Do you want to work for Google? No problem!
You can work for Google, alas, for free by helping them improve the voice transcription algorithms used in Google Voice’s voicemail. Google Voice is a revamped GrandCentral, which Google bought 21 months ago and finally re-released as a new service offering several interesting features you can read and watch other videos here.
Google Voice is supposed to be the new and better Skype and is likely to further endanger Microsoft’s dominance in the space occupied by Outlook in small and medium companies. Indeed, it sounds tempting to have all of your information like emails, contacts, reminders, (shared) appointments, documents etc. converged under the same umbrella in the (Google) cloud. One thing is sure - Google’s dominance in the information space is becoming bigger and consequently scarier.
Are you eager to try Google Voice? I know I am.
If you can’t wait to try it out, you need an existing GrandCentral account. Don’t have one? Buy one at eBay - prices go up to $650!
I’m thinking what may be the next evolutionary step for Google Voice. Maybe, if everything goes well according to plans for world domination, Google may start offering free international calls after you hear a short audio ad that is personalized to you, i.e. your email+SMS+conversation stream.
What do you think?
[via Google]