Google Voice vs Observing

Google Voice gives you a phone number for calling, text messaging, and voicemail. It works on smartphones and computers, and syncs across your devices so you can use the app in the office, at home, or on the go. NOTE: Google Voice only works for personal Google Accounts in the US and Google Workspace accounts in select markets. Text messaging is not supported in all markets. You’re in control Get spam filtered automatically and block numbers you don’t want to hear from. Manage your time with personalized settings for forwarding calls, text messages, and voicemail. Backed up and searchable Calls, text messages, and voicemails are stored and backed up to make it easy for you to search your history. Manage messages across devices Send and receive individual and group SMS messages from all your devices Your voicemail, transcribed Google Voice provides advanced voicemail transcriptions that you can read in the app and/or have sent to your email. Save on international calling Make international calls at competitive rates without paying extra for international minutes with your mobile carrier Keep in mind: • Google Voice is currently only available in the US. Google Voice for Google Workspace users is available in select countries. Check with your administrator for access. • Calls made using Google Voice for iPhone can be placed through a Google Voice access number. All access number based calls use the standard minutes from your cell phone plan and may incur costs (e.g. when traveling internationally).

Observing-iR is for coding past or current events on an iPhone. Observing-iR is not a stand-alone but an add-on application. It works like a remote keyboard. It is free and gets its task via iCloud from paid master software Observing-R. Time and effort of running a task are minimal. Credentials need to be entered only once.  Loading and running last only a couple of seconds. Codings are saved automatically on iCloud where they are retrieved from the master software Observing-R. Users cannot inspect their past codings. This is intended to prevent users from reactive coding, i.e. to avoid that the current coding process is influenced by past ones. Typical application:  A physician or a psychotherapist wants his patient to collect relevant data during a day, a week, a month, a year, … The physician or psychotherapist sets up a code-system covering terms for events, sensitivities, physical or mental states, behaviours, … that are individually tailored to a patient's problem. Patients should monitor themselves and select from the code-system those terms that characterise their momentary situation.