The
terms autodialer,
automatic dialer
and auto-dialer
can mean the same
thing to one person
and totally different
things to another
person. The worst
part is, one manufacturer
of dialing systems
can call a specific
technology automatic
dialing while
another manufacturer
calls the same
technology a preview
dialer. Even Wikipedia
seems to change
it's definitions
every week or
so and the ones
that do end up
staying for a
while aren't accurate
in our opinion.
We will list some
examples of dialing
technologies and
the names commonly
associated with
them.
Autodialer
or auto dialer
is a system that
plays a pre-recorded
message when the
receiving partys
telephone is picked
up. Some other
terms associated
with a system
that plays a pre-recorded
message are: robodialer,
voice messaging
system, autodialer,
auto dialer, automatic
dialer (although
in our opinion
this is not a
correct definition)
and IVR.
Automatic
dialer: An automatic
dialer is a system
that will dial
telephone numbers
automatically
for you and connect
a live person
with a live person
or answering machine.
An automatic dialer
comes in several
different varieties: