SmartAction

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Two popular options are Interactive Voice Response (IVR) and Intelligent Virtual Agent (IVA). Each option has a role in customer service depending on what parts of the customer experience businesses want to automate and which parts they want live agents to handle. Available 24/7. Available 24/7.

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CCNG

APRIL 12, 2024

We understand that integrating a new solution, whether that is AI, a point solution, an IVR, or anything else, is not an easy process. Call routing, interactive voice response and voice-based chatbots are a few examples of that technology. Implementation takes time, and change is difficult to manage.

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LiveVox

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The post What is the Difference Between IVR and Virtual Agents? No matter the reason they call, it is an opportunity to win repeat business. The service you provide in your contact […]. appeared first on Livevox.

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DMG Consulting

JUNE 27, 2022

Making the Case for an Intelligent Virtual Agent. The challenge is that many companies successfully using interactive voice response (IVR) solutions to displace a large percentage of contact center calls don’t yet appreciate the greater potential value of intelligent virtual agents (IVAs).

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Noble Systems

JUNE 26, 2020

What is Cloud IVR? . The term “Cloud IVR” refers to the availability of IVR functionality via a Service platform. With a cloud based IVR solution, companies can benefit from the use of modern, efficient cloud-based technologies. Is Cloud IVR Right for Your Business? IVR Use in the Call Center .

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Talkdesk

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

This tendency, coupled with increasingly mature artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, has raised attention to the role and impact of virtual agents in contact centers and customer experience (CX). What is a virtual agent? The post What is a virtual agent and how does it work?

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LiveVox

APRIL 28, 2021

The three main capabilities are chatbots, conversational IVR, and virtual agents, with diverse use cases spanning everything from customer service management, payment processing, and generating and qualifying leads. The post What are Chatbots & How are They Different from IVR and Virtual Agents?

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Noble Systems

APRIL 3, 2020

What Is IVR? Some people new to the contact center industry might be wondering ‘what does IVR stand for’? This common acronym stands for Interactive Voice Response. Callers can input their response via their telephone keypad (touch-tone) or using voice commands. Intelligent Call Routing.

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UJET

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Don’t worry, we’re not suggesting you double your workforce; we’re suggesting you give your agents a virtual sidekick. Virtual Agents are designed to be your human agents’ Pippen or Harrison or Gehrig (pick your sport). What, Exactly, Are Virtual Agents? Intelligence Is a Matter of Features.

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UJET

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Don’t worry, we’re not suggesting you double your workforce; we’re suggesting you give your agents a virtual sidekick. Virtual Agents are designed to be your human agents’ Pippen or Harrison or Gehrig (pick your sport). What, Exactly, Are Virtual Agents? Intelligence Is a Matter of Features.

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LiveVox

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Intelligent virtual agents can efficiently shoulder more of the weight when it comes to customer service.They also save time. Intelligent virtual agents can be used with IVR to effectively tackle this surge in inbound volume. Inbound call volumes have increased by 16% this year alone. Thanks […].

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SmartAction

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

We’re not talking about the time-consuming interactive voice response (IVR) of the past that provided a less-than-optimal customer experience. The AI-powered voice assistants of today offer a seamless experience, reaching a virtual assistant, in seconds, that can answer customer intentions with just a few words.

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Fonolo

OCTOBER 5, 2023

FREE WEBINAR: Is Your Chatbot Really Just an IVR? With their narrow conversation flows and questions that often don’t lead to an answer – or an agent – chatbots don’t always seem all that revolutionary. You wouldn’t be the first customer service professional to ask themselves if a chatbot is really any different than an IVR.

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SmartAction

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Conversational AI, with its specific intents and data-driven capabilities, empowers virtual agents with readily available customer information, ensuring personalized interactions. It can be used to identify additional intents or requests from customers and build a better IVR system.

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Dialer 360

JANUARY 19, 2022

Virtual agents. However, those days are gone when static and slow IVR are used in the call center for customer service. Relationship between virtual agents and Artificial intelligence. This approach focuses on problem-solving and permits the virtual agents that they make customer interaction and responses improve.

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SmartAction

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The ability of conversational AI technology to detect and understand speech are two of the biggest challenges faced by the Intelligent Virtual Agent (IVA). One way that IVA “levels up” from the typical IVR is that an IVA will utilize natural language understanding, or NLU. How Virtual Agents Help the Live Agent Workforce.

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SmartAction

MARCH 18, 2019

IVR automation has been around for awhile, but for the most part, it just hasn’t been very good. Everyone knows the limitations of IVR systems, and customers have a gag reflex when they hear most call automation. These omnichannel solutions are known as AI-powered virtual agents. What is an AI-powered virtual agent?

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SmartAction

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The healthcare landscape underwent a profound transformation in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, reshaping the traditional roles of Interactive Voice Response (IVR) systems and contact centers. Traditional IVR systems, long seen as transactional tools, assumed a more pivotal role in patient interactions.

