Google Voice is a service that lets you manage all your phone numbers through a single, Internet-connected phone number. Google Voice is free, although you still have to pay for your regular phone services. Users select a free phone number and then use that number to manage all their phones. Sams Teach Yourself Google Voice in 10 Minutes offers straightforward, practical answers for fast results. By working through the 10-minute lessons, you learn everything you need to know to quickly and easily use Google Voice. Step-by-step instructions walk you through the most common questions, issues, and tasks... "Did You Know?" tips offer insider advice and shortcuts... "Watch Out!" alerts help you avoid problems. This book will provide you with fast, at a glance tips pointing out helpful shortcuts and solutions, cautions to help avoid common Google Voice pitfalls, and is written in a clear, easy to understand format. You will learn how to use Google Voice's tons of cool features that go beyond mere voicemail and call forwarding, including: " Connecting phones using one number, and manage which phone rings when-by time, by caller, and more. " Find out who's calling so you can answer or route the call to voicemail. " Get transcribed voicemail messages delivered to an email inbox. " Record personalized voicemail greetings for specific callers. " Record calls and save the recordings online
Google Voice is a revolutionary new free service, which lets you manage all your phone numbers through a single number, among many other cool features Organized into lessons that distill the most crucial information on each Google Voice topic Tips and cautions point out shortcuts, solutions, and help you avoid common pitfalls
Author(s): Nancy Conner
Series: Sams Teach Yourself -- Minutes
Edition: 1
Publisher: Sams
Year: 2010
Language: English
Pages: 217
Contents......Page 4
What’s in This Book......Page 10
What You’ll Need......Page 11
Conventions Used in This Book......Page 12
Where to Go From Here......Page 13
What’s in Google Voice?......Page 14
How Google Voice Works......Page 28
Summary......Page 31
Requesting an Invitation......Page 32
Congratulations! You’ve Been Invited!......Page 34
Setting Up Your Google Voice Account......Page 40
Signing Up for a Google Voice Phone Number......Page 41
Signing Up for Google Voice with an Existing Mobile Phone Number......Page 44
The Google Voice Inbox......Page 46
Inviting Others to Google Voice......Page 47
Adding Phones to Google Voice......Page 48
Converting a Google Voice Mobile Account to a Full Google Voice Account......Page 50
Using Keyboard Shortcuts......Page 51
Summary......Page 53
3 Making a Call......Page 54
Making Google Voice Calls......Page 55
Working with Contacts......Page 66
Summary......Page 73
Receiving Calls......Page 74
Recording a Call......Page 81
Forwarding Calls......Page 83
Avoiding Unwanted Calls......Page 87
Summary......Page 91
Welcome to Google Voicemail......Page 92
Receiving Voicemail on the Web......Page 94
Receiving Voicemail on a Phone......Page 99
Recording a Greeting......Page 101
Adding Notes to Voicemail......Page 105
Sharing Your Voicemail......Page 107
Sending All Calls to Voicemail......Page 109
Turning Off Transcriptions......Page 110
Summary......Page 111
Personalizing Contacts......Page 112
All About Groups......Page 118
Summary......Page 127
Sending a Text Message......Page 128
Receiving Text Messages......Page 134
What’s That 406 Area Code?......Page 140
Blocking Unwanted Text Messages......Page 141
Reporting Text Messages as Spam......Page 142
Summary......Page 144
Getting Calls on a Mobile Phone......Page 146
Making Calls from a Mobile Phone......Page 153
Using the Google Voice Mobile Site......Page 158
Summary......Page 165
Making International Calls......Page 166
Billing......Page 174
Summary......Page 185
Making It Easier for Others to Call You......Page 186
Solving Access Issues......Page 188
Fixing Voicemail and SMS Issues......Page 194
Troubleshooting Call Issues......Page 197
Posting to the Help Forum......Page 203
Emailing Google Voice......Page 204
Summary......Page 205
A......Page 206
C......Page 207
E......Page 209
I......Page 210
O......Page 211
Q-R......Page 212
S......Page 213
U......Page 214
W-X-Y-Z......Page 215
