User Moves, Adds, and Changes Guide for Cisco Unity Connection Release 2.x
Setting Up Features and Functionality That Are Controlled by Class of Service

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Setting Up Features and Functionality That Are Controlled by Class of Service

Access to Voice Messages from the Cisco Unified Personal Communicator

Alternate Extensions

Call Screening and Call Holding

Cisco Unity Assistant

Cisco Unity Inbox

Deleted Message Access

Directory Listing

Greeting Length

IMAP Client Access to Voice Messages

Live Reply

Message Recording Length

Personal Call Transfer Rules

About the Personal Call Transfer Rules Web Tool

Enabling and Disabling the Personal Call Transfer Rules Feature

Private Distribution Lists

Maximum Number of Private Lists Available to Users

Maximum Number of Members Per Private List

Recorded Name and Length

Restriction Tables

Secure Messages

Sending Messages to System Distribution Lists

Text to Speech Access to Exchange E-Mail

Voice Recognition


Setting Up Features and Functionality That Are Controlled by Class of Service


In Cisco Unity Connection, some of the features available to users with voice mailboxes are controlled by class of service (COS), including features for which you need user licenses. You can update the settings in a COS to enable or disable features and functionality at any time. The changes you make affect all COS members.


Note When a COS includes access to a feature that requires individual licenses, you can offer the feature to the members of the COS only if enough licenses are available.


See the following sections for information and procedures for setting up features and functionality that are controlled by COS:

Access to Voice Messages from the Cisco Unified Personal Communicator

Alternate Extensions

Call Screening and Call Holding

Cisco Unity Assistant

Cisco Unity Inbox

Deleted Message Access

Directory Listing

Greeting Length

IMAP Client Access to Voice Messages

Live Reply

Message Recording Length

Personal Call Transfer Rules

Private Distribution Lists

Recorded Name and Length

Restriction Tables

Secure Messages

Sending Messages to System Distribution Lists

Text to Speech Access to Exchange E-Mail

Voice Recognition

Access to Voice Messages from the Cisco Unified Personal Communicator

To enable Cisco Unity Connection users to play, sort, and delete voice messages from within the Cisco Unified Personal Communicator application, complete the following tasks in the order presented:

1. Configure the applicable servers, associate Connection users with a COS in Cisco Unity Connection Administration that offers the feature, and set up the client applications, as described in the Installation Guide for Cisco Unified Personal Communicator, available at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6844/tsd_products_support_series_home.html.

2. Optional but recommended: Configure the Connection server to provide a secure IMAP connection, as described in the "Securing Cisco PCA and IMAP E-Mail Client Access to Cisco Unity Connection" chapter of the System Administration Guide for Cisco Unity Connection, available at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6509/prod_maintenance_guides_list.html.

3. For information on configuring the Cisco Unified Personal Communicator to access Connection voice messages, refer users to the User Guide for Cisco Unified Personal Communicator at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6844/tsd_products_support_series_home.html, or the Cisco Unified Personal Communicator Help.


Note You can offer the feature to members of the COS only if enough licenses are available.


Alternate Extensions

While you specify alternate extensions for individual users on their account pages, COS settings allow you to determine whether users can view and/or manage alternate extensions, and whether they can use the Cisco Unity Assistant to manage a set of their own alternate extensions. Consider allowing users to specify their own set, so that you can reduce the number of requests to enter extensions for user cell phones, home phones, and other phones. When you enable users to manage their own alternate extensions, they can specify up to five alternate extensions in addition to those already specified for them by you.

Do the following procedure to specify whether users can view and/or manage administrator-defined alternate extensions, and/or manage their own set of alternate extensions. To learn how alternate extensions work and why you use them, see the "Alternate Extensions" section on page 4-4.

To Specify Whether COS Members Can View and/or Manage Alternate Extensions in the Cisco Unity Assistant


Step 1 In Cisco Unity Connection Administration, find the COS that you want to change, or create a new one.

Step 2 On the Edit Class of Service page, under Alternate Extensions, click one of the following options:

Users Cannot View or Manage Their Alternate Extensions

Allow Users to View Administrator-Defined Alternate Extensions

Allow Users to Manage Their User-Defined Alternate Extensions

Allow Users to View Administrator-Defined Alternate Extensions and Manage Their User-Defined Alternate Extensions

Step 3 Click Save.


