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Configuring your receptionist

Voice, name, greeting, escalation rules, urgency keywords, and quiet hours.

Updated 2026-04-29

/portal/receptionist controls how your AI receptionist sounds + behaves. Default settings work out of the box; tune to your liking once you've heard a few calls.

Voice + name

Pick from the available voice options (we offer professional female and male voices in English + Spanish). Set the receptionist's name — defaults to 'Jessica' but you can pick anything. The name appears in the greeting + AI call summaries.

Greeting

Two-tag template: [Receptionist] [Business]. Plyrium expands those at runtime so you don't have to update the greeting if you change your business name or receptionist's name later.

Sample greetings

Default"This is [Receptionist] at [Business] — how can I help you today?"
Friendlier"Hi! [Receptionist] here at [Business] — what can I do for you?"
Formal"Thank you for calling [Business], this is [Receptionist] speaking."

Urgent escalation

Settings → Notifications. Define the urgency keywords your receptionist treats as a true emergency (defaults: 'leak', 'flood', 'no heat', 'no AC', 'gas smell', 'burst pipe'). When a caller mentions any of them, the receptionist:

  1. Tags the call urgent + the lead category 'urgent_lead'.
  2. Pages you (SMS + email + push if configured) immediately.
  3. Optionally transfers the call to you (if your transfer number is set + you're reachable).
  4. Books the soonest available slot if you don't pick up.

Quiet hours

Settings → Notifications → Quiet hours (start + end). During this window, urgent escalation degrades from 'call you' to 'SMS you' so you don't get woken up. The customer still gets a booking; the alert just lands quieter.

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