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Interactions

AUGUST 13, 2020

These transactions can be handled by a simple chatbot or IVR system, as not much advanced functionality is needed. A deep knowledge of the customer experience space and conversational design is needed to determine when a live agent, a virtual agent, or both should be used in a given situation.

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DMG Consulting

AUGUST 9, 2018

DMG Consulting Releases 2018 Intelligent Virtual Agent Product and Market Report. What: Releases 2018 Intelligent Virtual Agent Product and Market Report. The 2018 Intelligent Virtual Agent Product and Market Report is the only in-depth analysis of these emerging solutions.

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ShepHyken

JANUARY 4, 2022

People still use voice channels. What people don’t like about voice channels is the experience. They don’t like waiting on hold, complex IVRs, or conversational AI that doesn’t work. 51% preferred phone when it comes to general issues. 2% prefer phone when it comes to urgent or sensitive concerns.

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SmartAction

AUGUST 14, 2019

The first hold onto their existing IVR and merely transfer routine conversations to AI-powered virtual agents while transferring the rest to live agents. But as customers are becoming leery of touchtone and difficult or lengthy menus, more organizations are implementing virtual agents as: 1.

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Outsource Consultants

JANUARY 11, 2018

In a recent article , Shelby Faris takes in in-depth look at Interactive Voice Response (IVR) technology. She acknowledges that though IVR is a vital component of many companies’ customer service, it’s not without its faults. 4 Ways Companies Benefit from Using IVR Services. Need IVR services?

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DMG Consulting

AUGUST 16, 2022

What’s more, consumers believe they have the right to interact with an organization in multiple channels and, when appropriate, to pivot between channels, such as when an intelligent virtual agent (IVA) needs to send information to a consumer’s cell phone via SMS during a phone conversation. IVAs Are Good for Agents and CX.

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SmartAction

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

The following is an excerpt from Frost & Sullivan’s white paper, “The AI-Powered Virtual Agent: Actionable Strategies for Contact Center Leaders.”. Read the full paper to find out how leading companies are using cloud-based virtual agents to automate more in their contact centers. Limited Automation Options.

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SmartAction

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The customer connects with an AI-powered virtual agent that uses a trained and constantly optimized deep neural net, utilizing Natural Language Processing to understand the customer’s problems and intents. Our virtual agents can solve 80% to 90% of customer problems. This emphasizes ethical training and deployment.

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SmartAction

JANUARY 11, 2019

AI-powered virtual agents present significant potential to improve the customer experience (CX) via call center automation. Using cloud-based conversational AI to enhance existing IVR and contact center platforms helps companies deliver the natural language IVR experience that customers prefer and expect.

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Creative Virtual

APRIL 21, 2022

Self-service options like chatbots and virtual agents are increasingly preferred by customers, but they can’t – and shouldn’t! completely replace human contact center agents. Forward-thinking companies are using conversational AI to intelligently route customers to the right agent the first time.

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DMG Consulting

JUNE 11, 2019

DMG Consulting Releases 2019-2020 Intelligent Virtual Agent Product and Market Report. What: Releases 2019-2020 Intelligent Virtual Agent Product and Market Report. Foundational component of next-gen, digitally transformed service organizations. Botanic Technologies and Capito.ai are covered at a high level.

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SmartAction

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Frost & Sullivan awards Purchasing Power ® for their AI-Powered Virtual Agent created in partnership with SmartAction ® to enable conversational self-service for their customers. SmartAction uses proprietary conversational AI to automate conversations that used to be handled by call center agents over phone, chat, and text.

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SmartAction

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The Beginning of a Transformation Alex’s journey began with a simple yet powerful idea: automating routine tasks with conversational AI virtual agents. The once overburdened agents found themselves focusing on more complex, engaging tasks. It was a game-changer. Reach out today.

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DMG Consulting

JULY 19, 2017

DMG Consulting Releases 2017 Intelligent Virtual Agent Product and Market Report. What: Releases 2017 Intelligent Virtual Agent Product and Market Report. The 2017 Intelligent Virtual Agent Product and Market Report is the only in-depth analysis of these emerging solutions. When: Today, 19 July 2017.

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Call Design

AUGUST 9, 2021

The Genesis of Automation and IVR. Attempts to automate phone-based customer interactions have been around for decades. First-generation IVR (interactive voice response) systems were one of the first systems to automatically interact with a customer through voice recognition and/or keypad inputs.

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UJET

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Actually, they aren’t just asking, they are hoping that artificial intelligence (AI) will allow them to replace live agents, just as they have been since interactive voice response systems (IVRs) were first introduced into the market more than five decades ago. But now the world is very different.

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Lumoa

JUNE 23, 2021

These include customer service analytics, engagement hubs, the voice of the customer , virtual agents (live chat), and chatbots. Additionally, utilizing voice-enabled support enhances the human experience by providing a personal touch.

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3CLogic

APRIL 20, 2021

It’s no surprise then that leading companies are adopting voice self-service solutions in addition to their IVR solutions to not only manage call volume but provide a higher quality of customer service and improve call agent performance. The question is no longer should I adopt voice self-service for my contact center?

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