How do I receive incoming Google Voice calls using Empathy?

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Solution 1

I do this somewhat frequently. To set it up, I did the following:

Went into Google Voice settings, phone tab.

Made sure it was checked:

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And then I was done! I do recommend that you test your audio in Empathy before doing calls on it all the time, because getting audio to work can sometimes be a little tricky, but I haven't had a problem on 12.04 so far.

happy calling!

Solution 2

You can follow this trick to use Google voice number in Empathy for both make and receive free calls. I tested it on Ubuntu 12.10 and it's working fine! http://dailylifetipsandtricks.blogspot.com/2012/10/google-voice-setup-for-voipsip-to-use.html

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Mittenchops

Updated on September 18, 2022

Comments

Mittenchops almost 2 years

I have a google voice number so I can receive phone calls dialed to an actual phone number when I'm logged into gmail (via the gtalk widget sidebar).

I see I can use Empathy to make voice calls with other gtalk users.

Is it possible that I can receive phone calls when logged into Empathy, ie, that someone dial my google voice phone number, and it pops up as a call when I'm logged into empathy, the same way it does in the gtalk sidebar widget?

(Currently, I route my gtalk calls to skype, but it would be even better if this worked seamlessly within Empathy.)
- Admin about 12 years
  
  i believe the last poster misunderstood the question. i just tried this and i am NOT receiving notification of an incoming call thru my google VOICE number(not through the gtalk service. talk and voice are 2 completely different beasts.) i'd be happy for any kind of solution at this point that DOESN'T require that i have my browser open to gamil.com, or running an asterisk PBX server, a callback plugin, or require a sip account somewhere...i want to make and receive direct voice calls through my google voice number.
- jrg about 12 years
  
  @seekingsame Um, do you have a sprint number? I do this all the time (as I said in my answer), and my calls show up as being from my Google voice number.
Mittenchops almost 12 years

This isn't working for me. Calls still don't notify me in empathy, but works still in gmail.
jrg almost 12 years

@Mittenchops weird... worked fine for me.
erjiang over 11 years

I am able to receive GV calls using Pidgin in the same way as well.
cheshirekow almost 11 years

It doesn't work for me either. Should we point to the google voice plugin or something? What version of empathy does this work on? I have ubuntu 12.04 also and am not getting notified of calls.