Record

Use the record node to record a caller's audio to a variable or file.

An example use of this node is to record a caller's name for a voicemail service.

Name

Give the node a name.

Prompt

Enter the prompt to instruct the caller to leave an audio message for the recording.

The Add Pause, Volume, Pitch, Emphasis, Say As, and Rate menus above the TTS prompt apply SSML parameters. See Text-to-Speech Prompts.

Assign Recording File to Audio Variable

Save the recording to an audio variable for later use in Studio. Select or create the audio variable.

Assign Recording File Public URL to Variable

Save the public URL to the recording to a variable. Select or create the variable.

The recording is available for seven days.

Settings

Field	Description
Send to	Email the recording (wav file attachment) to these addresses. Separate each email address with a comma. To enter an email address as a variable, type {{ and select from the available options.
Custom recording filename	Give a name to the file of the audio recording. Enter the filename through the expression builder. Click the pencil icon to open the expression builder. If left blank, the filename is of the form <UUID>_recording.wav
Record duration (seconds)	Select the maximum record time. The default maximum record time is 300 seconds. You cannot set the maximum record time to longer than 300 seconds. The caller can press # to stop recording ahead of this time.
Play beep sound before recording starts	When selected, the caller hears a beep sound to indicate that the recording has started.