โ21-12-2022 03:11 PM
Is it possible to change my voicemail greeting to something that doesnโt include recording myself ?
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โ30-08-2024 10:12 AM
Hi there. I know this thread is a few months old now, but I completely understand where youโre 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. Thereโs also โhow to pronounceโ videos on YouTube that have many names. Thatโs 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.
โ23-02-2023 04:36 PM
Just record your name tag, then other will just get the standard message, and you saying your name
โ25-03-2023 11:41 AM
That's kind of missing the point of not having to record ourselves though
โ21-05-2024 08:25 PM - edited โ21-05-2024 08:35 PM
You are correct. My reply was on the merely suggested work around of not having to record a full message, using just a โname tagโ instead. Perhaps if there is an objection to actually speaking then use an AI bot to say your name and record this, or record a silence as previously suggested in a previous post on this thread?
โ24-02-2023 09:11 AM
Get a friend or family member to record the message for you?
โ25-03-2023 11:48 AM
Hey Rebecca_1768665
I think your only option would be to record silence if you did not want to use your name or voice, you can do this by dialling 123.
โ15-12-2023 12:12 PM
Tried this one today. It blurts out "That greeting's not been recorded", before prompting again for a name. You quite literally can't record silence.
โ26-02-2024 11:36 AM
Iโve started a chat with someone asking about this so Iโll keep you updated, but they seem to think when I say the service is โinaccessibleโ because to people with anxiety and disabilities, they mean I physically canโt access it. ๐ Not the first time this has happened. SMARTY is not accessible for disabled people in the slightest.
โ26-02-2024 11:38 AM
Oh, I didnโt mean to randomly put because after accessible. My bad!
โ26-02-2024 11:43 AM - edited โ26-02-2024 11:44 AM
@8MINKI88 Please can you explain what you mean by "inaccessible"? In what way? Is there something missing that is offered by other networks?
โ26-02-2024 11:46 AM - edited โ26-02-2024 11:51 AM
No other network forces you to have to speak to set up your own mailbox. Nor does any other network pause your services because youโre having a breakdown to your carer and youโre โsending too many messagesโ, and then take 24hours to get it back up and running again, while youโre stranded 3 hours away from home and canโt get back because you have no signal and no 4G.
โ26-02-2024 11:59 AM
@8MINKI88 When you refer to "sending too many messages", how many roughly? I know that the system will suspend users who try to send out bulk messages as this looks like commercial activity.
As far as setting up a voicemail is concerned, it is possible to have someone else merely say "please leave a message" if the system will not accept silence (I've never tried that)
โ26-02-2024 12:05 PM
Okay, the issue is that we shouldnโt have to do that to be able to set up a voicemail. It should be accessible for us anyways. Do you not think? It doesnโt accept silence either. You donโt have to record a message but you still have to record your name to set it up. I also donโt have anyone that could do that for me and I need my voicemail system for my medical care.
And it really wasnโt many. It was 5 minutes of freaking out before I lost all signal. Regardless, they shouldnโt then suspend you and have it then take โup to 24 hoursโ (it took 23) for it to be sorted. And how on Earth are you supposed to be able to contact support with no signal and no data, especially if youโre in the middle of nowhere? Itโs not safe.
โ26-02-2024 12:17 PM
@8MINKI88 Suggestion - Don't give name, but just give number - this reduces the nuisance value since the caller dialled that anyway.
Also don't forget that many medical providers will not leave a message as they are not assured of confidentiality.
If you did not send that many text messages, I think it is worth you raising a complaint as this will move further up the 'chain of command' in the company.
Finally, I understood (but have not tested) that emergency calls to 999 will still operate ss they 'piggyback' off any available network where you are.
โ26-02-2024 12:18 PM
THE ISSUE IS HAVING TO SPEAK. NOT WHAT WE ARE SAYING. When are people like you going to listen to disabled people?
Iโve already raised a complaint thanks.
โ26-02-2024 01:07 PM
@8MINKI88 "People like me" try to offer help to people on here who have problems - people like you. We rarely appreciate being 'called out' when we have only tried to assist.
For your information, I spent many years after retirement from my first career working with many disabled people at Citizens Advice, both as a volunteer and then in senior positions. The object is always to try and find a workaround that will represent a good compromise. Sorry you find that unacceptable and I shall not bother agin.
โ26-02-2024 11:47 AM - edited โ26-02-2024 11:50 AM
I have quite literally never ever EVER had to record my own voicemail messages. Thereโs always an option too, but itโs never default and the ONLY way of having one. Iโve never had to โset upโ a voicemail either.
โ26-02-2024 11:54 AM
Okay update, you quite literally canโt bypass it if you donโt have someone else record it for you. Which is absolutely insane and completely ableist. I keep asking to speak to someone higher up but he just keeps repeating himself. This is so frustrating, all just because I want a voicemail! ๐คฆ๐ปโโ๏ธ
โ20-05-2024 02:46 PM
Rub you finger over the microphone for 3 sec or so then press # Then job done.
โ30-08-2024 10:12 AM
Hi there. I know this thread is a few months old now, but I completely understand where youโre 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. Thereโs also โhow to pronounceโ videos on YouTube that have many names. Thatโs 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.