Phone greetings

Professional phone greetings, without a voice actor.

Generate a professional phone greeting with an AI voice: type the text, pick a natural voice in 50+ languages and download an MP3 for voicemail, an IVR menu or after-hours. A typical greeting costs about 4 cents, with no subscription and no voice actor. Hear the voices free before you pay.

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Pay per greeting · no subscription · 50+ languages. A typical greeting costs about a nickel.

Every greeting your line needs

Write it, hear it, download it - in minutes, not a booking with a studio.

after-hours-greeting.mp3
210 characters · Premium voice · Sage
Ready
Main"Thank you for calling Northside Dental. Your call is important to us - please stay on the line and the next available team member will be with you shortly."
Hours"You've reached us outside business hours. We're open Monday to Friday, 9 to 5. Please leave a message and we'll call you back the next working day."
Menu"For appointments, press 1. For billing, press 2. To speak with reception, press 0 at any time."

Why businesses use AI for this

Greetings change rarely and cost real money to record the old way.

Voice talent is slow and pricey

A freelance voice actor for one 20-second prompt means a brief, a fee and a day or two of waiting.

Now: type it, hear it, download it in a minute - and re-do it free the moment your hours or promo change.

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Subscriptions make no sense

You update your greeting a couple of times a year. A $19/month voice plan is 90% wasted.

Now: pay per greeting. A $5 top-up covers dozens of them, and the credits never expire.

Customers in more than one language

Offering a Spanish or French greeting used to mean a second voice actor and a second invoice.

Now: generate the same message in 50+ languages from one account - a bilingual menu in minutes.

Pennies per greeting

Greetings are short, so they're cheap. Pick a warm voice and pay only for the characters.

Standard
OpenAI
50 credits / 1,000 characters
≈ $0.10 / 1k

OpenAI voices - clear and professional for everyday prompts and menus.

Premium
ElevenLabs Multilingual v2
180 credits / 1,000 characters
≈ $0.37 / 1k

ElevenLabs Multilingual v2 - the most lifelike, for a premium brand voice.

A 20-second greeting is ≈ 350 characters - well under 20 credits on Standard, about 4 cents.

Frequently asked questions

What format do I get, and will my phone system accept it?

You download a standard MP3. Most modern systems - VoIP, Google Voice, RingCentral, most cloud PBX - accept MP3 directly. Older on-premise systems sometimes want WAV or µ-law; convert the MP3 with any free converter if yours does.

Can I make a voicemail greeting, an IVR menu and hold messages?

Yes - anything you can type. Voicemail, after-hours, main greeting, phone-tree prompts, holiday closures and hold announcements are all just short scripts.

How many languages are available?

Standard (OpenAI) covers 50+ languages, so you can offer greetings for the languages your callers actually speak. The ElevenLabs tiers cover around 30.

Can I preview the voice before I pay?

Yes - every voice has a free preview. Compare a few, pick the one that fits your brand, and only then generate the final MP3.

Is it really cheaper than a voice actor?

A short greeting costs a few cents versus tens of dollars per prompt for freelance talent - and you can re-record it yourself, free, whenever details change.

Sound professional on the first ring.

Type your greeting, preview a voice free, download the MP3. Pay per greeting - no subscription, credits never expire.

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