<p>Growing numbers of people are losing patience with voice-mail and would rather send a text message than listen to their voice messages, a survey has revealed.</p><p>According to internet phone company Vonage, the number of voice-mail messages left on user accounts was down 8% in July from a year ago.</p><p>The survey results showed that checking one's voice-mail seems to be an even a bigger chore as retrieved messages fell 14% among Vonage users over the same period.</p><p>"They hate the whole voice-mail introduction, prompts, having to listen to them in chronological order," the Daily Mail quoted Michael Tempora, senior vice president of product management at Vonage, as saying.</p><p><a href="http://www.deccanchronicle.com/node/154975">Keep reading...</a></p>