How to automate a Google text-messaging app?

Question

I have a group that needs to send out announcements and current events via phone text message. I want to have a central phone number that when it receives a text message, it rebroadcasts that message to a growing list of subscribers. I'm hoping to use a Google Voice number to avoid buying an actual phone number.

Any ideas? I've thought about some type of Java/HTMLunit that continually parses the GVoice html inbox, but I just have that computer-gut feeling that there is a more intuitive way. I haven't been able to find a GVoice API, as I imagine that would be the trick.

Thanks guys!

Answer 1

I have a feeling the lack of response to this question might be due in part to a universal suspicion that anyone asking about mass announcements is actually a spammer...are you a spammer? if not, have you found a solution yet?