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is there away if an ai assistant makes an outbound call and receives an answering machine, they can leave a simple message like "please call Dr Jones office at 888-111-2222"

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Absolutely! When making an outbound call, if the AI assistant encounters an answering machine, it can certainly leave a message. You can specify the message you'd like to leave in the system by using the `assistant` field to provide a temporary assistant that will handle the call and leave the message, or by specifying an `assistantId` if you have a pre-configured assistant for this purpose.

Would you like to proceed with setting up an outbound call to leave a message on an answering machine? If so, please provide the phone number to call and confirm the message you'd like to leave.

You can continue this conversation by mentioning me in the message.

Got it. Tagging <@&1231325148079194222> for additional help.

1. add vociemail message to your assistant
property name: `voicemailMessage`

2. enabled `voicemailDetection` property with required parameters

https://docs.vapi.ai/api-reference/assistants/update-assistant