Friendly Voice

Makes Google Voice a little friendlier when you type more than 320 characters.

Friendly Voice - Chrome Extension

Friendly Voice is a Chrome extension that makes Google Voice more user-friendly by replacing snarky messages with a character countdown. It allows you to easily track how many characters you have remaining when typing long messages. The extension also includes features to resize the message box area and incrementally show hidden messages. Try it now!
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Extension stats

Users: 107
2
Rating: 5.00
(2)
Version: 1.2 (Last updated: 2014-09-06)
Creation date: 2014-09-06
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 2
Size: 33.99K
URLs: Website

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Extension summary

Google Voice can send out messages of up to 440 characters, spread out over 3 different texts. When you get to the third text, Google adds a snarky little message saying "Really?". This app replaces the quip with an an informative character countdown. It lets you know how many characters are remaining so you can plan your message accordingly.

You can look at it, run it on your own, or fork it from here: https://github.com/KyleMit/FriendlyVoice

Also includes ability to resize message box area and ability to incrementally show hidden messages

User reviews

thanks works great! Google voice was really annoying me with its snarky remarks! must have.
by Lovergal Ver, 2016-12-18

A must have for a google voice user.
by Benjamin, 2015-10-15
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Friendly Voice requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Friendly Voice is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this extension.

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