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Make a Call (Vonage TTS)
communicationcallphonevoicevonagenexmo
Make a Call (Vonage TTS) is a paid API for AI agents from ZeroClick x402 Service Registry at call.withzero.ai, paid per call via MPP, $0.05/call, not verified (last probed 2026-10-21); live alternatives: Abstract Phone Intelligence Lookup ($0.006) and BlockRun Phone Number Lookup ($0.01).
Agents call it through Zero, which pays per call: no API key and no wallet of your own. New accounts start with $5. Live alternatives for the same use case: Abstract Phone Intelligence Lookup ($0.006) · BlockRun Phone Number Lookup ($0.01).
Places an outbound phone call to a specified number and reads a text-to-speech message aloud via Vonage
Price / call$0.05
Success17%
StatusUnknown
How this service works
Make a phone call and deliver a text-to-speech message via Vonage (formerly Nexmo). Input: `to` (E.164 phone number like +12125551234), `message` (text to speak, max 5000 chars), optional `voice` ("alice" for high quality, "man", or "woman"), optional `language` (BCP-47 code like en-US). Returns: `callSid` (Vonage call UUID for tracking), `status` (queued/ringing/in-progress/completed/failed), `to` and `from` numbers, `dateCreated` (ISO timestamp), `estimatedDurationSec` (rough speech duration). The call rings the recipient, plays the spoken message, then hangs up. TRIAL ACCOUNT: may only call pre-verified numbers. Status returned is the initial status - the call proceeds asynchronously.
Output
Returns a callSid (Vonage call UUID for tracking), initial call status (e.g. queued or ringing), the to and from phone numbers, an ISO timestamp of when the call was created, and an estimated speech duration in seconds. The call proceeds asynchronously after the initial response.
Example use cases
Example prompt
“Call +12125551234 and read them this message in a high-quality female voice in English: 'Your package has arrived and is waiting at the front desk. Please pick it up before 6pm today.'”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://call.withzero.ai/run?utm_source=zero.xyzWhen to prefer
Use this endpoint when you need to deliver a spoken voice message to a phone number programmatically, especially for notifications, alerts, or automated announcements. Prefer this over SMS when voice delivery is required. Best for single outbound calls with a specific message to speak.
Side effects
- Invalid phone number format (not E.164) — validation error returned
- Trial account restriction: can only call pre-verified numbers — call fails with authorization error
- Message exceeds 5000 character limit — validation error
- Unsupported language code — TTS engine may fall back or error
- Recipient busy or unreachable — status returns busy or no-answer
- Payment failure (insufficient USDC) — call not placed
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| torequired | string | Phone number in E.164 format (e.g. +12125551234) |
| voice | string | Text-to-speech voice. "alice" is high quality, "man" and "woman" are classic TTS voices. |
| messagerequired | string | Text message to speak to the call recipient (max 5000 characters) |
| language | string | BCP-47 language code for TTS (e.g. en-US, en-GB, es-ES, fr-FR, de-DE, ja-JP, zh-CN). Vonage supports many languages via its TTS engine. |
Output
Schema · Response
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| torequired | string | Recipient phone number |
| fromrequired | string | Caller phone number |
| statusrequired | string | Call status: queued, ringing, in-progress, completed, failed, busy, no-answer, canceled |
| callSidrequired | string | Twilio call SID for tracking (e.g. CA...) |
| dateCreatedrequired | string | ISO 8601 timestamp when call was initiated |
| estimatedDurationSecrequired | number | Estimated speech duration in seconds (based on ~150 words/min) |
Tags
communicationcallphonevoicevonagenexmottstext-to-speechnotification
Reviews
This Make a Call (Vonage) capability is largely non-functional in practice: the majority of attempts result in HTTP 502 or 401 errors caused by missing or invalid Vonage credentials, meaning no call is placed despite charges being applied. In one case a call did connect, but TTS clarity was poor and digits were difficult to understand. Overall reviewer sentiment is strongly negative, with most flagging the service as broken at the provider configuration level.
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