Elgg Voices Google

Ever wake up after a long night and see you called a bunch of exes but don’t remember what you said? We’re sure you haven’t, but, well, we’ve heard it happens. Quite a bit. That’s why we’re excited to announce that today we’re launching the Voice-alyzer setting to hopefully prevent this from ever happening again.

The next time you know an eventful night is in store, head to the Calls tab in Google Voice Settings. Check the “Enable Voice-alyzer” box, and set the hour that you want the feature to go into effect.

With Voice-alyzer enabled, our IVR will prompt you to spell everyday words with your keypad, like “embarrassed”, ”dizzy” or ”Czechoslovakia”, before we connect your call.

If the Voice-alyzer determines that you are not in a fit state to be having a conversation, it will prevent the call from connecting and send you a text message with contact info for 3 local cab companies instead.

Concerned about sending poorly thought out texts? Don’t be, we’ve got you covered there as well. All text messages sent while Voice-alyzer is enabled are scanned for accuracy and held in your outbox if fat-fingered words or more than 2 exclamation points or question marks are detected. This new feature will be rolling out gradually to all Google Voice users over the next 24 hours.

We hope that you find it to be helpful, and as always, recommend dialing responsibly.

Posted by :Tina Donaldson, Anti-Embarrassment Enforcement Officer

Roses are so 2010. Whether you see your special someone every day or you’re in a long distance relationship, Google Voice gives you a bunch of one-of-a-kind ways to let your sweetheart know that you’re thinking about them on Valentine’s Day.

Home phone service has been steadily becoming less and less relevant as cellular telephones have become standard issue amongst, well, everyone. With a cell phone at your disposal you have testing, internet and somewhat reliable, if often over-priced, local and international calls. Local phone coverage tends to be no problem for the fantastic devices we have in our pockets at all times so the question begs it’s self, why even bother having a land line? Why would I be paying a phone service provider if I already have a multifaceted communication device in my pocket and on my budget? What exactly is the point?

Well, many of us have had this question quickly and jarringly answered for us. We have literally no reception in our own homes. A lacking signal has us pacing around our apartments and houses looking for higher ground or an open window, perhaps a coat hanger antenna is the answer. Instead we get nothing, at best broken up frustrating calls that make our friends and family irritable while offering us no real benefits at all. This is why people continue to pay, sometimes exorbitantly, for home phone service. The clarity of a land line has not yet been washed away by our collective technological advancements.

Or maybe it has, at least in it’s current iteration. While the need for a clear phone line at home remains strong and not necessarily manageable for your cell you may find that the cheaper and more effective answer is still to tie yourself to the world of technology. Specifically it might be time to consider an internet phone service. An internet telephone is a great option for someone looking for a home phone for any number of reasons but uninterested in buying into expensive monthly billing of their phone calls. With internet phone you can keep costs low, even on long distance and international calls.

Internet phone calls are clear and consistent and they cost a fraction of the price that a land line or a cellphone bill does. It is as if they were the watery reservoir and the end of a desert of bad service and steep fees. Making and receiving internet calls could set you free from a lot of the hounding drags of modern life. You can feel confident that whatever phone call you are nervously waiting for is going to make it through. Bad coverage area or not!

By Mark Etinger

While you can’t use your iPod or iPad as a phone, you can use it to initiate Google Voice calls with your phones. We call this feature Click2Call. Simply click any ‘Call’ button in the Google Voice app on your iPod or iPad and then select which of your phones you want to ring. Google Voice will call your phone and then connect your call.

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