[OPLIN 4cast] OPLIN 4Cast #181 The new Google Voice

[Bobbi Galvin]

*OPLIN 4Cast #181 The new Google Voice
*June 10, 2010


  /4casting technologies that could have an impact on public libraries///

Last June, we talked about Goggle Voice, but since then, Google Voice 
has had a makeover  (See Google to Buy VoIP Technology Provider GIPS for 
$68.2 Million 
<http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-to-Buy-VoIP-Technology-Provider-GIPS-for-68-2-Million-142293.shtml>). 
  Google Voice provides a powerful suite of communications tools, 
including the ability to:

    * Forward calls from your Google Voice number to one or more phones,
      or directly to voicemail. Based on who's calling, you can select
      which of your phones will ring.
    * Receive text (SMS) alerts.
    * Transcribe voicemails, which will arrive as email and/or text
      messages to your phone.
    * Listen to voicemail messages as they're being recorded.
    * Block annoying callers by playing a number-not-in-service
      recording when they call.
    * Vary personalized greetings by caller.
    * Record phone conversations and listen to them in your Google Voice
      inbox.
    * Switch phones during a call.
    * Use the free GOOG 411 service to say the name and location of a
      business, and be connected for free.
    * Call long distance (U.S.) numbers for free.

Google Voice is Like Gmail for Voicemail [with video] 
<http://mashable.com/2009/03/12/google-voice/>

Google Voice to Integrate with Gmail as a VoIP Service 
<http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2010/06/google-voice-to-integrate-with-gmail-as.html>

Features of Google Voice [videos] 
<http://www.google.com/googlevoice/about.html>

Google Voice VoIP Desktop Client Could Be On the Way 
<http://lifehacker.com/5512444/google-voice-voip-desktop-client-could-be-on-the-way>

*/Cool link:/*
Get your Google Voice invitation here 
<https://services.google.com/fb/forms/googlevoiceinvite/>.  A free 
Google Voice account might make sense for cash-strapped libraries.

 

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Bobbi Galvin
OPLIN Customer Relations & Support
P: 1-888-966-7546
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