Google Voice - Saving You From Annoying People One Voicemail at a Time
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Jan 15 2010, 11:01 AM
Oh hello.
I didn’t see you there, I was too busy ignoring several calls coming into my phone. I know what you’re thinking, you’re thinking how amazing my hair has been looking recently. And not only that, you’re thinking, ‘Slim, why bother ignore them, you’re still going to have to listen to them when you fire up your voicemail!’ Oh how wrong you are, sir.
I’m one of the lucky cats who have a Google Voice account, I wrote an amazing article back in the day about which allows me to give out a new number to people, and forward those calls to any number of phones. It’s a great service, but I honestly never used it. I only have one phone, and barely make calls as it is. Let alone enough to give out a new number for.
A little while ago, Google announced a new stripped down version of Google Voice that didn’t involve giving you a new number, you just keep you current one. The main draw of this new announcement was that you can hand over your voicemail to Google. Afraid? Jazzed? Indifferent? Let me explain.
Let’s say that my ex-girlfriend calls me to elaborate on a lawsuit she’s been teasing for weeks. I ignore the call, and dread listening to her awful voice in the message. BUT NOW, thanks to Google Voice, I’ll get a text message of the transcribed message right to my phone. Not only that, I’ll get an email of the transcribed message, with a link to a playable audio file of the voicemail. Apple iPhones have that fancy Visual VoiceMail where you can see who called you and whether or not you want to listen to it. Now, you don’t even have to listen to it, and just get what they said texted/emailed to you.
Ah modern technology, I can’t wait until I never have to interact with a human being again.
Oh hello.
I didn’t see you there, I was too busy ignoring several calls coming into my phone. I know what you’re thinking, you’re thinking how amazing my hair has been looking recently. And not only that, you’re thinking, ‘Slim, why bother ignore them, you’re still going to have to listen to them when you fire up your voicemail!’ Oh how wrong you are, sir.
I’m one of the lucky cats who have a Google Voice account, I wrote an amazing article back in the day about which allows me to give out a new number to people, and forward those calls to any number of phones. It’s a great service, but I honestly never used it. I only have one phone, and barely make calls as it is. Let alone enough to give out a new number for.
A little while ago, Google announced a new stripped down version of Google Voice that didn’t involve giving you a new number, you just keep you current one. The main draw of this new announcement was that you can hand over your voicemail to Google. Afraid? Jazzed? Indifferent? Let me explain.
Let’s say that my ex-girlfriend calls me to elaborate on a lawsuit she’s been teasing for weeks. I ignore the call, and dread listening to her awful voice in the message. BUT NOW, thanks to Google Voice, I’ll get a text message of the transcribed message right to my phone. Not only that, I’ll get an email of the transcribed message, with a link to a playable audio file of the voicemail. Apple iPhones have that fancy Visual VoiceMail where you can see who called you and whether or not you want to listen to it. Now, you don’t even have to listen to it, and just get what they said texted/emailed to you.
Ah modern technology, I can’t wait until I never have to interact with a human being again.
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