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Different Types of Greetings

Recorded greetings (IVR) help guide customers through their calls as seamlessly as possible. Your account offers different places to customize greetings, some of which come pre-loaded with a system default as part of your initial account configuration.

Main greetings

Your account’s main greetings are the first thing callers will hear when they call, unless your phone number is set to transfer to an extension.

Greeting Description
Main Greeting Main greetings are most common on accounts with multiple extensions for callers to choose. Prompt the caller to act (e.g., “press 1 for sales"). When recording your custom main greeting, include the extensions available for callers.
Note: Callers won't be able to leave a voicemail from your account's main or away greetings. You can forward a phone number to an extension to give callers the ability to leave a voicemail.
Main Away Greeting Away greetings can be played when your office is closed for a holiday or vacation. You will need to record your away greeting since there is no system default option.
Note: Callers won't be able to leave a voicemail from your account's main or away greetings. You can forward a phone number to an extension to give callers the ability to leave a voicemail.

Extension greetings

Customize the greetings for the extensions on your account.

Greeting Description
Call Forwarding Greeting An announcement can be played for callers who dial your extension when enabled.
Recorded Extension Name Your department or employee name can be played when callers search the name directory or when you receive a call with call announce enabled.
Extension Voicemail Greeting To be played when a caller reaches your extension when you’re unavailable.
Extension Away Greeting To be played when a caller reaches your extension when you are out of the office.
Related Articles:
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  • Record a Greeting
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