
What is Voicemail
Voicemail will ask the user to leave a message, and will email a link to the audio recording and a speech-to-text transcription of the recording to a specified email address.
How to Use Voicemail
Direct your call flow to this url:
Parameters to Send
The following parameters may/must be sent:
Attribute Name | Allowed Values | Required? |
---|---|---|
Any email address | Y | |
Message | A string of text to read, or an HTTP url of a file to play. If not provided, a default message will be played. | N |
Transcribe | Set Transcribe to true to transcribe voicemail messages to text and false to email just a link to the audio. (Defaults to True) | N |
Example Uses
Example 1
Take a message from the caller, and email a link to the audio and a speech-to-text transcription to sombody@somedomain.com. Use the default greeting message.
Example 2
Read "Please leave a message", then take a message and email it to somebody@somedomain.com.
Example 3
Play back a recorded greeting, then take a message and email it to somebody@somedomain.com.
Example 4
Take a message from the caller, and just email a link to the audio (but not the speech-to-text transcription) to somebody@somedomain.com
Try It Out!
Using our Twimlet Generator, you can build up a Twimlet URL right here: