How can we help?
Short answers about setting up and using Vicem, each checked against what the app does today.
Set up
- How do I send the calls I miss to Vicem?
Keep your number and turn on call forwarding to your Vicem number.
- How do I test that Vicem answers my missed calls?
In the app, open Settings › Call forwarding and tap Call me to test.
- Why aren’t my missed calls going to Vicem?
Usually something answers before Vicem can: Live Voicemail on an iPhone, or your phone company’s voicemail.
- How do I turn off Live Voicemail on my iPhone?
Open the Settings app, tap Apps, then Phone, and switch off Live Voicemail.
- How do I turn off call forwarding?
Dial the off code for your phone company: ##004# on AT&T, T-Mobile and most others, or *73 on Verizon, Visible, Xfinity Mobile and Spectrum Mobile.
- Can I get a separate number to give out?
Yes. During setup, choose a new number instead of keeping yours.
Calls
- What do callers hear when Vicem answers?
Every call starts by saying it’s an AI: “Hi, this is Sam’s AI. This call is transcribed. How can I help?”, with your first name in place of Sam.
- Does Vicem ask me before it does anything important?
Yes. Before anything important, Vicem asks you, and you answer from the notification with one tap: Approve, Reject, Edit or Reply.
- What does Vicem do with scam and spam calls?
It ends robocalls and scam pitches with one short line, “I can’t take this call. Goodbye.”, hangs up on silent calls, and keeps a list you can check.
- Does Vicem answer when my phone is off or I’m abroad?
Yes. Forwarding runs at your phone company, not on your phone, so calls you can’t take still reach Vicem when the phone is off, out of battery or out of signal.
- Which languages can Vicem answer in?
Vicem answers callers in their own language: 16 languages today, and it switches during the call when the caller speaks one of them.
Callers
- How do callers get my reply?
Write your reply in the app. Vicem passes it on, word for word, by email or a short call, and says it’s your AI.
- Can people text my Vicem number?
Yes. Texts sent to your Vicem number show up in the app.
- What is my vicem.ai page?
It’s your Vicem’s page at vicem.ai/your-name.
Your account
- How does the free trial work, and how do I cancel?
Vicem is free during early access. To stop, turn off forwarding in Settings › Turn off Vicem.
- Can I delete a call or conversation?
You can make Vicem forget it: open the call, tap More, then Forget this call.
- How do I check what Vicem did and why?
Tap Why? on anything Vicem did. It shows what happened in one sentence, the steps that led there, and what was said on the call, from the saved call, never from the AI’s memory of it.
- What happens to my calls and data?
Calls are transcribed, and every caller hears that at the start.
- Is Vicem down?
Check the status page. It shows the results of the test calls Vicem places into its own service, hour by hour.
Still stuck?
- Contact support
- Is Vicem down? See the live status
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