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Goodbye, Google Voice

Posted by timothy on from the your-mileage-may-vary dept.

itwbennett writes "The trouble with Google Voice is that the way we use phones has changed — and it hasn't kept up with the times: 'Fewer people have a mobile phone and a business line and a home line that might make One Number For All so. Text message costs (which are actually close to nothing) are almost always bundled into contract costs. Automatic voice transcription, while still a mean feat, is no longer such a magic trick,' writes Kevin Purdy in a blog post explaining why he's breaking up with Google Voice. The main problem is that, despite some very cool features, Google Voice doesn't play well with others — even apps in its own family. And it doesn't look as though that's going to get better anytime soon." I've been very happy with Google Voice for a few years now, and one reason is the transcribed voice messages, which may get hilariously garbled sometimes, but are almost always correct enough to be useful.

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  1. Fox News? by Like2Byte · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Is that you? To reiterate another poster's comment, this is just some dude's blog entry.

    Seriously? WTF with the headline, Timothy? Is /. Into sensationalist, eye-grabbing headlines now? How about maybe only showing comments 5 at a time while you're at it? That should garner some ad revenue. That title is *very* misleading.

  2. Re:Horrible Headline: google voice still around by Inops · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Couldn't the Slashdot editors filter the bs from the titles? I suppose "Obscure tech writer stops using Google Voice..." doesn't have the same click rate.

  3. Stupid Headline. by krelvin · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Say goodbye to Kevin Purdy.

    I use google voice a lot.

  4. kevin by O('_')O_Bush · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Dear Kevin,

    That is pretty cool, I guess. Not that I care what you think.

    Signed,
    Everyone else

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    while(1) attack(People.Sandy);
  5. Re:its only usefulness by GuitarNeophyte · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I am currently living outside of the U.S.. I still have a Google Voice number, because my permenant address is still in the United States. With Google Voice, we can make calls to people living in the United States still for free. That's a pretty epic usage.