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    Google Voice Now Lets You Keep Your Number While Freeing Your Voicemail From Any Carrier

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    Image of met2art met2art
    10/27/09

    In reply to Google Voice Now Lets You Keep Your Number While Freeing Your Voicemail From Any Carrier
    My newest brainstorming obsession: Dialing my Google Voice number and using my GV voicemail as a speech-to-text note taker. It's very accurate, and then later I can forward the text portion via gmail or SMS (or copy it into Documents to Go on my G1 for making PDFs), and also save the mp3 of my ramblings for future reference. It may not be what they intended, but it helps to get my thoughts organized. #googlevoicevoicemail
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    10/27/09

    In reply to Google Voice Now Lets You Keep Your Number While Freeing Your Voicemail From Any Carrier
    I tried this when Google Voice came into existence and I didn't like it. It takes WAY too long for the voicemail to actually kick in.

    Is it speedier now? #googlevoicevoicemail
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    10/27/09

    @jackburnt: I get voicemails within a few seconds of them being left. Also, the text transcriptions are nearly flawless. I Use the official Google Voice app on my G1, with T-Mobile as my carrier. #googlevoicevoicemail
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    Image of Jgonzo Jgonzo
    10/27/09

    In reply to Google Voice Now Lets You Keep Your Number While Freeing Your Voicemail From Any Carrier
    I've got 3 GV invites. but this message will probably go unheard :( #googlevoicevoicemail
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    10/27/09

    @Jgonzo: If you are serious, I'd like to give it a try. As long as I don't have to provide my name, address, credit card number, social security number and birth date. #googlevoicevoicemail
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    Image of Jgonzo Jgonzo
    10/27/09

    @PurpleMonkeyDishwasher: : nope all i need is your email. #googlevoicevoicemail
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    Image of Bs Baldwin Bs Baldwin
    10/27/09

    In reply to Google Voice Now Lets You Keep Your Number While Freeing Your Voicemail From Any Carrier
    but there isn't a way to get messages off your existing voicemail that doesn't involve taping them through your microphone port. #googlevoicevoicemail
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    10/27/09

    @Bs Baldwin: You can save each voicemail as an mp3 via the Google Voice inbox. On my G1 handset the audio portionof the GV voicemail is saved to the SD card in the folder "gv-voicemail" as an mp3 file which can be copied, renamed, sent as an attachment, or edited in an app, etc. #googlevoicevoicemail
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    10/29/09

    @met2art: yeah, i know i can save w-mails that are already in my gv inbox, but I can't easily get my existing voicemails with verizon saved on my pc. #googlevoicevoicemail
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    Image of AqueousBeef AqueousBeef
    10/27/09

    In reply to Google Voice Now Lets You Keep Your Number While Freeing Your Voicemail From Any Carrier
    This feature has been available to those who've figured it out on their own for as long as GV has been in existence. This is just Google deciding to legitimize it. #googlevoicevoicemail
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    Image of milrtime83 milrtime83
    10/27/09

    @AqueousBeef: That, and to give people that only want the voicemail feature a way to do it without taking up a phone number they won't use.
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    AqueousBeef promoted this comment Edited by milrtime83 at 10/27/09 1:33 AM milrtime83 was starred milrtime83 was unstarred
    Image of AqueousBeef AqueousBeef
    10/28/09

    @milrtime83: What I'm saying is that this has been doable the entire time. This isn't Google adding a feature, it's Google publicizing a feature built into every cellphone already. You could just as easily enter your landline number in lieu of your GV and have your calls forwarded to your home voicemail using the same procedure. #googlevoicevoicemail
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    10/28/09

    @AqueousBeef: Yes, you could always forward missed calls to any number. I was under the impression that what they added was the ability to forward to Google voice without tieing up your own individual GV number. If, in setting this up, they still give you your own individual number then you are correct, it didn't add anything. #googlevoicevoicemail
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    10/27/09

    In reply to Google Voice Now Lets You Keep Your Number While Freeing Your Voicemail From Any Carrier
    On that note, I got 3 more Google Voice invites and 20 more Google Wave invites for needy friends! A night to become popular indeed. #googlevoicevoicemail
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    Image of chauncy that billups chauncy that billups
    10/27/09

    @blash: I've had Wave for 3 weeks now, but have received no invites to distribute. What gives? #googlevoicevoicemail
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    10/27/09

    @chauncy that billups: It takes a while, seems to be pretty random I guess. I started out with nothing as well and only noticed that I had invites to give out tonight. #googlevoicevoicemail
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    Image of ihaveabu ihaveabu
    10/27/09

    In reply to Google Voice Now Lets You Keep Your Number While Freeing Your Voicemail From Any Carrier
    this doesn't really do anything. it just has your phone forward all calls to your gv number... you don't actually get voicemail to your phone anymore... #googlevoicevoicemail
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    10/27/09

    @ihaveabu: No. It reroutes from your carrier's voicemail servers to GV. That way you get a lot of the perks of GV without having to switch your number. #googlevoicevoicemail
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    Image of ihaveabu ihaveabu
    10/27/09

    @jayhawk11: no... i just tried it. it forwards all calls to the gv number #googlevoicevoicemail
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    Image of Geoff Nin Geoff Nin
    10/27/09

    In reply to Google Voice Now Lets You Keep Your Number While Freeing Your Voicemail From Any Carrier
    the messages are mine? really? so how do i get them off the Google stack? #googlevoicevoicemail
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    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    10/27/09

    @Geoff Nin: Google Voice allows you to download your voicemails actually. #googlevoicevoicemail
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    10/27/09

    In reply to Google Voice Now Lets You Keep Your Number While Freeing Your Voicemail From Any Carrier
    But can they still can't do visual voicemail without an app.

    *cough*apple*cough* #googlevoicevoicemail
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    Image of andrewjp33 andrewjp33
    10/27/09

    @jayhawk11: It works in the browser... #googlevoicevoicemail
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    10/27/09

    @andrewjp33: I know, but I'd rather have an app dedicated to it instead of using the browser interface. #googlevoicevoicemail
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    Image of Mack Powers Mack Powers
    10/27/09

    @jayhawk11: *coughjailbreakcoughgvmobilecou...* #googlevoicevoicemail
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    10/27/09

    @Mack Powers: Has Kovacs updated it yet? I haven't used it since they were having the really bad "constantly log you out and refuse your credentials" bug a while back. #googlevoicevoicemail
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