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Voicemail Greeting
Hi there. I know this thread is a few months old now, but I completely understand where you’re coming from with this. I have the same issues. What I did, was Google a text to speech service that said my name and record that as the greeting. There’s also “how to pronounce” videos on YouTube that have many names. That’s my workaround to the. I agree though, forcing people to record their own name to set up voicemail does make it inaccessible to some disabled people. Lots of folks are non-verbal for example.
Xarq I see where people are coming from on this, but I do feel that it is danger of being blown out of proportion. As has already been stated, it's possible to simply make some noise/get someone else to say 'the person you are calling' etc.
For many of us, we get a fairly good service at a very reasonable cost; it is a no-frills service.
On a purely personal level, this feature would be very low down on a list of things I need from Smarty. I have left a message that simply says that I (no name given and using my posh voice) cannot take your call. If I were a more vulnerable person, I would have asked a friend to leave such a message.
The problem is, the outgoing message is a combination of your personally recorded message followed by a pre-recorded statement of "...is unable to answer your call ..etc" so that's limiting as to what you can do, without sounding amateurish. I just feel that it's probably a simple matter for the network admin to re-program the system to enable the option of either a fully automated message, or a fully self-recorded message, as per other networks. It's the enforced hybrid combination that causes problems. I offer this more as a feedback suggestion to Smarty for an improved and more attractive service, rather than a complaint. Feedback is valuable after all 🙂
And yes, I agree that Smarty offers a decent, good value service. There's always room to improve though, and no business can afford to rest on their laurels.
Xarq What's wrong with it sounding amateurish? After all, this is not a service for professionals/businesses.
Again, yer pays yer money - yer takes yer choice.
Each to their own, and if that works for you then fine. I'm not arguing, I'm simply giving friendly feedback to Smarty on an area that I think could be improved, and would thus benefit both them and their customers.
