Answering Machine Greetings
Keep voicemail greetings short, clear, and appropriate to the audience. Use custom or templated messages carefully; avoid long music, offensive content, and oversharing.
Telephone Answering Machines
A concise update on how telephone answering moved from tape recorders to solid-state devices, carrier voicemail, VoIP, and cloud/visual voicemail on smartphones.
Answering Machines
Answering machines record calls locally on your phone line, unlike carrier voicemail. From Poulsen's 1898 telegraphone to today's solid-state units, answering devices evolved from tape to flash storage and still offer local control and privacy for some users.