If you’ve called anyone in the past few months and found a voice system recording your message, you’ve been screened. What is call screening, and why is it everywhere?
Depending on your phone settings, you may have a relatively new feature activated and it could be helping you stop telemarketers and scammers from getting through your phone. It’s called “call screening”, and it could just be your new best friend, but it also might be frustrating to encounter.
What is it, how does it work, and can you turn it off?
On the February 10 broadcast of ABC Canberra Mornings with Saskia Mabin, Pickr’s editor Leigh Stark joins to talk about how call screening works and where you can find it, while also diving into another technology using voice on phones in a totally different way: voice clones being used for scams.
Hear the segment at the ABC from the 46 minute mark (45.53 to be exact) before it’s pulled down.
