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# What Sayora does

Sayora is your AI receptionist. When you can't get to the phone, your receptionist answers in your business's name, takes the caller's details, answers their questions, and texts you the lead before you've even called back.

## How it works

* You get a dedicated UK number with a local area code.
* You forward the calls you miss to it. You keep answering your own phone as normal; only the ones you don't pick up roll through.
* Your receptionist greets the caller by your business name, finds out who they are and what they need, and answers your common questions.
* The moment the call ends, you get a text with the lead. If you choose, your caller gets a text from your business recapping what they asked about.

## A couple of things worth knowing

Sayora is inbound only: it answers your callers and never rings them. And your receptionist won't invent a price or a fact you haven't been given; anything you haven't covered gets taken down as a message for you instead.

Sayora builds your receptionist in minutes, and you can be live the same day, with no setup call. The signup screens and forwarding your calls take a few minutes each. The usual hold-up is your phone network: if yours has to switch forwarding on from their end, your receptionist starts taking calls once they have. See [Your first hour](https://help.sayora.ai/en/article/your-first-hour-jxvtn3/) for the checklist.