allow the calling party to make changes to the voicemail message after the one or more called parties have been provided with an indication that the one or more called parties have received the voicemail message until such time as a called party retrieves the voicemail message.