Google Talk

[GadgetGrace]

Does anyone use Google Talk on a regular phone? I've read that you can use some kind of converter that lets you use Google Talk on a regular handset similar to what people have done with Skype. Supposedly this lets you use Google Talk on the phone instead of the computer.

[Clyde]

I am trying to figure out why I would want to do that, when I am already talking to someone on the phone? Is there a way to save money by doing that?

[Vern]

I'm not sure what Google Talk is. Is that similar to Skype? If it is I imagine that you might want to use it to avoid using minutes on your phone. I'm not entirely sure how Google Talk works though.

[RingRing]

I think it is similar to Skype and you do save your minutes. It's one way to make your minutes last longer every month.

[appuser]

Oh that would make sense then, if Google Talk saved you minutes. I have unlimited plans - talk, text and data plans so I wouldn't need to use it. I wondered why people used Google talk.

[GadgetGrace]

Google Talk is a free application. It's one of the voice over internet protocol technologies. I'm not sure how it works, but I don't think you need any other kind of phone service to use it. It's basically an alternative to Skype from what I can tell.

[ThunderboltBaby]

Actually it isn't Google Talk at all (as that is Google's instant messaging app) but Google Voice. You get a number of your choosing (as long as it is available) and you can use it how you see fit. There is also a way to make calls from your Google Voice number so that will be what goes across the caller ID.

[dani]

We have vonage here so I have never used it but a few friends of mine have and said there were never issues that they noticed. When I am talking to them on it I do not hear anything on my end either.

[RingRing]

Actually it isn't Google Talk at all (as that is Google's instant messaging app) but Google Voice. You get a number of your choosing (as long as it is available) and you can use it how you see fit. There is also a way to make calls from your Google Voice number so that will be what goes across the caller ID.

You actually get a separate phone number that someone can call? So, then how would it be possible to use that on a phone that you already have?

[Qu Mark]

I use Gtalk on my computer but not very often. I have some friends that use it so I made an account for myself, this way we can talk more often. I'm pleased with the audio quality but other that that it's not very different form other instant messengers.