Call Screening and Call Holding

The Call Transfer settings in a COS specify whether users can use the Cisco Unity Assistant or the Cisco Unity Personal Call Transfer Rules web tool (as applicable) to change call screening and call holding options. (If users are enabled to use Cisco Unity Personal Call Transfer Rules, they find screening and holding options in the Cisco Unity Personal Call Transfer Rules web tool, not the Cisco Unity Assistant.)

Screening and holding options allow users to specify how Cisco Unity Connection handles calls that are transferred from the automated attendant or a directory handler to user phones. The options that are potentially available to users differ depending on how you set up call transfers to work for each user account. (See the "Call Transfer, Call Screening, and Call Holding" section on page 4-9 for information on how call transfers work.)

Do the following procedure to specify whether users can manage their call screening and holding options.

To Specify Whether COS Members Can Manage Call Screening and Call Holding Options


Step 1 In Cisco Unity Connection Administration, find the COS that you want to change, or create a new one.

Step 2 On the Edit Class of Service page, under Call Transfer, check one or both of the following check boxes:

Allow Users to Change Call Screening Options

Allow Users to Change Call Holding Options

Step 3 Click Save.


Cisco Unity Assistant

The Cisco Unity Assistant is a web tool available on the Cisco Personal Communications Assistant (PCA) website. The Cisco Unity Assistant allows users to personalize their Connection settings—including their greetings and message-delivery options—and to set up message-notification devices and to create private lists.

Do the following procedure to enable users to access the Cisco Unity Assistant. For steps on configuring the browsers on user workstations to access any of the Cisco PCA web tools, see the User Workstation Setup Guide for Cisco Unity Connection, available at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6509/prod_maintenance_guides_list.html.

To Enable COS Members to Access the Cisco Unity Assistant


Step 1 In Cisco Unity Connection Administration, find the COS that you want to change, or create a new one.

Step 2 On the Edit Class of Service page, under Features, check the Allow Users to Use the Cisco Unity Assistant check box.

Step 3 Click Save.


Cisco Unity Inbox

As a convenience to users who are not always able to check messages by phone, you can enable users to access the Cisco Unity Inbox on their computers. The Cisco Unity Inbox is a web tool available on the Cisco Personal Communications Assistant (PCA) website.

Do the following procedure to enable users to access the Cisco Unity Inbox. For steps on configuring the browsers on user workstations to access any of the Cisco PCA web tools, see the User Workstation Setup Guide for Cisco Unity Connection, available at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6509/prod_maintenance_guides_list.html.


Note You can offer the Cisco Unity Inbox to members of the COS only if enough licenses are available.


To Enable COS Members to Access the Cisco Unity Inbox


Step 1 In Cisco Unity Connection Administration, find the COS that you want to change, or create a new one.

Step 2 On the Edit Class of Service page, under Licensed Features, check the Allow Users to Use the Cisco Unity Inbox check box.

Step 3 Click Save.


Deleted Message Access

You specify whether users can access the messages that they delete, or if messages are permanently deleted at the time that users delete them. If you have concerns about storing deleted messages on the server, you may want to consider preventing users from accessing deleted messages.

Do the following procedure to specify whether users can access deleted messages.

To Enable or Disable Access to Deleted Messages


Step 1 In Cisco Unity Connection Administration, find the COS that you want to change, or create a new one.

Step 2 On the Edit Class of Service page, under Message Options, check or uncheck the Delete Messages Without Saving to Deleted Items Folder check box, as follows:

To allow users to access deleted messages, uncheck the check box.

If you want messages permanently deleted when users delete them, check the check box.

Step 3 Click Save.


Directory Listing

You specify whether users in a COS can choose to be listed in directory assistance. Directory assistance is the audio listing that users and outside callers use to reach users and to leave them messages. (Note that users must have recorded names to be listed in the directory.)

Do the following procedure to allow users to choose (by using the Cisco Unity Assistant) whether to be listed in directory assistance.

To Allow COS Members to Choose Whether to Be Listed in Directory Assistance


Step 1 In Cisco Unity Connection Administration, find the COS that you want to change, or create a new one.

Step 2 On the Edit Class of Service page, under Directory Listing, check the Allow Users to Choose to Be Listed check box.

Step 3 Click Save.


Greeting Length

Do the following procedure to specify how long the recorded greeting of a user can be.

