Phone system

Custom greetings

Upload a sound file or use multi-language text-to-speech in a voice you pick.

A custom greeting is the first thing a caller hears. It sets the tone before anyone on your team has said a word. Voxbi lets you create professional audio prompts in three ways: upload a recording you already have, record a new one, or type the words you want and let the built-in text-to-speech engine turn them into speech. The result is an announcement file you can drop into any part of your call flow.

Greetings live inside Voxbi's sound file library, which means you manage them in one place and reuse them wherever you need. A welcome message for your main number, a queue announcement telling callers their position, a voicemail prompt for an absent team member: all of these draw from the same pool of audio files, and changing a file once updates it everywhere it appears.

When you'd use custom greetings

  • A professional services firm that wants its main number answered with a branded welcome message before the IVR menu appears, rather than a plain ringtone.

  • A support team that needs different hold announcements for different queues, so callers hear relevant information for the product or service they called about.

  • A small team with limited recording equipment that wants polished audio: they type the script, choose a voice from the text-to-speech engine, and have a finished file in seconds.

How custom greetings work in Voxbi

  1. Open the sound files library

    In the Voxbi Cockpit, navigate to Sound Files and then Announcements. This is where all voice prompts live, and you can see at a glance how many times each one is already in use across your system.

  2. Create or upload your audio

    Click "New Announcement" and either upload an existing file (WAV, MP3, or OGG are accepted) or switch to text-to-speech, type your script, and choose a language and voice. The system converts the text and saves the result as a playable announcement.

  3. Preview before you publish

    Each announcement has an in-browser audio player so you can listen back before wiring it into a live call flow. Once you are happy with it, save the file.

  4. Attach it to a call flow step

    In your call flows, IVR menus, queues, or voicemail steps, select the announcement from the library. Because the file is stored centrally, updating it later updates every place that references it at once.

Frequently asked questions

What audio formats does Voxbi accept for uploads?

You can upload WAV files, MP3, and OGG. The system converts the file automatically if needed, so you do not have to re-encode your recordings before uploading.

Can I use text-to-speech in multiple languages?

Yes. The text-to-speech engine supports multiple languages and offers a choice of voices within each language. You select the language and voice when creating the announcement, so you can produce greetings in the language your callers expect.

What happens if I update a greeting that is already live?

Because announcements are stored centrally and referenced by name, editing an existing file updates it everywhere it is used. You do not need to re-attach it to your call flows or queues. Push the configuration from the Voxbi Cockpit after saving your change and the update goes live.

Can different teams or queues use different greetings?

Yes. You can create as many announcement files as you need and attach different ones to different steps in your call flows. Each queue, IVR, or playback step references whichever file you choose, so your sales line and your support line can each have their own distinct voice and message.

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