Callers are prompted to enter their choices of brand, price range, style, model, etc. The caller can hear a detailed description of each vehicle. After hours and on holidays the system offers choices of information and the ability for callers to leave messages in any of several 'mailboxes' for different departments. A service 'hotline' gives callers the ability to declare an emergency, causing the system to immediately start placing calls to registered technicians to deliver the emergency message. School Homework-Line top of page Teachers record information about class activity and homework assignments.
Parents call the system, enter a class ID code, and hear the teacher's recording.
Truancy is dramatically reduced because the system calls parents at home in the evening if a child was absent that day. Parents can access often requested information about the school, such as lunch menus and event schedules. Because the system is coupled to the school's scheduling computer, there is minimal staff time required to keep the system current with changing student and class assignments. Members call the system and respond to the survey questions using touch-tone entries. The system automatically and continuously tabulates survey results, and upon request, either prints them or sends them by fax to an office that is not at the same location as the system.