• @[email protected]
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    48 months ago

    No there isn’t.

    Text if school is cancelled. Throw 2fa out the window. Phone numbers are not identity. Text appointment reminders. Literally nothing needs a robo voice that isn’t better as text.

        • Encrypt-Keeper
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          08 months ago

          You want your doctor to broadcast your appointment reminders over the radio?

            • Encrypt-Keeper
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              08 months ago

              In 2024, have a human call for reminders for every client every single day for every appointment… yeah right. Enjoy that while it lasts.

              • @[email protected]
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                08 months ago

                If you don’t have the time to call all of your patients, you don’t have the time to provide medical care to them.

                • Encrypt-Keeper
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                  18 months ago

                  You’ll actually have a lot of time to provide medical care to your patients when you don’t have to waste all that time calling them for no reason when that can be easily automated.

    • @[email protected]
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      08 months ago

      Phone numbers actually can be an identity, but generally that’s just business numbers. There’s also a lot of phone numbers that aren’t cell phones and can’t get texts. It’s a lot easier and cheaper for companies to design one system. Depending on the company, they’ll still do text/email reminders for things. Old people like phone calls, so companies need to know their audience too. Again, cheaper to build a single system, so that tends to be the default.

      Source: I design call centers for a living, personally done probably 200+ projects over the years, in banking, insurance, retail, transportation, state/local govt, etc.