Google Voice is a free VoIP service provided by Google.
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Origin of some texts aren’t identified when Google Voice forwards text to phone
I set up my Google Voice number to forward to my AT&T number, but when I get texts from some people, the text appears to come from phone numbers I don’t recognize. The text message itself begins ...
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Is there a way to make phone calls from Gmail when the new hangouts is enabled?
Gmail currently provides free domestic calling for users in the US and Canada, directly in the Gmail interface. It uses the Google Video Chat plugin to allow voice calls to be made to regular phone ...
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Can't call contact using gmail's voice calling
I can call phone numbers and hangout with people, but I can't call a contact using the "Voice calling" feature. My contact says he doesn't get any notification when I try calling him. He can call me ...
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Marking all Google Voice messages as read
I have over 200 unread text messages and voice messages on Google Voice. How can I mark these all as read without having to do it one page at a time?
I tried pressing "select all" and then looking ...
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Reasons why a Google Voice number might be taken away
I've been using GoogleVoice off and on for years, but have started using it more, and using it as my "main" number now. In the past, I've had more than a handful of GoogleVoice numbers, and at one ...
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Is there a way to associate two Google Voice numbers to the same cellphone?
I have a Gmail account and a Google Apps account. I have setup a Google Voice number and associated it with my mobile phone for personal use.
I want to setup a Google Voice account for business and ...
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Google Voice Gadget Dialer missing contacts
I'm running Windows 7 Home x64 with Google Chrome on one machine, Windows 8 & Chrome on another. It also doesn't work in FF. I even tried IE just in case.
The fact that it is across multiple ...
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Direct link to Google Voice (or other Google applications) to log in as a specific user
I use multiple Google accounts for email, documents, and Voice. If I go to Google Voice, it will recognize whatever my most recent session is and use that. This is almost always my work session, so I ...
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Google Voice email address Max length?
I am trying to add an email address to Google Voice to forward SMS messages to a push server. The email address is a generated token which is 89 characters. Although we can refactor this token down to ...
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Regain access to lost Google Voice account
I have a Google voice number that I haven't accessed for at least a year. In that year I lost access to the 2 email addresses I had and then signed up with Gmail. I know longer have the cell phone I ...
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What does forwarding to Google Chat do in Google Voice?
When I go to Voice Settings > Phones, I see an option to forward to my Google Chat account, what does this setting do?
Will it forward calls, texts, or voicemail? Would it work if I use a text only ...
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How can I customize Google Voice behavior when forwarding calls?
I setup my Google Voice number to forward to my AT&T cell phone number. There are two features of the forwarding behavior I'm not very fond of:
When someone calls, they get a recorded voice ...
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Can I get my Google Voice data from Google?
Can I get a document showing any recorded messages that have been left on my Google Voice account?
I have been using the generic message since I established the account without even a name recording.
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Create hyperlink to Google Voice phone number
I want to add some hyperlinks to phone numbers on a web page, and I'm wondering if it's possible to do this using Google Voice. Is there any way to create a hyperlink to a Google Voice phone number ...
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Have Google Voice use different greetings depending on the number called
My sister has a new Google Voice number that she wants to use for work calls only. If someone calls that number it should ring her cell phone, but go to her work voicemail greeting. If someone calls ...
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Number portability across Google Voice
My younger brother in-law wanted something like what Google Voice offers, so I gave him my GV number a few months ago to "try out" and see if he liked it.
He's shared the number with all his friends ...
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How do I text a Google Voice number from email? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What SMS email address works for Google Voice?
Is there a way to send an email that texts me at my Google voice number? For example, is there an email address associated ...
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What is causing Google Voice upload quality to deteriorate at 30 minutes?
I use Google Voice to make and receive phone calls on my computer. I've found that after being on the phone for 30 minutes, the other party starts to hear me as garbled, I can continue to hear them ...
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Why can't I do a phone call in Google Voice?
I'm wondering why I can only place phone calls in Gmail, not in Google Voice, since phone calls seem to be more of a "voicey" thing than an "emaily" thing.
True, you can initiate phone calls from ...
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Google Voice delay when calling my phone
I've been using Google Voice with CallCentric as our phone service for the past 2.5 years and things have worked pretty well. Some people have had trouble calling me and the call quality hasn't always ...
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What SMS email address works for Google Voice?
I have a Google Voice number that accepts SMS messages and I need an email address that can be used to send SMS messages to my Google Voice number. What is the email address for Google Voice assuming ...
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Send/receive faxes through Google Voice without using a fax machine?
Once in a while I bump into an antiquated bureaucratic process that requires sending or receiving a fax. Back in the dialup days I was glad that I no longer needed a fax machine to send and receive ...
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SMS posts from google voice to Google+ don't work any more
Posts from Google Voice to Google+ via SMS are not working.
For good measure, I tried testing from another Google Voice account and changed the SMS source number in Google+ settings. Did not work. I ...
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How to add a signature to all outgoing SMS messages in Google Voice?
How can I make Google Voice attach a signature to all my outgoing SMS messages?
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Google Talk and Video outside of GMail
I'd like to use Google Talk/Video with having the full gmail or igoogle interface displayed. The ideal setup would be the lightweight popout interface (link below) in a small Fluid.app single instance ...
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Adding a non Google Apps account to a Google Apps Google Voice account
I have Google Apps Standard edition. I upgraded the domain so that user's account are also Google Accounts. I have one of those accounts set up with Google Voice. I would like to enable the forwarding ...
