Hey Mark, Ah, that make sense now. A misunderstanding on my part about the mention of the phasing out comment. Sorry about that but it was also good news that I didn't have to worry about this going away! ;)
As for the new interface that Google have seem to have been doing in the past year across several services that they provide such as the Google Voice. Yes, the web interface is terrible and not for the faint of heart for sure. Even though and I'm glad to see that they still offer the Classical view. There still were some issues in the Classical as well. Not nearly as much that we see today. Yes, the Google Voice and the Google Hangout for the iOS is incredibly accessible. Much more so in their recent releases. It is more streamlined and easier to navigate than the older versions. I do have the Google Voice and Google Hangout linked together. Primarily because I can make wi-fi call with my Hangout through my Google Voice number. Rather than it just simply transferring and forwarding your phone to the number. So, I am only using data than cell when on the wi-fi. I also use Hangout because I still have friends on the Android that use the Hangout when we do video calling. There is various reason to link the two apps together. One more thing to add about the Google Voice and the Google Hangout for the iOS. I will admit I have no idea if the setup has been made more accessible. In the past, it was not accessible at all. However, I can say once you have a sighted friend to help you create an account and get you a number that it is very accessible to use. I really have no way of testing this unless I go through the entire process for another number. Thanks, Thomas -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of M. Taylor Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2017 12:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: google voice Hello Thomas, So, are you saying that both the iOS versions of both the official Google Voice and Hangouts apps are, indeed, VoiceOver accessible? Interesting. Also, do you use both the apps? If so, in what way do they differ? As for Google phasing out the classic view/use of Google Voice: I am the one who posted this to the list. Without going into great detail, my Google Voice account has been updated to the latest web UI, no doubt because I updated to the latest version of Google Voice on my Android phone. As I mentioned in a previous post, this update has greatly changed some basic features now available in the web UI. Because I use the web version of GV on a daily basis, I was extremely frustrated in the dramatic change and, as a result, contacted Google as well as reading seemingly endless amounts of white papers that Google has posted to the web regarding the latest changes to Google Voice. Somewhere, and I cannot recall the location, they clearly stated that they were phasing out the classic Google Voice UI in favor of a more, modern, consistent user experience reflecting, or attempting to more precisely reflect, the Android experience across multiple platforms. I did not write that they were phasing out Google Voice, as a service, but merely the classic web interface. Mark -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Thomas Domville Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2017 9:24 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: google voice As of the last version of the Google Voice app for the iOS. It is very accessible to use. So, I am a bit confused why a person has mentioned it was not very accessible to use. I am curious in what you have seen that is not accessible? Yes, I also use Hangout in conjunction with Google Voice. They work together great as mentioned in the last comment. Placing a phone call from Hang Out is easy and I also receive text message via Hangout as well. Somebody mentioned that Google Voice was being phased out? I had not heard about this and would like to know more about this as I use Google Voice quite a bit. That would be a real shame if that is true. I thought I heard that it was the other way around. For some reason, I thought I heard that Hangout was being phased out and that they have stop 3rd party of being able to use the Hangout API's. They were going with a new direction. So, any information about Google Voice being phased out would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, Thomas -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of jazzyjennifer Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2017 10:30 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: google voice i use the google hang outs app. on my i phone. witch works you can link your google number to hang outs. and you can go under the settings in hang outs. and set it up to recieve calls though hang outs. and you can set it up for text too -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. 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