Google's CEO Eric Schmidt announces new products from Google, like the Voice service.
Google Voice Callback is an application for Android-powered phones that initiates a Google Voice call from the contacts on the mobile phone and then prompts Google Voice to call back to the handset for the call to start. This means that instead of using outgoing calls to contact people, you use incoming calls that all originate from the Google Voice number. To set how the Google Voice Callback application works when initiating calls, create filter rules using regular expressions, or regex.
Instructions
1. Open the Google Voice Callback application on your Android phone. Press the "Menu" button on your phone -- it is the button below the screen that has a picture of a list. Tap "Settings" on the screen.
2. Tap "According Rules (Needs Setup)" and then "Configure Filter Rules." Press "Add New Rule" and then choose "Regex Rule."
3. Select what the regular expression will do. For example, you can "Exclude" numbers that "Use GV Callback" if you don't want numbers from a certain area code to be routed through the application.
4. Type the expression in the text box. To exclude the "503" area code, for example, type "\+?1?-?503-.*" without the quotation marks. This recognizes any leading characters that might precede the area code in your phone book, and any following characters such as a dash or period that might follow the number. Press the "Done" button when you're finished creating your regex rule.
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