To Specify Maximum Length of User Greetings


Step 1 In Cisco Unity Connection Administration, find the COS that you want to change, or create a new one.

Step 2 On the Edit Class of Service page, under Greetings, enter the maximum length in seconds in the field.

Step 3 Click Save.


IMAP Client Access to Voice Messages

As a convenience to users who are not always able to check messages by phone or from the Cisco Unity Inbox, you can enable users to use an IMAP client application on their computers to access their voice messages. However, consider that users are still unable to send, forward, or reply to voice messages from an IMAP client application, and access to messages is limited according to the option you select:

Allow Users to Access Message Bodies

Users can access the entire voice message.

Allow Users to Access Message Bodies Except on Private Messages

Users can access the entire voice message, unless the message is marked private. For private messages, they can access only the message header. (Secure messages can never be accessed in an IMAP client.)

This option also ensures that private messages are never saved as WAV files to locations outside of the Connection server.

Allow Users to Access Message Headers Only

Users can access message headers only.


To enable users to access their voice messages by using an IMAP client, complete the following tasks in the order presented:

1. Associate users with a class of service that offers a license to use an IMAP client to access voice messages. Do the "To Enable IMAP Client Access to Voice Messages for COS Members" procedure.

2. Optional but recommended: Configure the Connection server to provide a secure IMAP connection, as described in the "Securing Cisco PCA and IMAP E-Mail Client Access to Cisco Unity Connection" chapter of the System Administration Guide for Cisco Unity Connection, available at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6509/prod_maintenance_guides_list.html.

3. For each user workstation, configure a supported IMAP client to access a Connection voice mailbox. For instructions, see the "Configuring an E-Mail Account to Access Cisco Unity Connection Voice Messages" chapter of the User Workstation Setup Guide for Cisco Unity Connection, available at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6509/prod_maintenance_guides_list.html.


Note You can offer IMAP client access to voice messages to members of the COS only if enough licenses are available.


To Enable IMAP Client Access to Voice Messages for COS Members


Step 1 In Cisco Unity Connection Administration, find the COS that you want to change, or create a new one.

Step 2 On the Edit Class of Service page, under Licensed Features, check the Allow Users to Access Voice Mail Using an IMAP Client check box.

Step 3 Choose one of the following options:

Allow Users to Access Message Bodies

Allow Users to Access Message Bodies Except on Private Messages

Allow Users to Access Message Headers Only

Step 4 Click Save.


Live Reply

When live reply is enabled, users who are listening to messages by phone can reply to a user message by having Cisco Unity Connection call the sender. Consider informing users when you enable this feature, because even when it is enabled, the live reply option is not mentioned in the main Connection phone menus. (It is, however, mentioned in the Help menu for Connection phone conversations, the User Guide for Cisco Unity Connection, the Cisco Unity Connection at a Glance card, and the Connection Phone Menus and Shortcuts wallet card.)

Note the following:

Connection dials the extension of the user who left the message only when the Transfer Incoming Calls to User's Phone setting for the user who left the message is set to ring an extension or another number.


Note The Transfer Incoming Calls to User's Phone field is on the Call Transfer page.


The call transfer settings for the user who left the message dictate what Connection does when the user phone is busy, and whether Connection screens the call.

Connection uses the calling number to identify who the message is from. This means that Connection can correctly identify who the message is from only when a user uses live reply from his or her own extension. When a user uses another phone to use live reply and leave a message for a user, Connection does not correctly identify who the message is from. Instead, Connection may indicate that the message is from an outside (unidentified) caller even though the user who left the message was logged on to Connection at the time.

Do the following procedure to enable live reply for users in a COS.

To Enable Live Reply for COS Members


Step 1 In Cisco Unity Connection Administration, find the COS that you want to change, or create a new one.

Step 2 On the Edit Class of Service page, under Message Options, check the Allow Users to Use Live Reply check box.

Step 3 Click Save.


Message Recording Length

Do the following procedure to specify the maximum recording length for messages that users who are associated with a COS can leave for other users. The default setting is 300 (5 minutes).


Note The maximum length for messages that are left by outside callers is set on the Message Settings page for each user account. See the "Outside Caller Options" section on page 4-54 for details.


To Specify Maximum Recording Length for User Messages


Step 1 In Cisco Unity Connection Administration, find the COS that you want to change, or create a new one.

Step 2 On the Edit Class of Service page, under Message Length, enter the maximum recording length in seconds.

