Setting custom greetings in Google Voice

Pt. 4 of 5 | 2:14 |

A Sneak-Peek at Google Voice

Thursday July 30, 2009

Once you've divided your

Google Voice contacts

into "Groups" you can

create unique voicemail greetings

for each group. That means you can set a

custom voicemail greeting

for your family, another for your friends and another for your colleagues.

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Show Notes

Google Voice Home Page

- You can

record a unique greeting for each group

.

- Click on the General tab and by Voicemail Greet select New Custom Greeting.

- Click Add and Google Voice asks you to give the new greeting a name.

- Google calls the phone and prompts you to record your message.

- Record your message and then press # when you're done.

- Google Voice plays back your message to see if it's okay.

- If it is you press 1, if not you press 2 to record it over.

- When you've pressed 1 you can hang up.

- Now you can click on the Groups tab.

- Select the group you recorded the message for and assign it to that group.

- Click Save and you're done.

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