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AI Receptionist
Answer routine enquiries with a controlled voice workflow.
Explore an AI receptionist for a clearly defined use case, with approved answers, caller handling and human escalation.
Prices cover the listed scope. Additional work and external costs are quoted separately.
Listen to the conversation
Hear our AI receptionist in action.
Listen to our AI receptionist respond to calls for roofing, plumbing and HVAC businesses.
ScaleXTalk
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A practical approach
Design the call around a useful outcome.
An AI receptionist needs approved answers, a clear intake goal and an effective route to a person when needed.
Define the conversation
Provide the services, opening hours and questions the agent may answer. Agree what it should collect and which commitments require human approval.
Plan the handoff
Set the destination and conditions for transferring a call. Platforms such as Vapi support call-transfer tools; the actual configuration depends on the deployment.
Test the difficult calls
Check interruptions, unavailable staff, misunderstood details and out-of-scope requests. Agree a callback route and review the intake record after each pilot scenario.
Listen to the supplied call recordings above, then use the assessment to define your own call rules.
Platform reference: Vapi: call-transfer tools
AI Receptionist
What we’ll deliver.
Prepare one inbound business line with approved FAQs, a supported booking/CRM integration and clear human fallback rules.
- Routine calls interrupt your team.
- Missed calls need a reliable follow-up route.
- You need to understand call usage, limitations and human handoff.
Define what the receptionist can answer
Document twenty business FAQs, call types, qualification details and the supported language.
How we check it
Approve facts and define situations requiring a person or a message-taking route.
Connect the booking or CRM action
Configure one supported integration and the required caller information.
How we check it
Confirm appointments or saved records only after the connected system reports success.
Rehearse fifteen call scenarios
Test routine enquiries, interruptions, unclear requests, unavailable slots and transfer failures.
How we check it
Review the call evidence and resolve incorrect answers or false confirmations before launch.
Set the operating review
Agree transfer ownership, usage costs and review of twenty sampled calls each month.
How we check it
Record recurring issues and approved changes to the business rules.
Your handover
Approved conversation rules, fifteen-scenario call test record, integration checks and operating/usage notes.
Included scope and boundaries
- 1 inbound business line
- 1 language and 1 booking/CRM integration subject to capability
- 20 business FAQs
- 15 test scenarios
- human-transfer/fallback rules
- monthly review of 20 sampled calls
Outside this scope: Unlimited calls, bundled live-agent staffing, outbound campaigns, unsupported languages and emergency decision handling
Scope and investment
Plan the work and the budget together.
$750 – $1,500 setup + $150 – $350 / month management
2–3-week pilot after business rules and access
Additional costs
Voice platform/telephony/usage paid separately; final all-in estimate required
What changes the cost?
Call volume, duration, integration requirements and escalation rules determine usage and support costs. Request a total estimate that includes the selected voice platform and telephone charges.
Working with your budget
If the full scope is beyond your budget, we’ll prioritise the most useful work and agree a smaller first phase with you.
What we need from you
- Call types/volume
- language
- calendar/CRM
Share what is available. We’ll identify any missing access or inputs during scoping.
Published prices apply to the listed scope. Deliverables, timing, revisions and external costs are confirmed before work starts.
Budget planning · USD
See setup and running costs together.
These editable example inputs are assumptions, not a quote or a vendor price. Replace them with your actual allowances. Taxes and unlisted work are excluded. A zero means excluded from this scenario, not included free.
View a delivery checklist for this service
A call pilot acceptance sheet
An illustrative delivery approach to help you review the scope. This is a planning example, not a client case study.
| Stage | Example work | Acceptance or decision |
|---|---|---|
| Routine enquiry | Caller asks for the business service and gives the required contact details. | Check approved answers, clarity and interruption handling in a recorded test. |
| Appointment | Caller requests an available time in the connected calendar. | Only confirm after a successful booking response; read back the agreed details. |
| Failure or transfer | Calendar fails, no slot is available or caller requests a person. | Use the agreed transfer/message route; do not invent a successful booking. |
A ScaleXSol product
ScaleXTalk
AI receptionist & voice automation
Keep the conversation going when your team is busy. ScaleXTalk handles business calls, collects caller details, qualifies enquiries and supports appointment booking.
- AI call answering
- Appointment booking
- Caller details and lead qualification
- Customisable call scripts
Product or managed service?
ScaleXTalk is the voice product. ScaleXSol can scope the business setup, call rules, integration, testing and management separately. Confirm the selected product plan and deployment requirements in the combined quote.
What should I evaluate?
Listen to the roofing, plumbing and HVAC call recordings on the AI receptionist service page to assess the voice and responses. Before deployment, also test appointment booking, interruptions and human fallback against your business rules.
What makes up the total cost?
One-time setup, recurring management, the product/platform plan, telephone numbers and call usage. The management allowance alone is not the total operating cost.
View illustrative platform examples
Tools and delivery
Platform examples
Illustrative platform screens show the type of work and reporting. These are not client results.
Vapi
AI call intake and handoff
Review sample call intake, extracted details and the human handoff.
Calendly
Appointment availability and booking
Connect available slots with service details and confirmation rules.
HubSpot
Lead ownership and deal pipeline
Give each enquiry an owner, a next action and a clearly defined stage.
n8n
Lead routing and exception handling
Inspect validation, duplicate checks, destinations and exception handling.
Optional delivery walkthroughs · illustrative
Project walkthroughs
All project walkthroughsFrom idea to something you can inspect.
Explore eight illustrative projects, from the initial brief to delivery and acceptance. Businesses and data in these walkthroughs are fictional.
AI and operations
Oakline Service Group
A dependable handoff from first enquiry to appointment.
Illustrative project
Explore the walkthroughCompare related services
- Organise the sales process
Pipeline, data and team adoption.
- Connect order confirmations
Messaging, writeback and exception handling.
- Connect two systems
A defined one-way data flow.
Before you decide
Questions worth asking.
Can I hear it handle a real enquiry and transfer to a person?
Listen to the roofing, plumbing and HVAC call recordings above to assess the AI receptionist’s voice and responses. Use the call acceptance checklist to plan your own pilot, including a representative enquiry, booking attempt and human fallback using your business rules.
How does ScaleXTalk relate to this service?
ScaleXTalk is the AI voice product. This service scopes setup, business rules, testing and ongoing management around an agreed deployment. Confirm the product plan and integrations first; the service management allowance does not include all voice, telephone or usage charges.
What if the caller interrupts or booking fails?
Define what the assistant may answer, when it should ask a clarifying question and when it must transfer or take a message. A failed calendar response must not become a confirmed appointment. The pilot should test those cases and identify the human escalation owner.
What is the starting budget and what is separate?
$750 – $1,500 setup + $150 – $350 / month management. Voice platform/telephony/usage paid separately; final all-in estimate required These are published USD prices. The written quote must state the complete cost, payment schedule and applicable taxes.
When can the work begin and what do you need from me?
2–3-week pilot after business rules and access. To scope the work, prepare: Call types/volume; language; calendar/CRM. The schedule starts after the required access, inputs and approvals are ready.
How are revisions, extra work and support agreed?
Use the listed deliverables and exclusions as the starting point. The quote must state acceptance checks, review rounds, payment stages, cancellation arrangements and any ongoing support. Requested additions need an agreed cost and schedule before implementation.
Getting started
Keep exploring
Your next useful step.
Start with the right questions
Plan my projectLet’s scope your next step.
Tell us where you are, what needs to change, and what success would look like for your business.