Telephonist is the new standard of trust on the phone.
Telephonist ID proves you’re human on the phone, not a bot or a deepfake. It puts humans first in the AI era, from the calls your business answers to the calls AI makes for you.
Answer every call with Telephonist AI. Prove every call with Telephonist ID.
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Telephonist Solutions
As AI floods the phone, Telephonist answers every call, and securely and privately proves the real, unique human behind every call it makes.
Telephonist Terrestrial
Answered on Earth.Delivered by satellite.
No signal? You still get the message.
Join the satellite pilotTexts, not calls. Works outdoors where your network offers satellite: UK, US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
Telephonist Worldwide
Business lines in the UK. Call our Telephonist from the UK, US, Canada, Australia, South Africa or New Zealand. More countries are on the way.
Telephonist Updates
Dessa, our fave voice model
Block’s research lab trained Dessa only on recordings of people talking: no text at all. Six of Block’s recordings, to play right here.
Talking about the releaseStrong language
Laughter mid-sentence, and a louder voice when it’s asked to speak up.
Remembering a filmStrong language
The person can’t recall a film’s title. Dessa finishes the sentence.
An anniversary surprise
A gasp, then a quiet “oh my god” at the surprise.
A morning’s small talk
A wide range of pace and tone, with a joke along the way.
Life advice
Patient and kind with someone who’s worried about the future.
Dessa talks to another AI
Both voices are AI. Here Dessa talks with GPT-Live-1, a third-party voice model.
The developer of GPT-Live-1 is not affiliated with Telephonist and has not reviewed or endorsed Telephonist.
Recordings and subtitles: Block, Inc. Portraits made with AI. Hear more at block.xyz/dessa.
The developer of Dessa is not affiliated with Telephonist and has not reviewed or endorsed Telephonist.
Telephonist Stories
What we’re pioneering
Telephonist already makes real phone calls for people. But the people who need it most can’t press a button. So I started Still Ask to create a future where a doctor never has to say, “I’m sorry, there is nothing else I can do.” That’s the future where machines help keep us human.
What is Telephonist?
The switchboard for the AI era. Telephonist AI answers your business calls, day and night, and makes calls for you. Telephonist ID proves there’s a real, unique person behind every call our AI makes, so the people you call can trust it.
Hire your Telephonist for £1, all of it back as calls, then pay 30p a minute. No monthly fee.
Why now?
AI can now hold a natural conversation on the phone, and clone a voice from a few seconds of audio. Soon a large share of calls will be made and answered by machines. Every business needs to answer every call, and everyone needs a way to tell a genuine AI call from a scam.
Why was Telephonist started?
So that every business, however small, can answer every call, and so people can keep trusting the phone when AI is on the other end. We’re putting AI on the phones, so we prove every call.
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