Google voice is open to all.... (modified: just found out USA only)
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What's google voice anyway?! :)
Workout progress:
Current arm size: 14.4in
Desired arm size: 18in
Next Target: 15.4in by Dec 2010Current training method: HIT
In addition to El's reply you get a free US area code phone number (pick from multiple states).
Regards, Nish
Blog: blog.voidnish.com Most recent article: An MVVM friendly approach to adding system menu entries in a WPF application
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What's google voice anyway?! :)
Workout progress:
Current arm size: 14.4in
Desired arm size: 18in
Next Target: 15.4in by Dec 2010Current training method: HIT
Also, you can use the GV number as a portal to place free domestic long distance calls from your home phone (US only).
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Also, you can use the GV number as a portal to place free domestic long distance calls from your home phone (US only).
Thank you all. Now, if they'd start that up here... :)
Workout progress:
Current arm size: 14.4in
Desired arm size: 18in
Next Target: 15.4in by Dec 2010Current training method: HIT
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http://www.betanews.com/article/Google-Voice-is-now-open-to-everyone-no-invites-required/1277226734[^] I hadn't seen anyone mention this, and in searching all I saw was past requests for invites.... If anyone is left without it and wants to try, I guess it is now open. I don't know for sure, I already have it. :)
_________________________ John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others." Shhhhh.... I am not really here. I am a figment of your imagination.... I am still in my cave so this must be an illusion....
Google Voice sucks immensely. The transcription is atrocious they can't can't even simple phrases correct. The speech recognition on my Droid phone is better than the voice mail transcripts. Why inflict such punishment on the general population. As I was typing this I got a voice message. "Hi Mark this is Jay" was translated as "My month of June, the doggy" and "Thank you and have a great day" was translated as "Thank you know, big day". How the hell can this application even be remotely useful? :wtf: :wtf:
I know the language. I've read a book. - _Madmatt
modified on Tuesday, June 22, 2010 3:29 PM
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Rajesh R Subramanian wrote:
What's google voice anyway?!
It is a voice-mail service that A) lets you playback voicemails on your computer B) sends you an email transcript of the voicemail (or attempts to transcribe it), and C) offers a free phone-number that you can link to multiple phones so that one number can ring all your phone and you can answer any of them to pick up the call.
_________________________ John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others." Shhhhh.... I am not really here. I am a figment of your imagination.... I am still in my cave so this must be an illusion....
The transcripts are atrocious, they screw up even simple phrases
I know the language. I've read a book. - _Madmatt
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Google Voice sucks immensely. The transcription is atrocious they can't can't even simple phrases correct. The speech recognition on my Droid phone is better than the voice mail transcripts. Why inflict such punishment on the general population. As I was typing this I got a voice message. "Hi Mark this is Jay" was translated as "My month of June, the doggy" and "Thank you and have a great day" was translated as "Thank you know, big day". How the hell can this application even be remotely useful? :wtf: :wtf:
I know the language. I've read a book. - _Madmatt
modified on Tuesday, June 22, 2010 3:29 PM
Vonage has a very good transcription service. More than 95% accuracy in my experience.
Regards, Nish
Blog: blog.voidnish.com Most recent article: An MVVM friendly approach to adding system menu entries in a WPF application
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Vonage has a very good transcription service. More than 95% accuracy in my experience.
Regards, Nish
Blog: blog.voidnish.com Most recent article: An MVVM friendly approach to adding system menu entries in a WPF application
Google should buy Vonage for the service
I know the language. I've read a book. - _Madmatt
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Google should buy Vonage for the service
I know the language. I've read a book. - _Madmatt
Mark Nischalke wrote:
Google should buy Vonage for the service
They probably should, but they are constantly looking for donation of voicemails. If you find something that doesn't work, and it isn't private, you donate the voicemail and then they get better.
_________________________ John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others." Shhhhh.... I am not really here. I am a figment of your imagination.... I am still in my cave so this must be an illusion....
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The transcripts are atrocious, they screw up even simple phrases
I know the language. I've read a book. - _Madmatt
It depends a lot on the person leaving the voicemail. At worst, they're complete gibberish. At best, they save me from having to listen to my voicemail when I'm busy with something else. 'Cause if there's one thing I hate worse than someone sending me SMS messages, it's someone leaving me voicemail.
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Mark Nischalke wrote:
Google should buy Vonage for the service
They probably should, but they are constantly looking for donation of voicemails. If you find something that doesn't work, and it isn't private, you donate the voicemail and then they get better.
