GVoice: can no longer place (Obi100) calls by clicking "Call" in my browser
azrobert:
The Zoiper softphone has a Linux version.
http://www.zoiper.com/en/voip-softphone/download/zoiper3
For an OBi100 the softphone must be setup for No Registration.
The Windows version has this option.
You can do the same setup for your smartphone.
I use CSipSimple for Android.
Zoiper has an Android and iPhone version.
I didn't say this before, but the setup is for a computer on the same LAN as the OBi.
It will work from a remote location with addition configuration changes.
rhk1:
Thanks again!
So, the primary thing I need is a softphone and it sounds like Zoiper will probably fit the bill (I do have an Obi100, so I'm not sure if I'll have a problem with the "No registration" part).
One question comes to mind--if I use a softphone like this, will (ok, two questions):
* Will Google Voice still handle and transcribe voicemail messages (and send notification to my gmail account)?
* I guess there should be no problem with texts, as I would expect they are still handled (and archived) by Google Voice?
I probably won't work on this for a week or two, maybe not until tax season is over, but I expect I'll be posting more questions then ;-)
azrobert:
This setup doesn't affect anything with GV. The call is sent directly to the OBi100 and then the call is routed to GV.
rhk1:
Thanks again!
SteveInWA:
Quote from: rhk1 on March 20, 2015, 06:04:17 am
* I guess I'll think more about switching to Hangouts, I presume the call with Obi feature is there, and I suspect that more and more features will disappear from Chat over time...
Just to make sure there isn't any misunderstanding of what I meant, at this time, there is no Hangouts-based replacement function for Chat, that would enable the ability to click something on a webpage and have it bridge the call via your OBi device. As of now, you can only bridge calls with an actual forwarding telephone number. I have no inside scoop on whether or not that feature will be added by either Obihai or Google, in the future. It would probably be up to Obihai to develop the software to do that via WebRTC.
You could get a separate inbound telephone number from a SIP VoIP provider, such as one of Callcentric's free DIDs, and set it up as a SP on your OBi, and assign it as a forwarding number on your GV account, and then use that number as a target for the red and white CALL button on GV.
Thanks so much for the positive feedback! Yah, you'd think having over 20,000 posts between the GV and Hangouts forums would lead to burn out. I do it because I enjoy helping people solve problems... It's "mental floss" for me.
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