Google Voice allows users to export their data

Users of search giant Google's "Google Voice" telecommunications service can now export their data such as texts voice mails and phone numbers. Google software engineer Anthony Jawad said the data in "Google Voice" can now be downloaded for use in other accounts or services. "We're happy to announce that Google Voice is the latest product available for Google Takeout. This means that all of the data associated with your Google Voice account, from your call history to voicemail messages, greetings and call recordings, is now available for download. Voicemail messages and greetings are exported as mp3s, text messages as microformatted html, and forwarding phone numbers as a vcard," Jawad said in a blog post. He added Google believes its users should be able to export any data that they create in or import into Google products. Google has created the Google Takeout service to make this process as easy as possible, he added. A separate article on tech site Mashable said the Google Takeout update is courtesy of The Data Liberation Front, a team of in-house engineers building products to help users move their data in and out of Google. Google Takeout was first released in July, initially exporting data from Google's Buzz, Contacts and Circles, Picasa Web Albums, and users' Google profiles. — RSJ, GMA News