accessible-iOS Re: Skype vs. GoogleVoice
- From: jessica brown <justforlistmessages531@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: accessible-ios@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2013 06:54:41 -0800
What does it do?
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From: Beto Arreola <beto.arreola22@xxxxxxxxx
To: accessible-ios@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date sent: Sat, 13 Jul 2013 21:43:58 -0600
Subject: accessible-iOS Re: Skype vs. GoogleVoice
A feature of google plus.
On Jul 13, 2013, at 5:29 PM, jessica brown
<justforlistmessages531@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
What's a hangout?
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From: Cristóbal <crismunoz54@xxxxxxxxx
To: <accessible-ios@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date sent: Sat, 13 Jul 2013 12:28:50 -0700
Subject: accessible-iOS Re: Skype vs. GoogleVoice
Generally speaking, Google Voice is overall more flexible than
Skype. Not to
mention free. At least for now.
For my business, I've actually got the Google Voice number
forwarded to a
Skype number. It's a drop ship set up and I like having two
separate
telephone numbers in the signature line and invoices to make it
look bigger
than what it actually is. That and it's good to have a backup in
case one
service is out for whatever reason.
With Google Voice, I can create personalized voicemail greetings
and other
parameters such as going straight to voicemail, ringing through
to phones x,
y or z. This is helpful when I want to speak to a customer right
away when
they call me or say a vendor who I don't need to speak to
immediately calls
they'll just go to voicemail and I can call them back on my time
schedule.
If someone leaves a voicemail, I can click through to listen to
it from
anywhere I am and it'll play in a browser. Whereas Skype I have
to sign into
the service and access a vm either on the program or in the app.
The Skype
program itself is a bit more involved and at least as a computer
user, it
can be a hassle when using Jaws if you're not using some sort of
script,
plug in or alternative such as GW Connect. I'm lazy and just use
a lot of
the Jaws cursor in the regular Skype program. I don't really use
the iPhone
app for business.
For personal use, again, Google Voice is just more flexible.
Ring to
different phones, personalized voicemail greetings and group
settings for
family, friends business contacts like my bank, insurance,
utilities,
whatever. I use my GV number as my main number and only give my
cell out to
my family. No one's the wiser.
The texting feature is great too. I can respond from either the
iPhone app,
reply to an email message either on my phone or pc quickly
without having to
launch a separate app for Skype or program on the computer or
just go to any
browser. For selling on Craigslist, this is ideal.
Google's more or less ignored Voice for a while now and who
knows, if
they're willing to kill Google Reader, then perhaps Voice's
future isn't all
that secure. If you go to Google pages, you really have to hunt
for Voice
under the more options, but for now, I'm a big time proponent of
Voice. The
way google Hangouts has been evolving, it may just swallow Voice
too. I
haven't bothered playing with Hangouts so I can't really say
about its
accessibility though. I did read earlier in the week though that
Google
enabled the ability to make phone calls from hangouts so again,
who knows,
maybe that's the way it'll end up going.
-----Original Message-----
From: accessible-ios-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:accessible-ios-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Donna
Goodin
Sent: Friday, July 12, 2013 7:27 PM
To: accessible-ios@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: accessible-iOS Re: Skype vs. GoogleVoice
Hi Cristobal,
Can I ask what it is that you like better about GoogleVoice?
Thanks,
Donna
On Jul 12, 2013, at 2:33 PM, Cristóbal <crismunoz54@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
I use Google Voice for personal and business use. I have no
problem
with it either when I'm in calls on my computer or iPhone. I
make and
receive national and international calls. If ever there's an
issue
with call reception, it's more to do with poor Internet or cell
phone
coverage than anything else. BTW, I also use Skype for business,
but I
only use Skype on my computer. My first preference is Google
Voice.
-----Original Message-----
From: accessible-ios-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:accessible-ios-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Beto
Arreola
Sent: Friday, July 12, 2013 11:42 AM
To: accessible-ios@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: accessible-iOS Re: Skype vs. GoogleVoice
Hi, I have heard both sides some people say it is really good
others
don't like it much.
I have a few friends who use it exclusively.
I am personally considering trying it just to see what it is
like.
On Jul 12, 2013, at 11:56 AM, Donna Goodin <doniadonna@xxxxxx>
wrote:
Hello all,
I was using Google voice couple years back, but stopped because
I
thought
the "call quality was poor. Since then I've been using Skype,
but
have been thinking about switching back to Google voice since
it's
free. I'm wondering if the call quality has improved since
then. Can
anyone speak to this?
TIA,
Donna
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