Step 3 Click Save.


Personal Call Transfer Rules

By using the Personal Call Transfer Rules web tool, Connection users can create call transfer rules that forward and screen direct and indirect calls according to any or all of the following criteria:

Identity of caller

Time of day

Meeting schedule

Connection users can specify that calls are forwarded to voice mail, to another phone number, or to a series of destinations (which must include at least one phone number and which can include SMS and SMTP notification devices). Call holding options are applied on calls to the primary extension only if a personal call transfer rule is applied; the call screening option is applied only if it is selected for the rule.

See the following sections:

About the Personal Call Transfer Rules Web Tool

Enabling and Disabling the Personal Call Transfer Rules Feature

Optionally, you can configure Connection so that users can base Personal Call Transfer Rules on their Exchange calendar and contacts. See the "Access to Exchange Calendars and Contacts for Personal Call Transfer Rules" section on page 4-3 for more information and a task list.

About the Personal Call Transfer Rules Web Tool

The Personal Call Transfer Rules is a web tool available on the Cisco Personal Communications Assistant (PCA) website. In addition to allowing users to create call transfer rules, it offers the following additional features to Connection users:

Personal contacts list

Connection users can set up a directory of personal contacts, which supplements the information in the Connection directory. Connection uses the personal contacts list to forward incoming calls, and also to place outgoing calls when the Connection user uses the user speech recognition conversation.

Caller groups

Connection users can organize callers into groups so that they can apply one rule to multiple callers without having to recreate the rule multiple times. Caller groups can contain other Connection users, system contacts, or personal contacts.

Personal destinations

In addition to notification devices, Connection users can create a directory of contact phone numbers to which Connection can direct incoming calls, according to rules that users set up.

Destination groups

Connection users can create groups of personal destinations and notification devices. When transferring a call to a destination group, Connection forwards the call to each destination in the group in the order listed until the phone is answered, the caller hangs up, or the last destination in the group is reached. Connection users can specify the ordering of destinations in the series, and the number of rings that Connection waits for the phone to be answered at each destination.

Call transfer rule tester

The call transfer rule tester lets users and administrators see how Connection would forward an incoming call based on an actual rule.

Transfer All rule

The Transfer All rule is a single rule that forwards all calls to a specific destination for a specified time. This rule can be created and activated only by phone.

Forward all calls to Cisco Unity Connection

Connection users can forward all calls to Cisco Unity Connection in order to automatically apply personal call transfer rules to incoming calls, rather than having the call ring the primary extension.


To learn more about how users can use Personal Call Transfer Rules and the web tool, see the "Managing Personal Call Transfer Rules to Handle Incoming Calls" chapter of the User Guide for Cisco Unity Connection, available at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6509/products_user_guide_list.html.

Enabling and Disabling the Personal Call Transfer Rules Feature

Do the following procedure to enable or disable the Personal Call Transfer Rules feature for users in a COS.


Note You can offer Personal Call Transfer Rules to members of the COS only if enough licenses are available.


To Enable or Disable Personal Call Transfer Rules for COS Members


Step 1 In Cisco Unity Connection Administration, find the COS that you want to change, or create a new one.

Step 2 On the Edit Class of Service page, under Features, do one of the following:

To enable Personal Call Transfer Rules, check the Allow Users to Use Personal Call Transfer Rules check box.

To disable Personal Call Transfer Rules, uncheck the Allow Users to Use Personal Call Transfer Rules check box.

Step 3 Click Save.


Private Distribution Lists

COS settings allow you to specify the maximum number of lists that are available to users, and the maximum number of members that users can add to each list when they use the Connection conversation or the Cisco Unity Assistant to manage their lists.

See the following sections:

Maximum Number of Private Lists Available to Users

Maximum Number of Members Per Private List

Maximum Number of Private Lists Available to Users

You can set the maximum number of lists—up to 99—available to each user who is associated with the COS.

While both the Cisco Unity Connection conversation and the Cisco Unity Assistant use this COS setting to determine when a user has reached the maximum number of lists, each application calculates differently the number of lists that a user owns:

When a user uses the phone to create a new list by adding members, the Cisco Unity Connection conversation counts the number of private lists that have members, and then compares the total to the value in this setting to determine whether the user has reached the list limit. Lists with no members (empty lists) are not included in the total number of lists that a user owns, even if the lists have recorded names or text names.

