Google Voice Image Paste
Google Voice Image Paste is a Chrome extension that enables pasting images directly into Google Voice conversations. It is open source and available on GitHub.
Features
- Paste images from your clipboard directly into Google Voice conversations using Ctrl+V (or Cmd+V on Mac).
- Works with screenshots, images copied from web pages, or any image in the clipboard.
- Shows a confirmation notification when an image is pasted.
- Seamlessly integrates with Google Voice's existing upload mechanism.
- Open Source.
History
Google Voice is my phone service of choice, and I use the web interface daily. One thing that has always bugged me about it is the inability to paste images directly into a conversation. Want to share a screenshot or a picture you just copied? Too bad -- you have to save it to a file first, then use the attachment button to upload it. It's a small annoyance, but one of those things that adds up when you do it often enough.
I figured there had to be a way to make this work, and it turns out a Chrome extension is a pretty clean solution. The extension listens for paste events on the Google Voice page, checks if there's an image in the clipboard, and if so, feeds it into Google Voice's existing upload mechanism. The result is a simple Ctrl+V to paste an image, just like you'd expect in any modern messaging app.
I decided to open-source it and throw it up on the Chrome Web Store in case anyone else finds it useful. It's a small extension -- just a content script and a manifest -- but it scratches an itch that I'm surprised Google hasn't addressed themselves.