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If you have a Google (gmail) account you must have figured out the usefulness of Google Voice. Some time ago [link id='78' text='I wrote a tip'] with an overview of the Google Voice applications available for Mac. A new, and perhaps the best, contender is now on the scene.
- GVnotifier – Best Google Voice Desktop Client for Windows. GVnotifier is a very powerful desktop.
- Google Voice gives you a phone number for calling, text messaging, and voicemail. It works on smartphones and computers, and syncs across your devices so you can use the app in the office, at home, or on the go. NOTE: Google Voice only works for personal Google Accounts in the US and G Suite accounts in select markets.
Rather than go into the benefits of Google Voice itself, my aim here is to give you an update on what are now the best ways to integrate Google Voice functionality (send/receive SMS Text messages, view and listen to voicemail, initiate calls, etc.) into Apple Mac OS X.
First up is GrowlVoice
For a mere $4.99 GrowlVoice gives about as much bang-for-your-buck as could be expected. Like many of the excellent applications I've recommended for OS X in recent weeks, it runs as a small icon in the menu bar.
From this inconspicuous icon comes full access to your Google Voice account(s). You can add as many accounts as you wish, if you happen to have more than one account with Google.
To the right you can see the inbox. It will show text messages and voicemails; their read/unread status; the ability to mark them with a star; the date/time of the message; and a photo of the sender (if available).
Next up is the TXT (SMS Text) messaging interface. It's just like the TXT system on the iPhone, on iChat, and other Apple messaging interfaces. Google Voice lets you send TXT message at no cost to any number in the USA. If that's something you do from time-to-time, it is now as simple as sending the message right from your desktop.
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GrowlVoice features:
Multiple accounts
Fully-featured search
Sort messages by inbox
Google Contacts or Address Book
Initiate calls
Listen to transcribed voicemail
Infinite scrolling in inboxes
Custom keyboard shortcuts
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Preferred phones
Customizable sounds
Account labels
Contact images
You can buy GrowlVoice on the App Store here.
VoiceMac
Before discovering Growlvoice, I used VoiceMac. Voicemac is relatively good at what it does, yet I would tend to close it because I didn't want its one or more windows sitting around on the screen. I also found the way it handled displaying voice mail and txt message clunky. A new window would open up, and take up even more screen space. I much prefer the way GrowlVoice handles things and will likely uninstall VoiceMac.
VoiceMac does support SIP accounts, which is a plus if you have a SIP phone account (I do).
The big issue I currently have (and have had for a while) is that it is no longer stable on my computer. It tends to crash and have problems. For instance, it crashes when I try to initiate a call on my SIP account… so there goes that nice feature. It's not had an update in quite a long time, and perhaps needs one.
If you don't want to pay the $5 for GrowlVoice, then VoiceMac (free, and open source) might be your best bet… assuming it doesn't crash on your system. I can't say if the instability it has on my system is only, or if it's a general problem with the applicaiton.
To use VoiceMac for initiating calls totally within the realm of your computer you'll need a SIP phone installed, along with the necessary configuration. I'll cover this in another Best Mac Tip. Just search for SIP on this site to see what's been posted so far.
You can view the screen shots of VoiceMac here.
GV Connect Widget
The other Google Voice application I have is the GV Connect Widget. It sits on the Desktop along with whatever other Widgets you have installed.
Up until installing GrowlVoice, which I find so much more convenient, I would use GV Connect to know when I have new voicemail, and to quickly send an SMS Text message. I do find its texting functionality a bit clunky, one effect being that it's easy to sent the same message more than once (it just sits there ready to send again, even once sent).
With GrowlVoice I suspect I'll remove this Widget. However, if you would like just a Widget and not a full application to access Google Voice, GV Connect certainly does the job and it served me well for a few years.
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Multiple accounts
Fully-featured search
Sort messages by inbox
Google Contacts or Address Book
Initiate calls
Listen to transcribed voicemail
Infinite scrolling in inboxes
Custom keyboard shortcuts
Google Play Mac Os
Preferred phones
Customizable sounds
Account labels
Contact images
You can buy GrowlVoice on the App Store here.
VoiceMac
Before discovering Growlvoice, I used VoiceMac. Voicemac is relatively good at what it does, yet I would tend to close it because I didn't want its one or more windows sitting around on the screen. I also found the way it handled displaying voice mail and txt message clunky. A new window would open up, and take up even more screen space. I much prefer the way GrowlVoice handles things and will likely uninstall VoiceMac.
VoiceMac does support SIP accounts, which is a plus if you have a SIP phone account (I do).
The big issue I currently have (and have had for a while) is that it is no longer stable on my computer. It tends to crash and have problems. For instance, it crashes when I try to initiate a call on my SIP account… so there goes that nice feature. It's not had an update in quite a long time, and perhaps needs one.
