recorded messages

Audio left behind

Recorded messages are audio communications that have been captured and stored for later playback.

The term often refers to pre-recorded announcements on phone systems: Please listen carefully as our menu options have changed.

Answering machines and voicemail also store recorded messages from callers.

The phrase can imply impersonal, automated communication—the opposite of speaking with a live person.

Related

inbox · notification · tape · cassette · audio · phone · dial tone · missed call · caller ID · listen · delete · save · rewind · automated · hold music · menu · please hold · transcription

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Opposites
temporal immediacy

recorded messagesreal-time communication

Interaction without transmission delay

live chat · instant messaging · live broadcast · video calls · video call

human presence

recorded messageslive operator

direct address · physical presence

spontaneity

recorded messagesspontaneous speech

Unrehearsed verbal expression

ad-lib · stream of consciousness

Family

recorded, messages, record, message, recording, records, recorder, recorders, recordings

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G