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: