Hey Dave, I got an invite, thanks. I appreciate your feedback on your usage too. I don't know how much this tool will be of use to me, but, I do know the SMS feature will be good. lorraine
> From: Dave Compton <[email protected]> > Reply-To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group <[email protected]> > Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2010 09:54:10 -0800 > To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group <[email protected]> > Subject: [Eug-lug] Re: Anyone using Google Voice? > > I have two google voice invites. Lorraine, I'll send you one if you > still are looking. The other one ( or two if Lorraine no longer wants > one ) is available - let me know if you are interested. > > In response to Lorraine's question "Does it work well for you?", here is > my Google Voice review based on 6 months or so of use.... > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Google voice works ok for me but I don't use it to its full potential. > They give you a phone number that will route phone calls to all of your > phones. I played with this a little but I was hearing a slight loss of > sound quality when people called me via this number. Not much really but > enough to make me hold off on making this my default phone number. That > was six months or so ago - it might have gotten better since then. > > What I do use it for is the voice mail system and SMS (text messaging). > > VOICE MAIL > > Google Voice voice mail can be enabled for cell phones even if the > incoming call is made to your normal phone number. In other words, > people who call you don't need to know that anything has changed. Voice > mail features that I like are: > > - Playback of messages on the computer, > - Creation of custom outgoing messages for particular callers, > - Permanent archiving of voice mail > - Voice mail transcription to text > > The voice to text transcription is not great but it's usually good > enough to understand what the call is about - if not the details. > > Google Voice sends you a text message when you have voice mail so you > need unlimited text messages to make good use of this feature. > > SMS (TEXT MESSAGES) > > Incoming text messages sent via your google voice number get routed to > your cell phone number ( just like a regular text message ) but also to > your google account. This allows you to use your computer keyboard to > respond to a text message rather than using the keypad on your phone. > Of course, you can still use the keypad on the phone if you are not at > your computer. You can also initiate outgoing text messages from your > computer via google voice. > > - Dave > > NextStep wrote: >> If you are, can you send me an invite? >> Does it work well for you? >> lorraine >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> EUGLUG mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
