Greeting maker · from €19
Create your phone greeting
Type the text, pick a voice and listen to a preview.
Listening is free, no account needed
WAV and MP3, in your phone system's format
VAT invoice sent to your inbox automatically
Have your voicemail recorded, or type it yourself
Both work. Above you type the text yourself and hear within seconds how it sounds. Would you rather hand it over? Then we write the script and record it for you. Either way you listen first and only pay once it is right.
What you type does not have to be finished. You can adjust the text as often as you like and listen again every time, at no cost.
Welcome greeting, phone menu or closed message
Most companies need more than one. These are the greetings people make most often:
- Welcome greeting
- The first thing a caller hears. Usually your company name and a short greeting.
- Phone menu
- The greeting that routes the caller. Keep the options short and put the number last: for accounts, press 2.
- Queue message
- What plays while someone is waiting. Often combined with on-hold music.
- Closed message
- Outside opening hours or during a holiday. Say when you are reachable again.
- Voicemail
- For when nobody picks up. Ask for a name, a number and what it is about.
You make them one by one above, or together if you need several at once.
How to write a script that sounds right
A spoken text reads differently from a written one. Four things that make the most difference in practice:
- Write the way you speak. Short sentences. Read along out loud while you type.
- Put the most important information first. Callers drop off, so your company name and the reason for the message belong in the first sentence.
- Write times out in full. From nine to five sounds more natural than from 9 to 17.
- Give phone numbers as separate digits. That way they are read out calmly and clearly.
Not sure where to start? There is a library of ready-made scripts above, by situation and by industry.
The right file for your phone system or answering machine
A phone system often will not simply accept an MP3. Many systems want a WAV in a specific format, and the wrong file is rejected or sounds distorted. You get the file your system needs straight away, with a short note on where to upload it.
Putting the greeting on a mobile phone's voicemail works differently: you record that through your provider's call menu. We have separate instructions for that.