voicemail
Also known as voice mail, voicemail system, voice mail system, voice message, voice bank, voice-mail, answering machine, telephone answer machine
A voicemail system (also known as voice message or voice bank) is a computer-based system that allows callers to leave a recorded message when the recipient has been unable (or unwilling) to answer the phone. Calls may be directed to voicemail manually or automatically. The caller is prompted to leave a message that the recipient can retrieve at a later time.
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21 sectionsContents
- Features
- History
- Message centers
- Invention
- Inventor controversy
- Early applications
- IBM Audio Distribution System
- Delta 1
- AT&T
- VMX
- IVR Voice Recognition
- PC-based Voicemail
- International Voicemail Association
- Public telephone services
- Unified messaging
- Virtual telephony
- Instant messaging in voice
- Unified messaging with VoIP
- See also
- References
- Further reading
A voicemail system (also known as voice message or voice bank) is a computer-based system that allows callers to leave a recorded message when the recipient has been unable (or unwilling) to answer the phone. Calls may be directed to voicemail manually or automatically. The caller is prompted to leave a message that the recipient can retrieve at a later time.
Voicemail can be used for personal calls, but more complex systems exist for companies and services to handle the volume of customer requests. The term is also used more broadly to denote any system of conveying stored telecommunications voice messages, including using older technology like answering machines.