Has anyone found a way to use google voice to send a phone call without first calling you. I need a phone to ring, but it is not necessary that any particular message be sent or anything. Here is the API I've been looking at. https://github.com/aaronpk/Google-Voice-PHP-API In the API you specify your google voice number and the recipient's number, and then it calls your phone and connects you to the recipient. I'm looking for a way to just connect to the recipient.
I was using this for a system to alert people when a computer system I created needed attention. Text alerts are good...unless you're asleep and can't hear them. So, what I did was create a google voice number and then delete all of the phones off of it, and record a long voicemail. This way, it calls, and goes straight to a message that tells them the system needs attention and then they can just hang up and respond.
Slight work around, but it seems to work out fine.