Initiate calls from Google Voice contacts list?
dksh:
Yes, sorry, I was referring to my GV contact list in the browser. Currently, when I click on a contact's phone number, it rings my POTS line. When I answer my POTS line, it rings the contact's phone.
I'm just wanting to make sure there is a way to make an outbound call with the Obi while having my GV contacts list open in the browser and without having to manually key in the phone number.
QBZappy:
dksh,
No. OBi has its own speed dial list. We might be able to figure out a way how to export/import GV contact list into the OBi speed dial list. That is as close as you might get to integrate the GV contact list to the OBi at the moment.
Calling the from GV contact list, having it call your device first and then automatically connecting to the dialed number is actually really neat and a good working solution for most people. Using GV contact list is similar to people using Outlook as a dialer for contact management. In both cases a computer has to be on.
Since the OBi is basically acting as a GChat client, it might be able to access the GV contact list with some programming effort on the part of the OBi software people. You might ask for this feature in the feature request section of the forum.
RonR:
Quote from: dksh on August 25, 2011, 09:33:10 am
I'm just wanting to make sure there is a way to make an outbound call with the Obi while having my GV contacts list open in the browser and without having to manually key in the phone number.
When you make a call from the Google Voice web site, you are given the option to select one of your callback numbers (Phone to call with). Selecting Google Talk will ring the telephone connected to your OBi.
dksh:
@QBZappy: Thanks. Yes, integration with the GV contacts would be wonderful. I have my computer on all day. Good to know there's a speed dial list I can use for calling friends/family when the computer is off.
@RonR: Ah. I have Google Chat enabled (so I can call via GV from within gmail) but I hadn't heard of Google Talk. I see it's an option in my Google Apps service settings.
I guess the best way to go is to set the Obi up and play around with all of the options.
Thank you!
RonR:
dksh,
When you click on the CALL option of a Google Voice contact, there is a drop-down menu with a caption of "Phone to call with". Your home phone will be listed listed, as well as Google Talk and any other phones you have as callback numbers in Google Voice. If you select Google Talk instead of your home phone number, your OBi's telephone will be used. I have confirmed this works as I've described.
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