Hello Cliff and thank you for this information. I had completely forgotten about the GV Connect app, for iOS. I am glad to learn that it is VoiceOver accessible.
As for the official Google Voice app, I strongly suggest that you and others write a review in the App Store requesting better VoiceOver accessibility. Be sure to paste in the text of your review, here, and request that others support your efforts. I also suggest that you contact Google on Twitter via their handle which is @Google. Mark From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kliphton Miller Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2017 5:42 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: google voice I to have been using google voice for some time now. The official google voice app is not accessible, but an app called “GV connect” is very accessible. You can make calls, send and receive texts, you can even look at your outgoing and incoming call history. That being said, I just went to google.com/voice on my Mac and PC, and both platforms allowed me to sign up for a new GV number. Aside from that, I don’t use the web for anything else because the GV connect app I mentioned above does everything else. On a side note, when ever you text someone from the GV connect app, it will show up in that app, and will also show up in your messages app. Now when it shows up in your messages app, it will sign a random number to it that you have never seen before, but will be followed by the persons original number. I use that number to my advantage, locking it under that persons contact as a GV number, so when I call or text them, my google voice number is the one that shows up. HTH. On Feb 22, 2017, at 3:29 AM, M. Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: Hello Ann, I am replying to you, on-list. I am a long time user and fan of Google Voice. Be that as it may, I have not used the iOS app in many years choosing instead to use my Windows PC via Internet Explorer. What I can tell you is that, currently, even for those of us with some residual vision, generally speaking, Google Voice is a mess. Without getting into the histrionics, Google Voice is slowly being phased out as we know it, in favor of hardware solutions such as Android devices and software alternatives such as Google Hangouts. This may sound crazy but, when one browses to Voice.google.com, one cannot call a new number but only a number that has been dialed before. This is from the official Google help page. Is that not crazy? Of course, there are several workarounds the easiest being to bring up Legacy mode. Doing this will bring up a browser window that present Google Voice in the classic view that we have all come to know and love. Again, I have not tested the official Google app on iOS in some years but find it difficult to believe that it is not VoiceOver accessible; however, I'll take your word for it. Bottom line, at present, I prefer using Google voice on my Samsung Galaxy S6 where the interface is seamless. When that is not convenient, I simply browse to voice.google.com and from the site's menu option, select Legacy Mode. While I realize that I have not provided any answers, I hope you will feel better to learn that everyone, sighted and blind, alike, are struggling with Google Voice as Google forces the service into a new format. Good Luck, Mark From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ann Chiappetta Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2017 3:56 PM To: [email protected] Subject: google voice Hi all, Need some help with google voice accounts. The app isn’t VO accessible, but from the pc, was wondering if anyone has success with it and screen readers. We are trying to set up an account but can’t get it to work either incoming our outgoing calls. Very confusing. 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