When a user uses the Cisco Unity Assistant to create a new list, the Cisco Unity Assistant counts the number of lists that have a recorded voice name, a text name, or members, and then compares the total to the value in this setting to determine whether the user has reached the list limit. Lists with no members are included in the total number as long as they have recorded names or text names.

This means that if a user belongs to a COS that allows 15 lists, and the user has 12 private lists with members and two lists with recorded names but no members, the user can potentially create more lists by phone than in the Cisco Unity Assistant before reaching the list limit:

When the user uses the Cisco Unity Connection conversation, the user will reach the list limit either by adding members to the two empty lists and creating one new list, or by creating three new lists. If the user reaches the limit by creating three new lists, the user cannot add members to the two empty lists until two lists are deleted.

When the user uses the Cisco Unity Assistant, the user will reach the list limit by creating one new list. Despite reaching the list limit, the user can add members to the two empty lists.

Do the following procedure to change the maximum number of private lists that are available to users in a COS.

To Change the Maximum Number of Private Lists Available to COS Members


Step 1 In Cisco Unity Connection Administration, find the COS that you want to change, or create a new one.

Step 2 On the Edit Class of Service page, under Private Distribution Lists, enter a number from 1 to 99 in the Maximum Lists Per User field.

Step 3 Click Save.


Maximum Number of Members Per Private List

Do the following procedure to specify the maximum number of members—up to 999—that users who are associated with a COS can add to a private list.

To Change the Maximum Number of Members Per Private List


Step 1 In Cisco Unity Connection Administration, find the COS that you want to change, or create a new one.

Step 2 On the Edit Class of Service page, under Private Distribution Lists, enter a number from 1 to 999 in the Maximum Members Per List field.

Step 3 Click Save.


Recorded Name and Length

For each COS, you specify whether users are allowed to record their own voice names, and how long a recorded name can be.

When allowed to record their voice names, users can use either the Cisco Unity Connection phone conversation or the Cisco Unity Assistant to do so, and they are prompted to perform the task during first-time enrollment.


Note Connection does not prevent users from completing the enrollment process if they do not record a name.


If you are considering preventing users from recording their own names, make sure that your organization plans to have user names recorded by someone, as each user must have a recorded name to be listed in the phone directory. Also note that when Connection users have no recorded name, the Text to Speech feature will play the display name or the concatenated first and last name, depending on which name is entered in Connection Administration.

Do the following procedure to specify whether users can record their names, and the recorded name length.

To Specify Whether COS Members Can Record Their Names, and the Length for a Name


Step 1 In Cisco Unity Connection Administration, find the COS that you want to change, or create a new one.

Step 2 On the Edit Class of Service page, under Recorded Name, check the Allow Recording of Voice Name check box.

Step 3 In the Maximum Length field, enter the maximum length in seconds.

Step 4 Click Save.


Restriction Tables

For each COS, you specify the restriction table that will be used for call transfers and message notifications. (Note that although there is a restriction table for fax deliveries, fax-related features are not available in this release of Connection).The restriction table that you specify can be the same for both, or different for each.

To learn more about restriction tables, see the "Managing Restriction Tables" chapter in the System Administration Guide for Cisco Unity Connection, available at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6509/prod_maintenance_guides_list.html.

Do the following procedure to specify the restriction table(s) that control the numbers that users can use for call transfers and message notifications.

To Specify a Restriction Table for Call Transfers and Message Notifications


Step 1 In Cisco Unity Connection Administration, find the COS that you want to change, or create a new one.

Step 2 On the Edit Class of Service page, under Restriction Tables, do the following:

From the Outcalling list, click the restriction table that you want used for message notifications.

From the Transfer list, click the restriction table that you want used for call transfers.

Step 3 Click Save.


Secure Messages

You determine how Cisco Unity Connection handles message security for messages that are sent by members of the COS. You can specify that:

Messages are always marked secure.

Messages are marked secure only when users mark them secure by pressing the applicable key from the Special Delivery Options phone menu.

Messages are never marked secure.

Messages are marked secure only when users mark them private (this is the default).

Note that users are always able to mark a message private when they send it—regardless of the option you specify from the list above. See the "Securing User Messages: Controlling Access, Distribution, and Longevity" chapter of the System Administration Guide for Cisco Unity Connection to learn more about the message security options available in Connection. The guide is available at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6509/prod_maintenance_guides_list.html.

