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I have been living overseas for some years for major client work. Google Voice is a blessing, and yet constantly feels like I'm walking on thin ice. I'd happy

I have been living overseas for some years for major client work. Google Voice is a blessing, and yet constantly feels like I'm walking on thin ice. I'd happy pay 20$ or even 30$ monthly to have a commercially supported product because it provides so much value. But there are so many bugs. There seems to be no way to even submit bug reports (not even major ones like now-deleted forwarding numbers still ringing.) It would be awesome if they could just spin the division off into a startup, or start charging via a business tier. What is the thinking around these gray-area products?

digi_owl 9y ago
Would not a skype-in number be an option?
- kakarot 9y ago
  Not if you like a smidgen of privacy.
  - yladiz 9y ago
    Maybe, but Google definitely isn't better. They transcribe your voicemails for you to make their voice recognition better, and unless it's changed I don't remember ever seeing a setting to turn it off. Does Microsoft do this?
    - perfmode 9y ago
      Is there a feedback feature for voicemail transcription? Otherwise, how would it improve their models?
      - killjoywashere 9y ago
        Wow! Even today I have a transcriptionist and assumed "transcribe" meant they have have a mechanical turk-like service doing that. And I have Fi. I do think I have at times seen the speech-to-text conversion improved.
      - raisedbyninjas 9y ago
        For years there was feedback on the web version. There was also an option to "don't save this for speech training purposes". The interface is spartan now.
wybiral 9y ago
Not to mention the support (or notorious lack-thereof) that Google seems to provide.
aareet 9y ago
You could always port your number to Twilio and use their simple Twilio bins to set up text and call forwarding - you’d likely end up paying that $20-30 per month that you’re expecting. https://support.twilio.com/hc/en-us/articles/223134287-Forwarding-SMS-messages-to-another-phone-number https://support.twilio.com/hc/en-us/articles/223134287-Forwa...
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digi_owl 9y ago

Would not a skype-in number be an option?

kakarot 9y ago
Not if you like a smidgen of privacy.
- yladiz 9y ago
  Maybe, but Google definitely isn't better. They transcribe your voicemails for you to make their voice recognition better, and unless it's changed I don't remember ever seeing a setting to turn it off. Does Microsoft do this?
  - perfmode 9y ago
    Is there a feedback feature for voicemail transcription? Otherwise, how would it improve their models?
    - killjoywashere 9y ago
      Wow! Even today I have a transcriptionist and assumed "transcribe" meant they have have a mechanical turk-like service doing that. And I have Fi. I do think I have at times seen the speech-to-text conversion improved.
    - raisedbyninjas 9y ago
      For years there was feedback on the web version. There was also an option to "don't save this for speech training purposes". The interface is spartan now.

wybiral 9y ago

Not to mention the support (or notorious lack-thereof) that Google seems to provide.

aareet 9y ago

You could always port your number to Twilio and use their simple Twilio bins to set up text and call forwarding - you’d likely end up paying that $20-30 per month that you’re expecting. https://support.twilio.com/hc/en-us/articles/223134287-Forwarding-SMS-messages-to-another-phone-number https://support.twilio.com/hc/en-us/articles/223134287-Forwa...

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