You can and my understanding is that you should still be able to use Google Voice with the various orwarding and callback features.. You'll just be using your regular cell minutes if you want to still use your cell phone. Also, Gmail recently changed their layout when using the standard webpage format to make Google Voice calls. It's now hangouts. You can still make phone calls directly from the website, but the one thing I haven't been able to figure out is how to access the keypad from within a call for entering in the various options or account numbers etc when prompted. That's not really an iOS issue though I suppose.
Two updates ago, Hangouts was completely broken as far as accessibility with Voiceover, but their most recent update fixed some stuff. No where near Voiceover friendly, but you can do more than before. There is a send feedback option from within the app if you want to reach out to them. Of course, getting there at least in my case took my sighted wife's help. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Beth G Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2014 2:12 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Question about Google voice Hello, Thank you. So do I need to get GB connect and Google voice? Or do I set up a Google voice phone number online and then use GV connect on my phone? Thank you, Beth Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 6, 2014, at 3:02 PM, "Raul A. Gallegos" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi there. After May 15 this year Google voice will disable XMPP access to it services. This will affect many third-party apps which use it, but not all of them. Currently the best app that I know of to work with Google voice is called GV connect. They do have their own app for the service, but I do think it is flaky at best. The biggest change for Google voice users is for those that use apps like talk atone or the OB talk phone bridge boxes to have free home phone service without paying for it. However there is a solution for those types of users that cost $35 per year for unlimited incoming calls and 300 minutes about going calls. There is also another one which is costing $60 a year which includes unlimited incoming and outgoing calls. They will even set up your Google voice number as the outgoing caller ID so if a lot of people have that number they won't have to worry about learning a new number for you. As for using the Google voice number for things like text messaging and other things, Google voice will migrated into their hangouts platform which is currently not very voice over friendly. I do not know if this will still continue to work correctly on the website. So that is pretty much what there is to know about Google voice. > > --- > Sent from Raul's rectangular glass - 832.554.7285 Please excuse any > auto complete or dictation weirdness. > >> On Apr 6, 2014, at 1:11 PM, Beth G <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hello, >> I know there has been some discussion about Google voice, and >> third-party apps. I also thought I remembered reading something about >> those third-party apps longer working around this time of year. Is >> the Google voice app accessible with voiceover? I'm sorry if this is >> been covered before, if someone could point me in the archives and >> where to go, I will looku there >> >> Thank you, >> Beth >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. 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