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What kind of "nifty" tricks have you done with Google Voice?

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I am a bit behind the times here and just finally registered after having received an invite nearly six weeks ago.

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What other "tricks" are there?

What other things should I know about GV to help "streamline" my life, etc.?

 
I have a GV account and have no idea what to do with it.

I have an Android phone that gives me the option of "call using google voice"....I don't know what the hell that does either.
 
What was the second sentence? I also have an invite sitting in my inbox, but I don't see any upside to the service, hence the invite has went unused.
 
I set up an Asterisk server and it dials out thru GV. Now I have a (VoIP) landline with free calling to USA and Canuckistan. Got a cool WiFi phone to work with it, along with X-lite running on several of my PCs.
 
i read a sentence or two aout gv a week or two ago and it didn't catch me as meaningful so i still frankly have no idea what it is and unless somebody cares enough to quote my post and very succinctly summarize it i'm sure i'll go to bed tonight still not knowing.
 
Originally posted by: peritusONE
What was the second sentence? I also have an invite sitting in my inbox, but I don't see any upside to the service, hence the invite has went unused.
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ok i just plugged in my name to see if i can get an invite. damn this actually looks quite cool. I'd love to start blocking calls properl, too, although handing out a new phone number for everything might be a hassle.
 
I wish there was a way I could dial out using my gv number through my cell phone. As it is now it's cool but not that useful - I give people my gv number, they call me and get my cell/home/office phone, but when I call them back they see this random phone number that wasn't the one I gave them calling their phones.
 
Originally posted by: Skoorb
ok i just plugged in my name to see if i can get an invite. damn this actually looks quite cool. I'd love to start blocking calls properl, too, although handing out a new phone number for everything might be a hassle.
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Yeah, that was the most difficult part about switching to Grandcentral/Google Voice. Ever since I joined about 1.5 years ago, I've been giving out my Google number, and I've just recently hit the point where almost all of my calls come through that number. It sure was satisfying that first time I blocked a number that kept calling me.
 
1) I run all my craiglist sales (sports tickets) through GV. I list my GV number and encourage texting - messages are forwarded to my phone. Return text messages routed through GV so I remain anonymous. All text conversations recorded on GV homepage. Voicemails to GV number are transcribed and texted to me.

2) I do not have a long distance carrier on my home landline. Use GV to call long distance, it forwards to my landline - free long distance.
 
PBX in a Flash is a pre-configured CentOS operating system with all of the basic Asterisk and FreePBX tools bundled into the ISO. I loaded it on a box, and in about an hour of configuration and testing I was making and receiving calls thru GoogleVoice in X-lite on my XP machine.

It was incredibly easy. Dump your phone carrier if you're already paying for phone service. Buy an old box off CraigsList (I got mine for $70). Get unlimited local and long-distance calling with Asterisk and GoogleVoice. You can even buy hardware to connect it to the existing phone wiring in your house and use regular old analong phones.

You don't even need to know that much about Linux. The configuration is all done thru a webserver that's built in to the OS too. You just point your browser at your box's local IP, input your username and password, and you're setting up your phone.

There's all sorts of cool features I've not even delved into yet, like dialing phone-to-phone in the house by assigning them extensions, attaching voicemail mp3's to an auto-generated email, etc. And it's all free, except the hardware.
 
Originally posted by: Cerpin Taxt
PBX in a Flash is a pre-configured CentOS operating system with all of the basic Asterisk and FreePBX tools bundled into the ISO. I loaded it on a box, and in about an hour of configuration and testing I was making and receiving calls thru GoogleVoice in X-lite on my XP machine.

It was incredibly easy. Dump your phone carrier if you're already paying for phone service. Buy an old box off CraigsList (I got mine for $70). Get unlimited local and long-distance calling with Asterisk and GoogleVoice. You can even buy hardware to connect it to the existing phone wiring in your house and use regular old analong phones.

You don't even need to know that much about Linux. The configuration is all done thru a webserver that's built in to the OS too. You just point your browser at your box's local IP, input your username and password, and you're setting up your phone.

There's all sorts of cool features I've not even delved into yet, like dialing phone-to-phone in the house by assigning them extensions, attaching voicemail mp3's to an auto-generated email, etc. And it's all free, except the hardware.
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um, smart person forum is , uh, that way ---->>>
 
Originally posted by: grohl

um, smart person forum is , uh, that way ---->>>
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The thing is, you don't really need to be that smart. I followed a tutorial that appeared on SlickDeals. I'd say most users on this forum are smart enough to follow it.
 
Originally posted by: grohl
I'm playing. Your use of GV is just a hell of a lot more elegant than mine. 🙂
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No prob. 🙂 I ordered this phone a few weeks ago, but I've been out of town on business for the last 3 weeks, so it has already arrived while I've been away. I'm going home tomorrow though so I'm looking forward to playing with it.

🙂
 
Being that you need a pretty good condom when dealing with the pscycopaths on Craigslist, an invite would be nice if anyone has one.
 
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