But here's my question: Someone will call me from a Private number, meaning their phone number doer does not show on my phone while the phone is ringing. That's fairly standard. Then they leave a voicemail and Google voice alerts me that I have a new voicemail, but it says "Unknown" for the caller, Again, that's what I would expect. Here's the part that confuses/amazes me. I have Google Voice set up to email me, alerting me to the fact that I have a new voicemail, inside the email I can view the transcript and play the play message. But here the thing, the email notification knows who called me. That Unknown caller that showed up in the Google Voice web app is now identified in the email. How is this possible?
Is google voice comparing the voice in the message to my other messages and figuring out who's calling me based on voice recognition? Is Google voice able to see through the 'Private Number' mask and see who's actually calling? Whats going on?
I don't suspect any foul play, and I don't believe in any nefarious Google conspiracy plots. But I am amazed at this. Further more, I always suspected that one of the by products of Google voice was that it would allow Goggles servers to get better at voice recognition. From storing thousands if not millions of voice mails on its servers, it would have the opportunity to analyze and learn the human voice. This in turn would help Google provide more apps and functions that rely on voice recognition. And as we have learned lately, Android 2.1 will add more voice functionality to its Android phones.
Am I crazy of does this make sense?
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