An efficient and effective method and system for providing to a customer an audible
call notification of a current call and a subsequently received call waiting call.
The present embodiments notify the customer that a current call is waiting in an
effective manner that reduces confusion. Confusion is reduced by the combination
of audible call waiting indicators and audible caller identification information
associated with the calling telephone station. Additionally, both the indicator
and the representation of the information can be provided automatically without
significant delay. The indication is provided even when standard caller identification
information is not available by prompting the caller to provide spoken caller identification
information. The spoken caller identification information is provided to the called
party along with call disposition options, such as options to accept or reject
the call, route the call to voice mail or send a sales refusal message.