If you don't want to pay the $5 for GrowlVoice, then VoiceMac (free, and open source) might be your best bet… assuming it doesn't crash on your system. I can't say if the instability it has on my system is only, or if it's a general problem with the applicaiton.
To use VoiceMac for initiating calls totally within the realm of your computer you'll need a SIP phone installed, along with the necessary configuration. I'll cover this in another Best Mac Tip. Just search for SIP on this site to see what's been posted so far.
You can view the screen shots of VoiceMac here.
GV Connect Widget
The other Google Voice application I have is the GV Connect Widget. It sits on the Desktop along with whatever other Widgets you have installed.
Up until installing GrowlVoice, which I find so much more convenient, I would use GV Connect to know when I have new voicemail, and to quickly send an SMS Text message. I do find its texting functionality a bit clunky, one effect being that it's easy to sent the same message more than once (it just sits there ready to send again, even once sent).
With GrowlVoice I suspect I'll remove this Widget. However, if you would like just a Widget and not a full application to access Google Voice, GV Connect certainly does the job and it served me well for a few years.
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Check out Comparing macOS Dictation With Google Voice Typing at YouTube for closed captioning and more options.
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Video Transcript: Hi, this is Gary with MacMost.com. Today let's compare two of three ways for you to do speech to text on your Mac.MacMost is brought to you by a community of more than 350 supporters. Find out how you can become a part of it at macmost.com/patreon.So a lot of people ask me how they can dictate to their Mac. There is a way built into MacOS to allow you to dictate and some people are looking for something better. Now there used be some software that was really popular that did it but that's kind of been discontinued. So people are looking for other methods. So using the built-in Mac OS functionality is great and that's the way I do it. But some people look for another solution. There is another one. It's using Goggle Docs. Using the free service from Goggle you can dictate into a word processing document. Now there are pros and cons to both.So to use MacOS's built in functionality you want to go to System Preferences and then you want to go to Keyboard, Dictation. Make sure that Dictation is turned on and you have Enhanced Dictation checked. Then you can check your keyboard shortcut to see which one you're using. That's the basics. But you also can go into Accessibility and from there look for Dictation on the left. Here is where you can access dictation commands because it's not all just about saying words. You need to be able to do things like select words and change styles and things like that. So you can look through all the different commands that you can speak while in dictation and it will use it to alter the text.So let's give it a test by going into Pages here. I'll use the fn key twice to start dictation and we'll give it a go. Gary speaking, the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog period. This seems to work pretty well period. Plus with enhanced dictation comma you can type at the same time to combine the best of both worlds period. So you can see there it worked pretty well but it didn't get everything right. It messed up a little bit there. I was talking a little bit too fast. I find if I slow down a little bit then it usually works better.The other option is to use Goggle Docs. Goggle Docs is a free service from Goggle. If you've got a Goggle account or a Gmail account you can go and login and go to docs.goggle.com and create a document there. Then there's a feature there called Voice Typing. So the most important thing to remember here is you have to use Chrome. You cannot use another browser because the functionality to take the audio from your microphone and then use it in the doc, that is built into Chrome so you're not going to get that with Safari or Firefox. You just go to docs.goggle.com, that's how you get in there, and I'm going to start a new word processing document. So this is the word processor. Some of you may already use it.Now you go to Tools and there's Voice Typing. You see Command, Shift, S is the shortcut. When you select that it brings up a little control here and I can click it to speak or I can use the keyboard shortcut. Gary speaking, the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog period. This also works pretty well period. It seems to be getting all the words without much trouble exclamation point. I clicked again to stop it. Now there are also commands associated with this. They are built in. There's a document here, a support document, that gives you a list of all these and you can see here there's tons of voice commands for selecting text, formatting, editing, all sorts of things. You can do similar things with the built in MacOS functionality but it seems that it's a little bit more robust here with Goggle.If you're just going to write a word processing document and you don't mind using Goggle Docs instead of say Pages or TextEdit or something else then I think using Voice Typing is the clear winner. However, if you want to be able to use dictation anywhere, you know in Messages, in emails, typing on forms in Safari, then of course you really need to go with the built in functionality because this is not going to work if you're inside of Goggle Docs.Another advantage of using the built in functionality in MacOS is that you're already signed up for it. Right. You don't have to get anything additional. With Goggle, of course, you have to do the Goggle account. You have to sign in to it. You have to be using Goggle Docs and you have to be working in Chrome which is probably not as optimal especially if you're on a MacBook and using Safari. Another advantage to using MacOS is you can customize the voice commands. You can actually add new ones. So when you say something you can do all sorts of things in different applications. You can even run Automator workflows. All sorts of stuff. So it's highly customizable. So I think there are advantages to both. I would encourage you, since they're free, to try them both and see which one works better for you. But if they seem to be more or less the same then probably go with built in MacOS dictation.Google Voice Download For Macbook
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