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 Originally Posted by jhoff80
Don't get me wrong, I would like Google Voice to be integrated into the OS for visual voicemail and transcription and I'd love if it had an option to use Google Voice for direct dialing instead of going through the website (and the same with the forwarded SMS messages) so that outgoing calls could easily show my Google Voice number without jumping through hoops. (Neither of which I think are going to happen on anything anytime soon).
You don't need to go to the website for direct dialing. Simply dial your GV number from your cell phone and press 2 to dial any number you'd like. Can be done from ANY phone, without any app built on top of the phone, like for iPhones, Treos, etc. The only downside is that you have to know the number you're dialing; you don't have access to your contacts list saved in your GV database.
ALSO... when somebody texts my GV number, I can text them back and it shows the GV number on *their* caller ID. I don't think I can originate a text from GV without being on their website, tho; I'm pretty sure I can only reply to them.
 Originally Posted by jhoff80
However, I still think that Visual Voicemail is a good feature without that. While it may be simple to just listen to skip the voicemails you don't want to hear based on listening to the announced phone number, it's still inconvenient. More importantly, say you end up listening to all your voicemails, but save a few and want to repeat one at a later date. You're forced to listen to all of the new voicemails you might have before you can listen to any of your saved voicemail.
Sure, it's not that hard to remember, but it's just that much more convenient to just tap on the voicemail you want to hear and have it play immediately.
I still don't think you're understanding. I NEVER listen to the "announced phone number". As soon as it says "first message" or something like that, I press 4 and it plays the voicemail, *not* the call details. If I dunno who the caller is, I can press 1 to get the call details, write them down, then save (7) or delete (9), instead of listening to the message again (4). After she says "Next message", press 4 again & it starts playing the voicemail immediately. Listening to the call details is what pisses everybody off about voicemail, but you don't have to listen to them if you don't want. Press 4!! Memorize the digits and you too can be as smart as the blind people who also think visual voicemail is overrated!
 Originally Posted by DwightShrute
going thru the process that you just described still takes a good bit of time and waiting, especially if you're trying to listen to maybe the last vmail you have waiting FIRST!! i don't think i'm very lazy but have grown extremely tired of the process you've described and have constantly had vmails just sitting there for DAYS on end just b/c i don't feel like going through the process to check them. now if i could just choose the one i'd like to hear and quickly delete unimportant ones then i'm game!!
It's really not that bad if you know how the system works. If you've gone thru them all and picked what you're gonna save/delete, and you'd like to listen to one you saved. Then just hangup and dial your VM # again. Just press 4, then 9 & 4 'til you hear it... listen & hang up.
If you accidentally delete something, that's another thing. But it probly means your senses aren't too sharp when it comes to finger / keypad coordination.
 Originally Posted by The Phone Diva
On the iPhone you can see who called you WITHOUT dialing that VM number, and delete the VMs you won't reply to anyway, LOL!
If it's the same on other phones, that's a great benefit. I hate listening to people I never wanted to talk to anyway, LOL!
I *never* reply to VMs to begin with, but I used to listen to them out of obligation. Then my brother told me that he got Sprint to disable his voicemail altgother. I thought that was a great idea, because voicemail is a scam where Sprint charges you to call an in-network number (your own voicemail) out of your own minutes. Lame, lame, lame. Sprint told me they couldn't do it, but I eventually found a loophold called Sprint Integrated Office... and essentially, you have to tell the tech support that you want your VM disabled and all unanswered calls forwarded to another number (like YouMail or Google Voice, both of which do transcriptions to text... AKA: *real* visual voicemail). Just cancel the call forwarding number later and you effectively got them to disable your voicemail, since none of them will do that from the get go!
I hate voicemail, honestly. I'd be interested in transcription services if Sprint didn't charge $0.20/min for call forwarding. The other services are free, too... so it really even wouldn't be that bad per month if you had the need for it, but I don't. Plus, the transcription services aren't completely tuned yet, but they're better than listening to 'em, 97% of the time.
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