# An AI that makes the phone call for you

> Yes, Dash can make a phone call for you. Text it what you need, like rescheduling an appointment or asking a store a question, and once you approve, it phones the business and texts you back what was said.

Page: https://textdash.com/use-cases/ai-that-makes-calls
Updated: 2026-10-31

## Example

- **Student:** can you call my dentist and move my cleaning to next week
- **Dash:** sure. I'll call bright smile dental, say I'm calling for you, and ask to move your thursday 2pm cleaning to any afternoon next week. ok?
- **Student:** yes
- **Dash:** done. they moved you to next wednesday at 3:30. they said to bring your new insurance card
- **Student:** perfect thank you

## How does Dash make a call for me?

1. **Text what you need.** Who to call and what to ask. Dash asks for anything missing, like your appointment time.
2. **Approve the call.** Dash tells you exactly what it will say. No call is made until you say yes.
3. **Get the answer by text.** Dash makes the call and texts you what was said, including any new times or details.

## What kinds of calls can Dash make?

- Rescheduling or cancelling an appointment
- Asking a store or restaurant a question, like hours or whether something's in stock
- Checking on a booking or an order

## Why let Dash call instead of doing it yourself?

Plenty of businesses still only take changes by phone, and their hours line up with your classes. Dash handles the hold music and the back-and-forth, and you get the result in a text.

## Questions

### Will the business know it's Dash calling?

Yes. Dash introduces itself as an assistant calling for you, and it never pretends to be you.

### Can Dash call without asking me?

No. Dash never makes a call without your yes to exactly what it will do.

### Can I call Dash?

No. You talk to Dash by text, and you can send voice notes, which it transcribes.

## Related

- [Book study rooms, appointments and reservations by text](https://textdash.com/use-cases/book-appointments-by-text)
- [Order food by text](https://textdash.com/use-cases/order-food-by-text)
- [Deadline reminders that text you first](https://textdash.com/use-cases/deadline-reminders)
- [Turn your syllabus into a calendar by texting a photo](https://textdash.com/use-cases/syllabus-to-calendar)
- [Canvas deadline reminders, sent as texts](https://textdash.com/use-cases/canvas-deadline-reminders)
- [A morning briefing that fits in one text](https://textdash.com/use-cases/morning-briefing)

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**About Dash.** Dash is an AI sidekick for college and university students that you text over iMessage or SMS. It tracks every deadline and texts you before each one, answers questions about your campus, helps you study, and, with your yes, orders food, books things, makes phone calls and handles admin. Free to start. iMessage on iPhone and SMS on any phone. No app, no login. For students at colleges and universities in Canada and the United States. Dash never writes, answers or submits graded work. It explains, quizzes and plans. Dash is independent and not affiliated with or endorsed by any college or university.

Text Dash: https://textdash.com/start · Site: https://textdash.com/ · For AI assistants: https://textdash.com/llms.txt and https://textdash.com/llms-full.txt