Pre-recorded voice responses for portable communication devices
A portable communication device may be used so that, in place of speaking into the portable communication device during a telephone call, users may initiate playback of pre-recorded messages to the party with whom the user is communicating. In one implementation, a device may receive, during a telephone call between a first party and a second party, a command from the first party to transmit a pre-recorded message to the second party. The pre-recorded message may be an audible message that was pre-recorded by the first party. The device may transmit the pre-recorded message to the second party in response to the command.
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a device and during a telephone call established between a first party and a second party, a command from the first party to transmit a pre-recorded message to the second party,
the pre-recorded message being an audible message;
switching, by the device and during the established telephone call, a mode of the device from a first mode to a pre-recorded message mode;
transmitting, by the device and while the device is in the pre-recorded message mode, the pre-recorded message to the second party based on the command; and
transferring, by the device and based on another command from the first party, a device associated with the second party into a voice mail system.
2. The method of claim 1 , where the command is received and transmitted from a portable communication device.
3. The method of claim 1 , where the device, while in the first mode, is operable to transmit real-time speech of the first party to the second party.
4. The method of claim 1 , where the command is received by a network device and where the method further includes:
substituting the pre-recorded message for the command before transmitting the pre-recorded message to the second party.
5. The method of claim 1 , where the command includes one or more dual-tone multi-frequency (DTMF) signals.
6. The method of claim 1 , where the command is entered by the first party via one or more keypad buttons on a portable communication device.
7. The method of claim 1 , where the pre-recorded message is previously recorded by the first party.
8. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising:
one or more instructions, executable by a processor of a device, to cause the processor to:
receive, during a telephone call established between a first party and a second party, a command from the first party to transmit a pre-recorded message to the second party,
the pre-recorded message being an audible message;
switch, during the established telephone call, a mode of the device from a first mode to a pre-recorded message mode;
transmit, while the device is in the pre-recorded message mode, the pre-recorded message to the second party based on the command; and
transfer, based on another command from the first party, a device associated with the second party into a voice mail system.
9. The medium of claim 8 , where the command is received and transmitted from a portable communication device.
10. The medium of claim 8 , where the first mode is associated with transmitting real-time speech of the first party to the second party.
11. The medium of claim 8 , where the command is received by a network device and the instructions further comprise:
one or more instructions to substitute the pre-recorded message for the command before transmitting the pre-recorded message to the second party.
12. The medium of claim 8 , where the command includes one or more dual-tone multi-frequency (DTMF) signals.
13. The medium of claim 8 , where the command is entered by the first party via one or more keypad buttons on a portable communication device.
14. The medium of claim 8 , where the pre-recorded message is previously recorded by the first party.
15. A device comprising:
a processor to:
receive commands from a first communication device,
each command identifying a different pre-recorded audible message that is to be forwarded to a second communication device;
store the different pre-recorded audible messages;
switch, during an established telephone call between the first communication device and the second communication device, a mode of the device from a first mode to a pre-recorded message mode;
transmit, while the device is in the pre-recorded message mode, at least one of the different pre-recorded audible messages to the second communication device during a telephone call between the first communication device and the second communication device; and
transfer, based on another command from the first communication device, the second communication device into a voice mail system.
16. The device of claim 15 , where the first communication device is a portable telephone.
17. The device of claim 15 , where the commands are received as dual-tone multi-frequency (DTMF) signals from the first communication device.
18. The device of claim 15 , where at least one of the different pre-recorded audible messages is previously recorded by a user of the first communication device.
19. The device of claim 15 , where at least one of the different pre-recorded audible messages is recorded in at least one of a standard voice or a voice of a user of the first communication device.
20. The device of claim 15 , where the device, while in the first mode, is operable to transmit real-time speech.