Hey I'm new to the board and have a question about the Xoom.
I have a data plan for the xoom and use GrooveIP to make calls through Google Voice. What I would like to know is:
Is there anyway to use voice dialing to search and call my contacts through grooveIP? Since the Xoom doesn't have a default dialer, the standard voice recognition just throws an error about how my device doesn't have the phone capability.
Example of what I hope to accomplish:
me: "Call George"
Xoom then locates george's contact info and uses GrooveIP or different application to place the call.
I have looked everywhere and I have yet to find a solution.
Thanks in advance
-G
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Got a question...
I have recently been upgraded to Google Voice, and was wondering if there was a way I could basically "spoof" all outgoing caller IDs so it appeared as my Google Voice number. The reason for doing this is if I switch to Google Voice, my calls will still show as coming from my old number.
If this isnt possible, anyone have any other ways around this?
EDIT: I should note... I do have a PPC6800/HTC MOGUL, so I have access to all the EPST settings and whatnot.
bump please....
You can but you have to call your google voice number to initiate the outgoing call instead of dialing out directly.
After a struggle, I have successfully paired my NS with a Parrot CK3000 Bluetooth car kit. This is great because I can now activate the voice dialer from my steering wheel... however, the voice recognition on the NS voice dialer is less than useless!!!! It does not recognise names very well and you end up calling random people. Trying to "Call Sam", always ends up calling Simon. I have tried changing the voice settings to English UK (preferred), English Generic and US but no joy.
My old WM device had excellent voice dialing, worked spot on every time. At least it asked you first if the selected contact was correct! The google voice dial app just dials straight away!
Is there a better voice dialer app? Preferably one that doesn't involve active data?
Moved to Q&A
Sorry Thought this was an app question
I never use the voice dialer app, but I use the Google Voice Actions to say "call Sam" without problems. I don't know if they use the same voice engine, but you might want to try. I think it's actually called the Voice Search app. Must be US English for proper function.
Actually, might not be a good solution for you, since you have to hit accept key on the phone, so not true hands free.
This has been posted before but I thought I would do a quick and easy how to, for those that don't have this working yet.
You can use GoogleVoice and sipdroid to make free calls from your tab as long as you have either a good wifi or 3G connection.
First Download GooglVoice and set it up, if you haven't already.
Second Download SipDroid from the android market (free).
Open sipdroid, there will be an option to set up a new pbxes account linked to your google voice account. (free) Click this button. Set your google voice to forward to your gtalk in google voice settings.
3rd - Make and receive free phone calls on any Galaxy tab with a data connection!
I tried this and had no problems making outbound calls, but could not receive inbound calls. I messed around with sipdroid a bit and saw that I had to go into the account and toggle the "use 3g" and "use edge" buttons. I don't know if it's mine tab only but it worked. Also, I had the skype workaround before and this seems much cleaner.
Does this eat up a lot of data while not in a call, stand-by I guess?
Thanks for posting this by the way, I finally got tired of the skype alternative and basically gave up hope of having voice on my tab.
One more thing, sorry. Is this solution reliable enough to replace a cell phone? Or have you heard of anyone who has ditched their cell and used their tab as the replacement?
Hmm, it won't let me sign up for a pbx account. It keeps saying that i have an invalid character in my username. I am guessing that you can't have a period in your name
Any way around this so i can keep my gv #?
Looks like this method has died now as Google -> Gtalk -> SIP is not supported. Tried for almost 2 hours last night before I found this out.
Doesn't look like you're from the US as GV only works for US users.
Hi there, everyone! I'm a long time reader but never really get to post anything. Before I start, I hope this is the right forum and did some searching around my question and haven't found a solution - both on XDA and just searching Google itself.
I rely on Google Voice for all my voice and text needs and have multiple phones. I used and kept an old Google Voice official APK (something like 0.26 I believe) which allowed all my outgoing calls to route through the same outbound number. This number was some random phone number that wasn't my Google Voice number but required a little bit of data prior to connecting the call to tell Google "Hey, I'm about to make an outgoing call, this is the number I'm making it to" to route the call correctly. The newer versions of the Google Voice app use a different "shadow" number for each contact so no data is required. This old option was extremely important to me because I have a limited voice plan and took advantage of my carrier's unlimited calling to your favourite number option to make my calls free. That specific version of the Google Voice app doesn't work with ICS or Jellybean and I no longer have a Gingerbread phone.
Is there a third-party app that would help me dial a phone number or tap on "call" within a contact and have it route through that same Google Voice "shadow" number every time? If not, would someone consider writing up one for a bounty?
There's actually a Windows Phone 7 app called GoVoice that actually lets users choose which option they prefer. To dial all outgoing calls with the same number, small amount of data required; to assign a different shadow number to each call, no data required; or to have Google Voice phone your mobile back directly, perfect for those on legacy Free Incoming Call plans.
Your help and suggestions would be much appreciated!
Best,
Manny
So I've been using Google voice as my main number. This allows me to switch SIM cards and keep my number, which is useful since I travel back and forth a lot. I can always just dial a number and it calls (Intl or not) and when I'm outside the US I can be contacted at my regular number. All I have to do is install the Google Voice app to route calls and use Hangouts for SMS (or calls if using Chrome on a desktop).
That said, I think I found a problem with Google Now integration. Calls are not a problem: "OK Google call John" works fine, it dials John's number via Google Voice. Texting however defaults to sending via the SIMs number, even if I select "always reply via Google Voice" in the Hangouts app. Since I don't ever really use the SIMs number, this has resulted in quite a few people texting me back "who is this?" after I text them using Google Now.
I know a solution is to just not use Google Now to text, but it's quite useful with a handsfree while driving and such.