Call Handling Capabilities
Core Telephony Actions
VoiceMail
5 min
overview the voicemail feature allows callers to leave a recorded message when agents are unavailable (e g , outside of business hours or when all agents are busy) supervisors can later access these messages and respond, ensuring no customer inquiry is lost how it works when a call is routed to a voicemail node in the call flow, the caller hears a prompt and can leave a message the system saves the recording as a wav file supervisors access these voicemails through the voicelogs tab in their console, where they can play, download, or delete the messages prerequisites a routing nodeflow must be configured by an administrator to include a voicemail path audio prompts for instructing callers must be uploaded configuration steps voicemail access (supervisor) this is a built in feature and does not require configuration to access location supervisor > voicemail action navigate to the voicemail tab use the search filters to find specific voicemails and use the play, download, and delete icons to manage them use cases after hours support a customer calls a business after closing time and is automatically directed to leave a voicemail for a callback queue overflow during unexpected peak call volumes, callers can be offered the option to leave a voicemail benefits capture all customer inquiries ensures that every customer has an opportunity to leave a message, preventing lead loss improved customer satisfaction gives customers an alternative to abandoning a call, showing that their inquiry is valued operational flexibility allows businesses to manage customer service outside of standard operating hours