Voicemail Greeting for Grasshopper
Grasshopper takes your own greeting as an MP3, MP4 or M4A file of up to 5 MB. Create it here, give it a short file name, and upload it to your welcome greeting or the Greetings library.
Write your Grasshopper greeting and hear it first
Upload it to Grasshopper in 6 steps
Create and download
Create your greeting in the generator, download the MP3 and rename it, for example
welcome.mp3.Open call routing
In the new admin portal, go to Call management > Numbers & call routing.
Add the greeting
From Welcome greeting, select Add greeting, then Upload greeting, and choose the file.
Other greetings
For voicemail and extension greetings, use Call management > Greetings library, Add greeting, Upload greeting.
Legacy portal
In the legacy portal, go to Settings > Greetings, select Create new greeting, then Upload audio file.
Call and listen
Call your Grasshopper number from another phone and listen to the full greeting.
| Setting | Grasshopper |
|---|---|
| File types | MP3, MP4 or M4A |
| Maximum size | 5 MB (about 2 minutes) |
| Audio | 16 bit mono |
| File name | 24 characters or less |
Upload your holiday and after-hours greetings in advance. On the day, you only switch the active greeting.
Our free audio converter turns any MP3, WAV, FLAC, OGG or M4A into a file Grasshopper accepts.
Common errors and fixes
Grasshopper allows 24 characters or less. Rename the file before you upload.
Shorten the greeting. Grasshopper counts about 2 minutes for 5 MB; a voicemail greeting needs 15 to 25 seconds.
Built by phone-audio professionals
This generator comes out of more than 20 years in a recording studio. We built in what makes a greeting work on the phone: clear pronunciation, sensible pauses and music that never covers the voice. Questions? Andreas Brenner and Tim Stein will help you personally.
About our studio →- Over 20 years of phone audio
- Built in our own studio
- Phone-system-ready audio
Questions
Which files does Grasshopper accept?
Grasshopper lists MP3, MP4 or M4A up to 5 MB, 16 bit mono, about 2 minutes, with a file name of 24 characters or less. Use the MP3 from phonegreetings.ai and keep the file name short.
Do I record first or upload first?
Grasshopper asks you to have the greeting ready before you add it to your account or extension. Create and download it here first, then upload.
Can I keep several greetings ready?
Yes. The Greetings library holds more than one greeting, so you can switch between a regular, a holiday and an after-hours version.
Where are the official Grasshopper instructions?
In the Grasshopper support article Add a greeting.