_________________________ John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others." Shhhhh.... I am not really here. I am a figment of your imagination.... I am still in my cave so this must be an illusion....
Been doing that since it has been available. I'm a long time user.
I know the language. I've read a book. - _Madmatt
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Google Voice sucks immensely. The transcription is atrocious they can't can't even simple phrases correct. The speech recognition on my Droid phone is better than the voice mail transcripts. Why inflict such punishment on the general population. As I was typing this I got a voice message. "Hi Mark this is Jay" was translated as "My month of June, the doggy" and "Thank you and have a great day" was translated as "Thank you know, big day". How the hell can this application even be remotely useful? :wtf: :wtf:
I know the language. I've read a book. - _Madmatt
modified on Tuesday, June 22, 2010 3:29 PM
Mark Nischalke wrote:
As I was typing this I got a voice message. "Hi Mark this is Jay" was translated as "My month of June, the doggy" and "Thank you and have a great day" was translated as "Thank you know, big day". How the hell can this application even be remotely useful?
I guess it works for me, must be written for a New Mexican accent (I actually thought I had no accent, but someone from New Orleans with a beeeautiful New Orleans accent told me I have a New Mexican accent so I must have one). It only got one sentence wrong in my test message to myself. " Yes. Yeah, Hello chap. I just wanted to test the voicemail system and sounds like I need to re-record this. Anyway, thank you very much. Bye. " I opened with "well hello Jeff"
_________________________ John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others." Shhhhh.... I am not really here. I am a figment of your imagination.... I am still in my cave so this must be an illusion....
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In addition to El's reply you get a free US area code phone number (pick from multiple states).
Regards, Nish
Blog: blog.voidnish.com Most recent article: An MVVM friendly approach to adding system menu entries in a WPF application
Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
In addition to El's reply you get a free US area code phone number (pick from multiple states).
I debated hard and long about getting a Roswell phone number that ended in 4A51 (for area 51)....
_________________________ John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others." Shhhhh.... I am not really here. I am a figment of your imagination.... I am still in my cave so this must be an illusion....
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http://www.betanews.com/article/Google-Voice-is-now-open-to-everyone-no-invites-required/1277226734[^] I hadn't seen anyone mention this, and in searching all I saw was past requests for invites.... If anyone is left without it and wants to try, I guess it is now open. I don't know for sure, I already have it. :)
_________________________ John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others." Shhhhh.... I am not really here. I am a figment of your imagination.... I am still in my cave so this must be an illusion....
Hmmm, if it is open to everybody (in the US) then why does my account still say I have 3 invites left? In any case, it's not like google voice invites were hard to get. I got mine for like $2 from ebay, anybody who wanted it could have done the same already.
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It depends a lot on the person leaving the voicemail. At worst, they're complete gibberish. At best, they save me from having to listen to my voicemail when I'm busy with something else. 'Cause if there's one thing I hate worse than someone sending me SMS messages, it's someone leaving me voicemail.
Shog9 wrote:
someone leaving me voicemail.
I hate recruiters who keep calling back and never leaving a voice mail. If I didn't answer the phone 30 seconds ago I'm damn sure not going to answer it now seeing the same number.
I know the language. I've read a book. - _Madmatt
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Hmmm, if it is open to everybody (in the US) then why does my account still say I have 3 invites left? In any case, it's not like google voice invites were hard to get. I got mine for like $2 from ebay, anybody who wanted it could have done the same already.
JazzJackRabbit wrote:
I got mine for like $2 from ebay
I wasn't THAT desperate....
_________________________ John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others." Shhhhh.... I am not really here. I am a figment of your imagination.... I am still in my cave so this must be an illusion....
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Shog9 wrote:
someone leaving me voicemail.
I hate recruiters who keep calling back and never leaving a voice mail. If I didn't answer the phone 30 seconds ago I'm damn sure not going to answer it now seeing the same number.
I know the language. I've read a book. - _Madmatt
Mark Nischalke wrote:
I hate recruiters who keep calling back and never leaving a voice mail. If I didn't answer the phone 30 seconds ago I'm damn sure not going to answer it now seeing the same number.
you could sort them into their own voice mail group and have a "special" message for them.
_________________________ John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others." Shhhhh.... I am not really here. I am a figment of your imagination.... I am still in my cave so this must be an illusion....
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JazzJackRabbit wrote:
I got mine for like $2 from ebay
I wasn't THAT desperate....
_________________________ John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others." Shhhhh.... I am not really here. I am a figment of your imagination.... I am still in my cave so this must be an illusion....