Comments on: One Number to Rule Them All…Google Voice!

By: mattstratton

mattstratton — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 06:16:51 +0000

The grey words represent words/phrases that the Google system “isn't sure about”. They usually are “guesses” by the voice-to-text system.

By: Caroline

Caroline — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 10:30:25 +0000

Why are some of the words in the transcription gray?

By: James

James — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:54:17 +0000

I was invited to GoogleVoice last month and did not know how to use it. Thanks so much for this post. You helped me greatly.

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By: Drew McFartherly

Drew McFartherly — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 22:13:49 +0000

You’re really lucky to have already been using Grand Central, I noticed Google’s Voice site being in beta, and although I’m registered for their beta service I still am waiting patiently on my invite. I’m glad to see Google finally stepping into the Telecom area and this service should be great for those of us with multiple landlines, cell phones and international travels.

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By: Ronad Lee

Ronad Lee — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 07:13:05 +0000

Wow, this is different, way beyond Skype and everything else. .-= Ronad Lee´s last blog ..A Seducer is Not Born, He is Made – As No One is Born Dumb – They Just Get That Way =-.

By: Matt Stratton

Matt Stratton — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:49:12 +0000

I haven’t encountered call quality issues in the 2 years I’ve been using the service – that being said, I don’t talk on the phone a ton, so most of my experience has been SMS and voicemail related. Still, over the past two years there’ve got to be several hours worth of voice, and I haven’t much noticed a call quality issue. Of course, it’s possible I was getting drops or bad quality and just chalked it up to my cell phone.

Yes, the lack of “extension support” can be a real chore for that. I think it’s a good idea to try to use it as your “firewall” for your work cell phone, so that you can be available when out of the office, but only on your terms. You could even set up a caller group, put your clients in it, and have those numbers only ring your mobile at the times you want to hear from clients :) Or if you are only using the GV number for clients to call you, make it so that your work cell ONLY rings during the times you are set to work.

By: Matt Stratton

Matt Stratton — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:46:25 +0000

The iPhone “workaround” is using an app (in the App Store) called “GV Mobile”. What that basically does is the same thing that GV Dialer did – when you dial a call, it actually calls your Google Voice number first, and then punches in the proper codes to dial the number you WANTED to call. It works fairly decently.

By: Nilesh Jahagirdar

Nilesh Jahagirdar — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:06:40 +0000

By the way, what's the iPhone workaround you hinted at? .-= Nilesh Jahagirdar´s last blog ..nileshj: @xcubelabs Hello! check if you get this. TESTING. =-.

By: Jess

Jess — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:05:44 +0000

My biggest worry about GV is call quality. I haven’t tried it on my iPhone yet, but I have heard that it just doesn’t sound the greatest, that there can be extreme lag, etc. Have you had any bad experiences like that?

I have a GV number, and while I don’t plan on giving it out to tons of people, I may start using it for my “work” cell…so I can screen calls and not give clients my personal cell # if at all possible.

Another beef I have with it is that you can’t set it up to call an extension, so it’s totally useless to me from a work perspective since I don’t have a direct number.
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