For US small businesses
An AI receptionist for US small businesses — in English and Spanish, on a local number
It answers your customers in English or Spanish, on a number in your own area code or the one you already have. Below: how recording works under state law, the healthcare question, and the price — $3 to launch, then $49 a month.
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The short answer
What does an AI receptionist do for a US small business?
It answers the phone for you — day, night and weekend — so a customer reaches a voice that can help instead of voicemail. With Daber AI it speaks English or Spanish depending on who calls, books jobs and appointments into your calendar, and hands the caller to you when they want a person. You get a local US number in the area code you choose, or you forward your existing number to it. Every call is recorded, which in some states means every caller has to agree first, so your greeting says so up front.
What it does on every call
- Speaks English or Spanish, whichever the caller uses
- Answers 24/7, including nights, weekends and holidays
- Many calls at once — nobody waits on hold
- Recognizes a returning customer by phone number
- Saves a recording, transcript and summary of every call
Spanish-speaking callers, without a second line
No "para español, oprima dos" menu, and no separate Spanish number to print on the truck. The agent answers in the language the caller speaks and switches when they do, so a customer who starts in English and finishes in Spanish is understood the whole way — and so is the family member who takes over the phone halfway.
You write the greeting, so it can open in both languages, and the answers about your prices, hours and service area are the same in each because they come from the same information you gave it. If a lot of your customers call in Spanish, test it in Spanish yourself before you go live and adjust any wording you'd say differently.
A local number in your area code
A local area code tells a customer the business is nearby. When your launch opens you search US numbers by area code — 212 or 718 in New York City, 305 in Miami, 713 in Houston, 312 in Chicago — and take one of the local numbers the carrier has available in that code right then. If your code has nothing available that day, try an overlay or neighboring code that serves the same area.
Or keep the number already on your website, your truck and your Google listing, and have your carrier forward calls to the agent: every call, or just the ones you don't pick up, so your phone still rings first.
Recording calls: one-party and all-party states
Every call is recorded so you can listen back. Federal wiretap law allows recording when one party to the call consents, and most states follow that rule. A minority of states — California, Florida and Washington among them — generally require the consent of everyone on the call, and a few treat phone calls differently from in-person conversations.
Your customers don't always call from your state, so the simplest habit is to say it on every call. You write the greeting, so the first thing a caller hears can be "This call is recorded so we can help you better," before the conversation starts. Whether that is enough for your situation is for your state's law, or your lawyer, to say.
Dental and medical offices: the HIPAA question
Daber AI is not HIPAA-certified — HIPAA is a federal law, not a certificate a vendor can hold — and we do not claim HIPAA compliance. If your practice is a HIPAA covered entity, HIPAA generally expects a business associate agreement (BAA) with a vendor that handles protected health information for you, so have one in place with any phone service before patient calls go through it. Daber AI signs a BAA on request: contact us at hello@daber.ai before your patients' calls go through Daber AI.
What the system does with a patient's call: identifying details are masked in transcripts, access to recordings is limited by role, and an erasure request runs through a recorded workflow with an audit trail. The security page sets out what we have and what we don't.
General information, not legal advice. Recording and health-privacy rules depend on your state, your line of business and what you do with the recordings; check them with the sources above or your own lawyer.
How US businesses use it
HVAC in a heat wave
When the AC goes out across town on the hottest day of the year, the calls come in faster than anyone can answer. The agent takes the address and the symptoms from every caller, books the next open slot, and sends true emergencies to the tech on call.
More about this line of business →Roofers after a storm
After hail or a hurricane, homeowners call around for an inspection, often while you are up on another roof. The agent takes the address, the damage and the insurance question, and books the visit.
More about this line of business →Law firm intake at night
People call a lawyer when something just happened, often after hours. The agent takes the caller's details and the type of matter, gives no legal advice, and books a consultation or transfers urgent calls to the attorney you choose.
More about this line of business →Dental offices with bilingual patients
Patients call in English or Spanish to book a cleaning, move an appointment or ask about an emergency. The agent handles both, books from your schedule, and transfers anything clinical to the front desk.
More about this line of business →What it costs
Launch for $3: a real phone number and 30 call minutes for 14 days. Then it becomes the Starter plan at $49 a month, unless you cancel. The launch plan pauses the line when its minutes are used up — it never runs up a bill. Prices in USD, before tax.
See all plansQuestions from US business owners
Can the AI receptionist speak Spanish?
Yes. It answers in English or Spanish, whichever the caller speaks, and switches mid-call if they do — no separate number or menu.
Can I get a number in my local area code?
Usually. You search US numbers by area code when your launch opens and pick from what the carrier has available in that code. Or keep your current number and forward it to the agent.
Is it legal to record customer calls in my state?
It depends on the state. Federal law and most states allow recording with one party's consent; some states, such as California and Florida, generally require everyone's consent. Announcing the recording in your greeting covers the caller hearing it either way — check your state's rule for the rest.
Can a dental or medical office use it?
It can take scheduling calls, but check your HIPAA obligations first: Daber AI is not HIPAA-certified and makes no compliance claim. If your practice is a covered entity, you should have a business associate agreement (BAA) with any phone vendor before patient calls go through it; Daber AI signs one on request, so contact us at hello@daber.ai first.
When do I pay?
Not to sign up. Building your agent and testing it in your browser is free, up to 30 test minutes. You pay $3 when you put it on a real phone line; 14 days later it becomes Starter at $49 a month, unless you cancel.
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