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title: Calls and voice communication
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  A device connects speakers over a voice channel. The player starts a call,
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  - Connection
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    title: Duolingo
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    updatedAt: '2026-10-22'
    title: Calls and voice communication
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      A device connects speakers over a voice channel. The player starts a call,
      listens, responds and ends the connection.
    image:
      src: images/mechanics/duolingo-video-call.webp
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      - Show connection status and whose turn it is to speak.
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      - title: Duolingo
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  Original editorial design catalog consolidated from project discussions on
  2026-10-20. Complete discussion item lists and contextual limitations are
  preserved; linked primary sources support specific techniques, not the entire
  classification. English translation was prepared with machine assistance and
  editorial review.
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# Calls and voice communication

id: electronic-devices--family-g10
type: mechanic
key: mechanic/electronic-devices--family-g10
lang: en
status: active
url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/electronic-devices--family-g10/

A device connects speakers over a voice channel. The player starts a call, listens, responds and ends the connection.

## At a glance

![Starting a call and ending it](https://gamemechanics.pro/images/mechanics/duolingo-video-call.webp)

[Duolingo](https://blog.duolingo.com/product-highlights/) · Screenshots © their respective rights holders. Provided in the official guide or product article; all rights reserved. Excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0.

1. The button starts a conversation with Lily
2. A separate button ends the call

- Show connection status and whose turn it is to speak.

- [Duolingo](https://blog.duolingo.com/product-highlights/)

## How it works

Devices: Smartphone; Computer; Walkie Talkie; Terminal.

## Variants

### Variants and applications

<a id="family-g10-variants"></a>

- Call the number. Rule: Dial the combination you found and establish contact yourself. <a id="variant-g10-01"></a>
- Reply or decline. Rule: Select whether to accept an incoming call and the associated consequences. <a id="variant-g10-02"></a>
- Carry on a conversation. Rule: Choose cues, information and tone of communication through the device. <a id="variant-g10-03"></a>
- Break or hold the line. Rule: Manage the duration of contact, risk and availability of the interlocutor. <a id="variant-g10-04"></a>
- Use voicemail. Rule: Listen to the message left or record your own... <a id="variant-g10-05"></a>
- Go through the voice menu. Rule: Select the correct points of the automatic operator. <a id="variant-g10-06"></a>
- Connect subscribers. Rule: Switch the line, arrange a conference or transfer the conversation to the recipient... <a id="variant-g10-07"></a>
- Chat via video. Rule: Use visible surroundings and gestures along with speech... <a id="variant-g10-08"></a>

## Context and limits

Author's taxonomy of actions, task forms and end-to-end conditions for design. Categories overlap. References support individual families, not every variant.

## Connected materials


## Sources and provenance

Original editorial design catalog consolidated from project discussions on 2026-10-20. Complete discussion item lists and contextual limitations are preserved; linked primary sources support specific techniques, not the entire classification. English translation was prepared with machine assistance and editorial review.

- [Duolingo](https://blog.duolingo.com/product-highlights/) (id: source-3992177cb9c36d87)

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