Sams teach yourself Google Voice in 10 Minutes

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Conner, Nancy, Author.

Series:

Sams Teach Yourself -- Minutes

Sams teach yourself

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Google.

Internet telephony.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (v, 206 p.) : ill.

Edition:

1st edition

Other Title:

Sams teach yourself

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] Sams 2010

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Introduction

What's in This Book

What You'll Need

Conventions Used in This Book

Where to Go From Here

1 Welcome to Google Voice

What's in Google Voice?

How Google Voice Works

Summary

2 Signing Up and Getting Started

Requesting an Invitation

Congratulations! You've Been Invited!

Setting Up Your Google Voice Account

Signing Up for a Google Voice Phone Number

Signing Up for Google Voice with an Existing Mobile Phone Number

The Google Voice Inbox

Inviting Others to Google Voice

Adding Phones to Google Voice

Removing Phones from Google Voice

Converting a Google Voice Mobile Account to a Full Google Voice Account

Using Keyboard Shortcuts

3 Making a Call

Making Google Voice Calls

Working with Contacts

4 Answering a Call

Receiving Calls

Screening Your Calls with ListenIn

Recording a Call

Forwarding Calls

Avoiding Unwanted Calls

5 Using Voicemail

Welcome to Google Voicemail

Receiving Voicemail on the Web

Receiving Voicemail on a Phone

Recording a Greeting

Adding Notes to Voicemail

Sharing Your Voicemail

Sending All Calls to Voicemail

Turning Off Transcriptions

6 Working with Contacts and Groups

Personalizing Contacts

All About Groups

7 Text Messaging

Sending a Text Message

Receiving Text Messages

What's That 406 Area Code?

Blocking Unwanted Text Messages

Reporting Text Messages as Spam

8 Going Mobile

Getting Calls on a Mobile Phone

Making Calls from a Mobile Phone

Using the Google Voice Mobile Site

9 Billing and International Calls

Making International Calls

Billing

10 Troubleshooting Google Voice

Making It Easier for Others to Call You

Solving Access Issues.

Fixing Voicemail and SMS Issues

Troubleshooting Call Issues

Posting to the Help Forum

Emailing Google Voice

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9786612585685

9780132119757

0132119757

9781282585683

1282585681

9780132119740

0132119749

OCLC:

1027159280