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AI receptionist for garages: your phone answered while your hands are in an engine

Voani answers your garage's phone while you work: it gives rough prices from your rates, takes down appointments with the number plate, the fault and the phone number, and handles “is my car ready?” calls by noting who's asking. When each call ends, it leaves you a summary, with what you need to do.

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What it does at your garage

  • Gives rough prices from your rates: an oil change, a set of brake pads, a service. If something needs looking at first, it says so.
  • Takes down appointments with the car, the number plate, what's wrong with it, the day they'd prefer and their phone number.
  • Answers the usual questions: opening hours, where you are, whether you work on a particular make or whether they need to book.
  • Handles “is my car ready yet?”: it notes the number plate and phone number so you can let them know.
  • Picks up calls after you've closed and leaves you the message for first thing.

Rules for your garage, in one click

The dashboard has ideas for garages, which you add as they are or change:

  • When they ask how much a repair costs → say the car needs to be seen and offer to bring it in for a free, no-obligation quote.
  • When their car has broken down on the road → ask where they are and for a number, and say they'll be called right away.
  • When they ask if their car is ready → take the registration and their number, and say they'll be told as soon as it is.

Rough prices by phone; the quote, in writing

Over the phone it gives the rough prices you have in your rates, and makes it clear that's what they are: the actual quote is given in writing at the garage. A rule so it always says so:

  • When they ask for a fixed price → say it's a rough guide and that the quote is given in writing at the garage.

The number plate, on every call

As well as the name, the phone number, the reason and their preferred date, you ask for the details that are useful to you, up to five of your own: the number plate, the make and model, the type of service, whether they need a tow or the job number of a repair. When it's given a number plate or a phone number, it repeats it back to confirm, and in your dashboard each call arrives with those details in order, so you can search for it or download it as a CSV.

What it learns from your website

With “Read my website”, the AI reads up to 12 pages of your website and writes its document: your services, the rates you publish, opening hours and directions. If your prices are in a PDF, you upload it. Whatever isn't there, you write in yourself: whether you offer a courtesy car, whether you collect cars from customers' homes or how long a service takes.

What it would cost you

0.13 € per minute of conversation, VAT included and billed by the second. An example to give you an idea: 12 calls a day lasting 2 minutes, 22 days a month, come to 528 minutes: 68.64 € a month. You start with 20 free minutes, no card needed.

What it doesn't do yet

  • Check your garage management software: it doesn't know how far along each repair is; it takes a note so you can let them know.
  • Book the appointment into your diary: it notes it down and your team confirms it.
  • Connect to the garage's phone: coming very soon. Today you create it and try it from your browser.

Example call

Garage

CustomerHi, how much is an oil change on a Seat León?

AgentWith the filter, 65 €, and it's done in an hour. Shall I put you down for it?

CustomerYes, Thursday morning. The number plate is 1234 KLM.

AgentNoted for Thursday morning. They'll confirm the time shortly.

What it notes down for you: Oil change · Seat León 1234 KLM · Thursday morning

This is an example: each agent answers with what its business tells it.

Frequently asked questions

Does it give quotes?

It gives rough prices from the rates in its document. For a repair that needs looking at, with the dashboard's rule it offers to have the car brought in for a free, no-obligation quote.

Does it note the number plate?

Yes, if you ask it to: the number plate, the model or the mileage are details of your own that you add in the dashboard. When it's given the plate, it repeats it back to confirm.

Can it tell someone if their car is ready?

It can't see your garage management software, so it doesn't know. It takes the number plate and phone number and says you'll let them know as soon as it is.

What does it do if a car breaks down on the road?

Whatever you tell it. The rule the dashboard suggests: it asks where they are and for a number, and says you'll call them right away. In your dashboard, it flags the call so you can ring them yourself.

How much does it cost?

0.13 € per minute of conversation, VAT included, billed by the second. You start with 20 free minutes, no card needed, and no commitment.

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