Do the following procedure to specify how Connection handles message security for the messages that are sent by members of the COS.

To Specify Message Security for COS Members


Step 1 In Cisco Unity Connection Administration, find the COS that you want to change, or create a new one.

Step 2 On the Edit Class of Service page, under Message Options, choose from the following options:

Always—Messages are always marked secure.

Ask—Messages are marked secure only when users mark them secure by choosing the secure message option from the Special Delivery Options phone menu.

Never—Messages are never marked secure.

Private—Messages are marked secure only when users mark them private from the Special Delivery Options phone menu.

Step 3 Click Save.


Sending Messages to System Distribution Lists

Do the following procedure to specify whether users can send messages to system distribution lists.

To Specify Whether COS Members Can Send Messages to System Distribution Lists


Step 1 In Cisco Unity Connection Administration, find the COS that you want to change, or create a new one.

Step 2 On the Edit Class of Service page, under Message Options, check or uncheck the Allow Users to Send Messages to System Distribution Lists check box.

Step 3 Click Save.


Text to Speech Access to Exchange E-Mail

Text to Speech (TTS) allows touchtone and voice-recognition conversation users to hear their Exchange e-mails read to them when they log on to Cisco Unity Connection by phone. TTS playback is available provided that the text portion of the message does not exceed 1 MB in size and the text format of the message is supported by Connection. Supported formats include plain text, quoted-printable text, HTML, and XML.

Connection does not offer users the ability to send, reply to, or forward e-mail messages.

To enable users to use TTS, complete the following tasks in the order presented:

1. Configure the Connection server to access e-mail messages that are stored on the Exchange server, as described in the "Configuring Access to Exchange E-Mails Through TTS" chapter of the System Administration Guide for Cisco Unity Connection, available at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6509/prod_maintenance_guides_list.html. By default, Exchange is not configured to allow IMAP access to messages.

2. Associate users with a class of service that offers a license to access the TTS feature, and enables them to use it. Do the "To Offer TTS to COS Members" procedure.

3. For each user, create an external service account in Connection that specifies the Exchange server on which the mailbox for the user is stored. This enables the user to access e-mail when they log on to Connection by phone. See the "Text to Speech Access to Exchange E-Mail" section on page 4-52.

4. If you have users who access their e-mail messages on a Microsoft Exchange server by using Outlook (with MAPI) or Outlook Web Access, and who will also use Connection to manage e-mail messages, make sure that they understand how each application handles deleted messages. See the "Potential User Concerns and Misconceptions" section in the "Operator and Support Desk Orientation" chapter of the User Workstation Setup Guide for Cisco Unity Connection, available at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6509/prod_maintenance_guides_list.html.

When users are set up to use the TTS feature, they can enable and disable it from the Cisco Unity Assistant. Also note that when there is no recorded name for a user and when the user is using a voice recognition conversation, TTS is used to say the user name. This is default functionality, and does not need to be set up or enabled.


Note You can offer TTS access to Exchange e-mail to members of the COS only if enough licenses are available.


To Offer TTS to COS Members


Step 1 In Cisco Unity Connection Administration, find the COS that you want to change, or create a new one.

Step 2 On the Edit Class of Service page, under Licensed Features, check the Allow Users to Access Voice Recognition or Text to Speech for E-Mail check box.

Step 3 Under Features, check the Allow Users to Use Text to Speech to Read E-Mail check box.

Step 4 Click Save.


Voice Recognition

Access to the voice recognition conversation allows users to interact with Cisco Unity Connection by speaking commands rather than by using touchtone keys on the phone. To enable users to use it, complete the following tasks in the order presented:

1. Associate users or the template with a class of service that offers a license to access the voice recognition feature, and enables users to use it. Do the following procedure.

2. Specify that each user account or template is assigned to the Voice Recognition conversation. See the "Touchtone and Voice Recognition Conversations" section on page 4-14.


Note You can offer voice recognition to members of the COS only if enough licenses are available.


To Allow COS Members a License to Access and Use the Voice Recognition Feature


Step 1 In Cisco Unity Connection Administration, find the COS that you want to change, or create a new one.

Step 2 On the Edit Class of Service page, under Licensed Features, check the Allow Users to Access Voice Recognition or Text to Speech for E-Mail check box.

Step 3 Under Features, check the Allow Users to Use Voice Recognition check box.

Step 4 Click Save.