You can now use the Talk In Church feature to add a Digital Receptionist to your phone number!
A Digital Receptionist is what people will hear and interact with when they call your Talk In Church number.
It allows the caller to press a number to learn more information or connect with different ministry at your church!
We’ve created a helpful template for you to quickly set up your Digital Receptionist, but you’re more than welcome to build one from scratch!
Here are the steps to take:
Sign in to Text In Church.
Select the Calling section of your account.
Here you will want to click the “Add New” button on the top right side of that section.
Click on Create from scratch to build your Digital Receptionist
Click on Next
Create a name and description for your Digital Receptionist to help you remember what it is for.
Click Continue.
Next, fill out your Church information to automatically populate into Actions, or skip this step.
Once you have filled in your information, click Done.
From here, you can read through the sample Welcome Script and make changes to your Digital Receptionist.
Click Add Action to set up what will happen when the caller dials an option. Example: “Press 1 to hear our Service Times and Locations.”
Use one of our prewritten Actions to fit your needs or create your own with the Custom Action option.
You can use Service Times and Locations to share when and where services are held.
Plan a Visit can be used to allow callers to Plan A Visit to your church in the future.
Staff Directory is helpful for callers to find the specific staff member they may have been looking for.
Team Directory allows callers to find the team they want to reach regarding questions.
Prayer Request allows guests to leave a voicemail message with their requests for prayers.
Share opportunities for callers to serve and leave a voicemail with Service Opportunities.
Callers can leave a message for you to get back to them using the Leave a Message action.
Urgent Request can be used to forward callers to a care pastor.
Custom Action can be used to fill in any blanks and create any other needs you may have for your Digital Receptionist.
Some additional options your Receptionist can do are:
Send a text message allowing you to send a text message of your choice to the person calling.
The Add to Group option allows the person calling to be added to a Group in your account, if you have Text In Church as well.
The Forward to option forwards incoming calls to the selected Caller after the recording plays.
You can have your Digital Receptionist Capture a voicemail, and then choose a User from the drop-down box so they can receive an email notification for the voicemail.
Then, you can click the settings wheel next to Active to set up the Pro Voice
Studio settings for your Digital Receptionist.
From here, you can set up your Pro Voice Studio settings, which will allow you to create custom recordings using advanced deep-learning technologies to synthesize natural-sounding human voices, or you can record your own voice to use in the Digital Receptionist
(Note: you will need your own microphone to record your own.)
Finally, all changes are saved automatically as you work through your Digital Receptionist.
You can click the Active button if you want to deactivate this Digital Receptionist for now.Note: Pressing * will repeat the current menu, while pressing 0 will return to the main menu of the Digital Receptionist.
Still have questions? No worries, we’re always happy to help!
Send us a chat message or email our Member Support team at support@textinchurch.com
