Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Google Voice

I received an invite to Google Voice last week and am trying it out.  First impression is complete "Geeky Bliss"! I love the available features and am excited to see more as time goes by. However, the one missing element that surprised me was the lack of the ability to use Google Voice as a soft-phone.  Sure you can originate calls from the web interface then direct the call to a phone of your choosing but not talk there.
To some this may not be a problem, but for me, I have to use my cell phone as a modem when I am out of the house or office so I can not talk on the phone and be on the internet at the same time.  After digging around the help section a while I found a user that was able to get around this little problem. From @Zanthexter: 
Step 1 Set up a GIzmo5 account. 
Step 2 Add the "Gizmo5" phone number to Google Voice. Same as any other phone, just be sure to select the Gizmo TYPE 
Step 3 Configure a SIP compatible soft phone, WiFi phone, Hardline Phone, or SoftPhoneForMobile to answer calls received on your Gizmo5 number.

That's it.. You have to start the call from the Google Voice interface and send it to your Gizmo Phone number that you added and you are set. 


Respectfully,
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