Grasshopper is similar to Google Voice. Grasshopper was founded in 2003.
Google Voice was created in 2005.
Skype is similar to Google Voice and there is a free app.
No, there is no directory for Google Voice numbers.
Google Voice works for calling on mobile phone and also sending voice mail messages. Google Chat helps to talk online and video chat through Gmail, Orkut, iGoogle or Google+. Google Chat is free service while Google Voice requires to pay money for calling and massages.
Support for Google voice and video chat can be found in the support section of the Google pages. Google offer several help pages to answer many questions about Google voice and video chat.
Google voice is similar to Skype, Magic Jack, and Vonage; it allows you to make VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) calls. Google Voice also features voice-mail to your inbox services much like Magic Jack.
I always had this ability in the past. What happened to my mic so that I could voice search for items.
Your Android Google voice says audio problem sometimes because of a Navigation Voice Issue.
Because Google is still developing the app, or something is wrong on the configuration of your machine.
"Do you perhaps mean Google Voice? Google Voice is a calling service offered by Google, with free calling throughout the US. If you call internationally, there is a low cost."
Yes. So far Google Voice is still free. 2013 we may start to see Google charging.