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What do callers hear when an AI receptionist answers?
The call opens with the business name and a notice that it is recorded. Then the AI asks how it can help.
AIThank you for calling Sample Harbor Law. This call is recorded. I am the firm’s AI assistant. How can I help?
CallerI was in a car accident last week. Do I have a case?
AII cannot give legal advice. I can take a message for the attorney. May I have your name?
CallerIt is Maria. Can I talk to a person now?
AIYes. I am connecting you to our front desk now.
Summary to the firmMaria asked about a case after a car accident. The AI gave no legal advice and took her name. It warm-transferred her to the front desk.
The short answer
Callers hear the business name, a notice that the call is recorded, and that this is the AI assistant. Then it asks how it can help. It answers from approved information, asks intake questions and offers open times. It books on the calendar. It warm-transfers urgent calls and callers who ask for a person. If it does not know, it says so and takes a message. It never claims to be a person.
01 / The call
Four steps, from the first ring to the goodbye.
Every call follows this path. The details change with each caller.
It greets the caller
It says the business name. It says the call is recorded. It says it is the AI assistant.
It answers and asks questions
It answers from the information the business approved. It asks a few intake questions, such as the caller’s name and reason for calling.
It books or hands off
It offers open times and books one on the calendar. Urgent calls and callers who ask for a person go to a person by warm transfer.
It confirms what happens next
If it does not know an answer, it says so and takes a message. It ends by telling the caller what happens next.
02 / Boundaries
What it says. What it never says.
What it says
- That the call is recorded.
- That it is the business’s AI assistant.
- Only what the business approved.
- I do not know that. I can take a message.
What it never does
- Claim to be a person.
- Guess at an answer.
- Give legal or medical advice.
- Pressure the caller to book or buy.
03 / Your voice
You pick the voice. We test it together.
You choose the voice and tone during the build. Tell us how the business should sound, such as warm, brisk or formal.
Before the line goes live, we test calls together. You hear the greeting, the questions and the transfer. You tell us what to change.
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04 / Questions
Straight answers.
01Will callers know it is an AI?
Yes. The first thing they hear is that the call is recorded and that it is the AI assistant. It never claims to be a person.
02Can a caller reach a real person?
Yes. When a caller asks for a person, or the call is urgent, the AI warm-transfers the call to a person.
03What if the AI does not know the answer?
It says so. It does not guess. It takes a message, so you can call back with the right answer.
04Who chooses the voice and tone?
You do. You pick them during the build. We test the calls with you before the line goes live.
05What does it cost?
The AI Receptionist is $497 a month. The one-time build fee is $997. It is waived on a 6-month agreement. See pricing.
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05 / Keep reading
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