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The Definitive Guide: IVA vs IVR and What’s Right for Your Contact Center

SmartAction

Two popular options are Interactive Voice Response (IVR) and Intelligent Virtual Agent (IVA). Understanding the key differences between IVR and IVA is crucial for businesses looking to optimize their customer service. A way to see the differences between IVR and IVA is to learn the pros and cons of each.

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Conversational AI 101: NLU and IVR for Beginners

SmartAction

Asking Alexa to play your favorite podcast and have her quickly play it for you is made possible by the same type of technology that allows contact centers across the world to automate voice conversations. Conversational AI is making the contact center and customer service industries better than ever.

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Adding a Chatbot: Trust a Pro or Build it Yourself?

SmartAction

When there is an inconsistent experience, everyone gets frustrated because of the repetitive data collection by chatbots, IVR, and live agents. For instance, if a client switches from a conversation with an AI chatbot to a phone call, the IVR is unlikely to know that the user had just been conversing with the bot.

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Conversational AI: Trends to Watch in 2023

SmartAction

Since 2002, SmartAction has helped 100+ industry-leading brands streamline their contact centers and take their customer experience to the next level through AI voice, text, and chat.

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Purchasing Power’s AI-Powered Virtual Agent Wins Top Honor for Excellence in Self-Service

SmartAction

El Segundo, CA – November 19, 2019 – SmartAction, the top-rated virtual agent solution for contact centers, is pleased to announce its implementation with Purchasing Power was awarded the top honor in “Excellence in Self-Service” by Frost & Sullivan at the 15th Annual Frost & Sullivan Customer Contact Awards.

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Expert Advice with Seasoned BPO Advisor and CX Specialist, Peter Ryan

Vistio

Throughout his career, Peter has advised CX outsourcers, contact center clients, national governments, and industry associations on strategic matters like vertical market penetration, service delivery, best practices in technology deployment, and offshore positioning. You most certainly do. And I said, “Of course.

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From Q-and-A to Two-Way: Conversational AI is the Future of Voice Assistants

SmartAction

In fact, it’s the most rapidly evolved technology in the contact center today. This is not the voice automation experience of even three or four years ago where even single-word command barely worked (and it still costs you an arm and a leg to implement). It’s gratifying to see that the New York Times agrees with us!