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VoiceGmail

iOS iPhone

VoiceGmail provides FREE and reliable voicemail service on iPhone/iPad.

The best way to be familar with this app is 1)record and send a voice email to yourself 2)refresh incoming folders to download that voice email to your iPhone/iPad/iPod 3)open the downloaded voice email and play. Then you will figure out how to send/receive voice email from others. The following link shows how to use VoiceGmail.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mr9QtwIQ1k

Notice: VoiceGmail messages can only be played/sent/recorded in VoiceGmail on iPhone/iPad/iPod.

Why VoiceGmail?
1. Audio emails can be much more personal than text.
2. Keep your friends' voice on iPhone/iPad.
3. NEVER consume minutes or SMS.
4. Free voice message service.
5. As reliable as Gmail.
6. Connect to your own Gmail account directly, involve no third party.

What you need?
1. A Gmail account to login.
2. Your friends' Gmail accounts to send voice messages to.
3. Internet access, either wifi or data plan.
4. An iPhone/iPad, obviously.

How to login for the first time?
1. Input your Gmail account & password.
2. Click "Check and Save".
3. Select folders in which VoiceGmail searches voice messages. (Typically you can select inbox. To speed up, please refer to Q&A 1)

How to send a voice message?
1. Click "FOLDERS" icon.
2. Click the upper right "compose" button to create a new voice message.
3. Record a voice message.
4. Click "Send".
5. Input receiver's Gmail address.
6. You can opt to type extra text in the email.
7. Click "send".
(The receiver needs to run VoiceGmail to play the voice messages)

How to play a voice message?
1. Open an email.
2. Click the attached file, or click the upper right button and choose "Play".

How to reply?
1. Open an email.
2. Click upper right button, then select "Reply" or "Reply All".
3. Record a message and send it.

How to refresh mailbox?
1. Click the lower left refresh button.

Features:
1. Up to seven seconds voice message.
2. Link to multiple Gmail accounts.
3. Send voice message as email attachment.
4. Only download VoiceGmail messages into your iPhone/iPad.
5. Easy to use. Look and feel like Gmail.
6. Smaller attachment size because of high efficient compression algorithm. Thanks to iPhone's high computing power.

Q&A:
1. How to speed up refreshing?
Create a dedicated folder for VoiceGmail in your Gmail account. Go into SETTINGS, click your account, click "Select Folders", select the dedicated folder and deselect all the others. To create a dedicated folder in Gmail, first create a new label, say "CloudParticle", then create a filter: "Has attachment" + "Has the words 'CloudParticle'" and apply that label. Please check Gmail online help for details.
2. Is my personal info safe?
Absolutely. VoiceEmail runs on iPhone/iPad and connects to Gmail server directly. No third party is involved.
3. Can I record a voice message longer than seven seconds?
Longer voice message will be supported in the coming release.
4. Why voice message is saved as text attachment instead of mp3/mp4/...?
We use a high efficient compression algorithm to make the attachment size smaller. Otherwise Gmail might die of VoiceGmail.
5. Does VoiceGmail support iPod/iPad?
We are working on it.
6. Can I use other account type, like hotmail?
Maybe in the next release.