While call screening does not presently threaten the representativeness of samples in telephone surveys, the increased incidence of answering machines together with the increased percentage of households indicating these devices are sometimes used to screen calls demonstrate that the potential bias from this...
There are still other times when people do not want to be interrupted by a telephone call, even calls from friends having the preassigned code. However, these previously known answering machines do not allow for certain calls requiring immediate attention, such as calls from family members, to ...
or an automatic message will be played if the owner does not record one. Answering machines can usually be programmed to take the call at a certain number of rings. This is useful if the owner is screening calls and does not wish to ...
The use of policy-free automatic-answering devices (like answering machines) and amplifiers (speakerphones and call-screening devices) weakens this defense. In push-to-talk applications, media can be sent from UAC to UAS without user oversight, but no media is sent from the called UAS without...
It's inevitable. Sometimes customers will call when everyone's hands are full. If your company prides itself on its customer service, you want that call answered. That's where call answering and digital announcing machines come into play. ...
A telephone line interface (100) receives a telephone call from a telephone user. The ring detector (110) detects a ring of the phone of the customer. The ring detector (110) activates the processor to play a predetermined first message (136) to the user. The user provides a dialed ...