I don’t understand how the X_SkipCallScreening with GV is supposed to work
Shinelikethunder:
Quote from: jimates on August 25, 2012, 08:33:06 am
Some get confused because on the google end there is only one process, when enabled at google voice, all recipients get the same greeting. But depending on whether the call is delivered to a forwarding phone or to google chat (aka Obi) the announcement is different for the person making the call. You can turn off the call screening at google voice. This will prevent the recipient from getting any greeting. This will also prevent the call maker from getting the screening prompts; EXCEPT when using google chat (aka Obi). With google chat you can't turn it off, therefore the Obi can handle it for us, or not.
I'm really confused. Am I reading this wrong, or do you have "call maker" and "recipient" reversed? Isn't the "call maker" the one initiating the call and the one who receives the "Please state your name" greeting if the Google Voice "screen calls" feature is enabled? Isn't the recipient the one who gets the "Press 1 to accept call" greeting?
SteveInWA:
Quote from: Shinelikethunder on February 01, 2020, 11:09:41 pm
Quote from: jimates on August 25, 2012, 08:33:06 am
Some get confused because on the google end there is only one process, when enabled at google voice, all recipients get the same greeting. But depending on whether the call is delivered to a forwarding phone or to google chat (aka Obi) the announcement is different for the person making the call. You can turn off the call screening at google voice. This will prevent the recipient from getting any greeting. This will also prevent the call maker from getting the screening prompts; EXCEPT when using google chat (aka Obi). With google chat you can't turn it off, therefore the Obi can handle it for us, or not.
I'm really confused. Am I reading this wrong, or do you have "call maker" and "recipient" reversed? Isn't the "call maker" the one initiating the call and the one who receives the "Please state your name" greeting if the Google Voice "screen calls" feature is enabled? Isn't the recipient the one who gets the "Press 1 to accept call" greeting?
You are posting in an eight-year-old discussion, and the comment you quoted is pretty incoherent. Call screening works differently now than it did in 2012.
What, exactly, are you trying to do, and what, exactly, do you want to know?
Shinelikethunder:
Quote from: SteveInWA on February 02, 2020, 01:26:19 pm
What, exactly, are you trying to do, and what, exactly, do you want to know?
Sorry. (1) I couldn't find any recent discussion of this, and (2) I was hoping to clarify the concepts, because all of these posts, regardless of age, are important reference material. If you want me to start a new discussion, I can, but I thought it might be better to keep the information in one place. Please let me know what seemed "incoherent" so that together we can clarify these concepts.
I'm trying to suppress the "Call from <name>; to accept, press 1; to send to voicemail, press 2" announcement when "Screen calls" is turned on in Google Voice. I want to know why I can't seem to do so. As far as I can tell by experimenting, X_SkipCallScreening now does nothing. Thanks.
SteveInWA:
The voice prompt to "press one to accept" comes from Google Voice's optional call screening feature. It has nothing whatsoever to do with any setting for the OBiTALK hardware.
You can disable Google Voice call screening by signing into the Gmail account that holds your Google Voice number, and going here: https://voice.google.com/settings. Scroll down to the "Screen calls" setting and turn it off.
Shinelikethunder:
Quote from: SteveInWA on February 03, 2020, 03:19:49 pm
The voice prompt to "press one to accept" comes from Google Voice's optional call screening feature. It has nothing whatsoever to do with any setting for the OBiTALK hardware.
You can disable Google Voice call screening by signing into the Gmail account that holds your Google Voice number, and going here: https://voice.google.com/settings. Scroll down to the "Screen calls" setting and turn it off.
I know most of that, but I thought that X_SkipCallScreening was supposed to automatically send a "1" when I answer. How did X_SkipCallScreening work in 2012? Wasn't there a "Press 1 to accept" prompt with or without "Screen calls" back then? I would like to use call screening to deter robocallers and telemarketers without having to press 1 to accept the call. Apparently, that's not possible, and I'm trying to understand why and whether there's any possible workaround. Thanks.
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