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Autessa Phone & Texting · 6 capabilities

Call flows and routing

Decide exactly what happens when someone calls: a greeting, business hours, a keypad menu, people to ring, an AI agent, voicemail, or a polite hang-up.

Call flow · Main line
SAMPLE
  1. 1

    Greeting

    "Thanks for calling Harbor Dental."

  2. 2

    Business hours?

    Mon to Fri 8 to 5, Pacific · closed Thanksgiving

  3. 3

    Open: Keypad menu

    1 Appointments · 2 Billing · 0 Front desk

  4. 4

    Closed: AI agent

    Answers questions and takes a message

  5. 5

    No answer: Voicemail

    Transcribed and emailed to the front desk

Why it matters

What does call flows and routing cover?

Build a call flow for each number: greeting, business hours and holidays, keypad menus (IVR), ring groups with press 1 to accept, voicemail and blocked callers.

Each number has a call flow that decides what happens when it rings: a greeting, then an AI agent, a keypad menu, a group of people, voicemail or a polite hang-up, with business hours and holidays deciding which path runs. It is the routing a traditional phone system gives you, with AI agents as one more place a call can go.

People and AI here

Company admins and people with Write on a number build its call flow. The people it rings answer in the browser or on their cell.

In one sentence each

  • Call flow builder · The call flow builder decides what each number does with a call: greet the caller, then send them to an AI agent, ring people, offer a keypad menu, take a voicemail or hang up.
  • Business hours and holidays · Set weekly hours and named closed dates in your own time zone, and calls outside them go wherever you choose, including straight to an AI agent.
  • Ring people and ring groups · Ring a group of people at once or in order, on their browser phones or cells, with a whisper about who is calling and press 1 to accept so voicemail never takes the call.
  • Keypad menus (IVR) · Keypad menus (IVR) let callers press a key to reach sales, support, an AI agent or voicemail, with nested menus, retries and friendly messages when they press the wrong key.
  • Voicemail and transcription · Voicemail can be any step in a call flow, with your own greeting, automatic transcription and an email to up to five people for every new message.
  • Blocked callers · Each number keeps its own blocked list, can reject anonymous callers, and plays blocked callers a short message or a busy signal.

Subtopics

Everything in call flows and routing

On screen

What it looks like

Business hours and holidays

Business hours
America/Los_AngelesSAMPLE
Monday to Friday8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Saturday9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
SundayClosed
Closed datesThanksgivingDec 24 to 26New Year's Day
When closedAI agent: After-hours Assistant
Save hours

Ring people and ring groups

Ring people · Front desk
SAMPLE
  1. 1

    Caller hears wait audio

    Hold music while we ring

  2. 2

    Ring Priya and Marcus at once

    Browser phones and cells · 20 seconds

  3. 3

    Whisper

    "Main line call. Press 1 to take it."

  4. 4

    Marcus presses 1

    Connected

  5. 5

    Nobody answers?

    Send to the AI agent

FAQ

Questions about call flows and routing

What is a call flow?

A call flow is the set of steps a number follows for each call. In Autessa it starts with a greeting and goes to an AI agent, people to ring, a keypad menu, ask to text, voicemail or hang up.

Can calls go somewhere different after hours?

Yes. Each call flow has business hours and a closed-hours destination, such as an AI agent or voicemail.

Can several people be rung at once?

Yes. A Ring people step rings everyone at once, or one at a time if you prefer.

Does Autessa have an IVR?

Yes. Keypad menus let callers press keys 0 to 9, star or pound to reach a destination, and menus can nest.

Are voicemails transcribed?

Yes, when transcription is on. The transcript shows in the call drawer and in voicemail emails.

Can I block a phone number?

Yes. Each number has a blocked callers list in its call settings.

Other areas of Phone & Texting

Call flows and routing, on a number you own.

Decide exactly what happens when someone calls: a greeting, business hours, a keypad menu, people to ring, an AI agent, voicemail, or a polite hang-up.

Phone & Texting is built into every Autessa account. Call and text as yourself, or let an AI agent take the line.

100% customizable, code and all

Make Autessa Phone & Texting fully your own.

Use it out of the box, then change anything. Ask Autobot, Autessa’s AI builder, for a new field, screen, report, workflow or agent and it builds it into your copy of the app. Or open the code and edit it yourself. Nothing is locked: the app, its data and its code are yours.

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