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Carbon Voice Integration

ApproveThis manages your Carbon Voice Integration approvals.

April 17, 2025

Integration Category: Communication

Why This Integration Isn’t Just Another Corporate Gimmick

Let’s be real – most software integrations are about as exciting as watching paint dry. But when you combine Carbon Voice’s voice-driven communication with ApproveThis’ approval automation, you’re not just connecting apps. You’re fixing the broken telephone game that plagues every company with more than 50 employees.

The Nuts and Bolts Without the Jargon

Carbon Voice turns rambling voice notes into structured text using AI. ApproveThis turns “Hey, can someone approve this?” into a process that doesn’t make people want to quit their jobs. Together via Zapier, they handle the messy middle where ideas get stuck waiting for someone to make a decision.

Three Ways This Combo Actually Solves Real Problems

1. Killing the “Did You Get My Voicemail?” Follow-Up

Picture this: Your field team leaves a voice memo in Carbon Voice about needing emergency equipment repairs. Instead of that audio clip getting lost in Slack purgatory, Zapier automatically creates an approval request in ApproveThis with the transcribed details. The facilities manager gets an email (yes, just email – no new logins required) to approve the $5k expense. Whole thing takes 15 minutes instead of 15 days.

Who This Works For:

  • Construction companies: Field crews approve change orders while elbow-deep in concrete
  • Healthcare groups: Doctors voice-approve patient protocol changes between surgeries

2. Making AI Actually Useful for Once

Carbon Voice’s AI can summarize a 10-minute rant about budget overages into three bullet points. But trusting a bot to handle finances? Yeah right. The integration automatically routes these AI insights to ApproveThis, where your actual finance team can approve or adjust amounts. It’s like having an overeager intern who actually checks their work with you first.

Real-World Math:

A marketing agency uses this to handle client budget approvals. Their AI analyzes voice notes from client calls to estimate project costs, then ApproveThis routes the numbers to department heads. Approval time dropped from 48 hours to 4.

3. Escaping CC Hell in Team Messaging

When Carbon Voice messages about urgent client requests automatically become ApproveThis tasks, you stop playing “who’s responsible for this?” in group chats. Legal teams particularly love this – they can voice-note contract revisions, have AI format the changes, then get proper digital sign-offs without 27 reply-all emails.

Setting This Up Without Losing Your Mind

If you can order DoorDash, you can connect these tools:

  1. Log into Zapier (you probably already have an account)
  2. Choose your Carbon Voice trigger (new message, AI summary, etc.)
  3. Pick the ApproveThis action “Create Request”
  4. Map the voice memo details to approval fields (takes 2 minutes)

Pro tip: Use ApproveThis’ calculated fields to auto-flag voice requests over $10k for extra scrutiny. Because sometimes enthusiastic salespeople need guardrails.

Why Your CFO Will Actually Smile for Once

Approvers don’t need Carbon Voice licenses. That client who still uses flip phones? They can approve voice-based requests via email while your team uses the full platform. License savings alone could pay for your coffee habit.

Feature Combos That Feel Like Cheat Codes:

Carbon Voice’s transcriptions + ApproveThis’ conditional logic = auto-approving routine maintenance requests under $500 while flagging unusual costs. Facility managers keep things running, accountants sleep better.

Department-Specific Wins (No Fluff Edition)

Operations Teams:

Voice approvals from the warehouse floor show up as digital records. No more “The machine is loud, I approved it in my head!” excuses.

HR:

Candidate offer details from voice interviews become tracked approval requests. Compensation committees can stop playing phone tag.

Creative Agencies:

Client voice feedback on drafts auto-converts to approval tasks. Version 12 of the logo? Approved via email while the designer’s already working on it.

The Part Where We Tell You What to Do Next

If you’ve got Carbon Voice and any approval process slower than your morning coffee brewing, this integration isn’t optional. Register for ApproveThis, connect it via Zapier in 20 minutes, and start approving voice requests like it’s 2024 instead of 1994.

Or if you’re the “let’s think about it” type, book a demo. We’ll show you how to cut approval delays by 60% without making your team learn new software. Your choice – keep chasing voice approvals in Slack, or actually get work done.

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Best Approval Workflows for Carbon Voice

Suggested workflows (and their Zapier components) for Carbon Voice

Create approval request for new messages received

When a new message is received in Carbon Voice, this integration creates a new approval request in ApproveThis, enabling teams to review incoming communications efficiently. *Note: Verify that the message details are correctly mapped to the approval request fields.*

Zapier Components

Carbon Voice Logo

Trigger

New Message Received

Triggers when a message is received in any conversation (Not includes your own messages).

Action

Create Request

Creates a new request, probably with input from previous steps.

Send direct message for new approval requests

When a new approval request is initiated in ApproveThis, this integration sends a direct message via Carbon Voice to promptly notify the designated team. *Note: Ensure that the recipient contact details are properly configured in Carbon Voice.*

Zapier Components

Trigger

New Request

Triggers when a new approval request workflow is initiated.

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Action

Send Direct Message to User(s)

Send a Direct Message to specific User(s).

Create approval request for new AI prompt responses

This integration creates an approval request in ApproveThis whenever a new AI prompt response is generated in Carbon Voice, ensuring that key insights are reviewed before further action. *Note: Confirm that AI response details are accurately transferred to the approval request.*

Zapier Components

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Trigger

New AI Prompt Response Generated

Triggers when AI Prompt happened to a message(s).

Action

Create Request

Creates a new request, probably with input from previous steps.