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How to use Google Voice to transcribe an MP3?
I want to use Google Voice to transcribe an MP3 file.
How can I do this?
Can I call my Google Voice number and play the MP3?
How would I do that with the best audio quality?
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What is the URL for Google call/voice?
I found a URL for Google Tasks:
https://mail.google.com/tasks/ig
Is there something similar for Google call/voice? On my Gmail page I can click on the arrow on the Google call window to make it ...
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Upload a recording to Google Voice as a greeting
Short of putting the phone up to the speaker on my computer, is there a way to get a recorded greeting on Google Voice?
I don't want to have Google Voice call me. I have professionally recorded ...
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Google voice outside the united states
I live in Germany now. I got an invitation for google voice; but was unable to make use of it since my location was outside US.
Any idea when google voice will start to become available in Europe? In ...
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Can you send SMS messages using your Google Voice number from Gmail?
Google Voice allows you to send text messages to/from an assigned local telephone number. Unfortunately, it's interface for doing so is rather poor in my opinion. Gmail has a much better interface ...
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Google Voice not taking voicemail
I am forwarding my Google Voice number to my work number (cell phones are prohibited in the workplace). When someone calls my google voice number, my work voicemail system answers. I would prefer that ...
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Does google record and/or parse the contents of every google voice call?
I've been googling around and am trying to learn more about google voice's privacy policy. Specifically I want to know if Google records and transcribes the content of all of my calls performed over ...
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Google Voice and Gmail don't get along, contact-wise?
There seem to be problems between the new Gmail contact manager and the one GV uses. One of my friends just got a GV number and I added it manually to his years-old entry in my Gmail contacts as a ...
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I've installed the Google voice and video chat web browser plugin, but Gmail doesn't detect it
I want to use Google voice and video chat on Iceweasel 10.0.4 on Debian Linux 6.0.5. (Iceweasel is the Firefox derivative that comes with Debian Linux.) I've installed Google's voice-and-video ...
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Port a non-supported number to Google Voice
When I try to port my current phone number to Google Voice I get the following error:
We currently don't support porting
from your carrier.
My carrier is US Cellular. Does anyone have a work ...
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How Can I find Google Voice Mails and/or my Phone ICON when I need it? [closed]
How Can I find Google Voice Mails and/or my Phone ICON when I need it?
I haven't been able to separate my Google Voice Calls and I'd like to know how to set it up again and/or make some changes
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Why is my wife's Google Voice being forwarded to my Google Voice?
Recently, I've started getting Google Voice calls that are not mine. The phone rings with my GV caller Id, I answer it and press 1 to speak to unknown caller, then I get a second prompt, this time ...
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Google Voice integration
My wife hates that she can't call my cell phone without it ringing the house too.
Can I use use Google Voice integration but also keep my cell number from calling all my forwarding numbers?
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Is it possible to get a Google voice number without already having a phone number?
I currently have no phone number; I can make outgoing calls via the widget in gmail, but I cannot receive calls (as far as I know). I know that you can set up a google voice number to forward to ...
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Differences between Google Voice and Google Talk?
This webpage reads:
Google Voice can interface with ordinary telephones while Google Talk cannot
Then
Why does Google Voice needs Google Talk to make an outgoing call?
Why using Google Talk ...
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How come I cannot answer with Google Voice when GChat is on?
I tried calling my own Google Voice number, but the number it forwards to rang instead.
I want to answer via the interface on the web, not via the forwarded cell phone number. How do I set that?
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How shall I set up Google Voice to use the internal microphone of my laptop?
I was wondering how to set up Google Voice to use the internal microphone of my laptop?
I don't find such settings my my Google Voice account.
In case it may be needed, my OS is Ubuntu 10.10 and ...
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Must I switch my phone to Google Voice before I leave the country? [closed]
I've a T-Mobile prepaid number I'm switching to Google Voice. Can I do so once I'm no longer in the U.S., perhaps no longer receiving SMSs messages on the phone?
If so, how do they authenticate that ...
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How to link a Skype number to a Google Voice number?
I'm trying to link my Skype number to my Google Voice number so I can make a call. But guess what? Whenever Google calls to confirm the number one of the two hangs up automatically when I answer. So ...
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Google Voice: when viewing a voicemail, how can I tell which number was dialed?
I have one google voice number ("A") that forwards to two mobile phone lines ("B" and "C"). Voicemails left for all three numbers (A, B, or C) are collected in my single google voice inbox. When ...
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Error in setting up Google Voice upgrade to use mobile phone number (outside the USA)
I receive the message:
Connection error. Please try again.
When in step 1 for the upgrade in Google Voice to use my mobile phone number. This error appears although I have inserted my phone number ...
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How do I get people to realize that Google Voice asking for their name is not my voicemail? [closed]
I realize this is somewhat tangential to the web application itself, but I thought I'd ask anyway.
I use the Google Voice call screening feature to ask callers to give their name when their number is ...
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What is the terminology for service for calls from IP to static numbers not on IP? (eg Skype)
VoIP software says that it makes phone calls over the internet. But using Skype and Google Voice, calls can be made to landlines and mobile phones. What are these services termed as? What is the name ...
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Associate phone with multiple contacts?
In Google Voice/Gmail, I have 3 contacts (my family members) that share a home phone number. I currently have this number associated with a separate contact called Home so that it will show up that ...
