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

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When it comes to customer service, businesses have a variety of tools at their disposal to make the process as smooth and efficient as possible. Two popular options are Interactive Voice Response (IVR) and Intelligent Virtual Agent (IVA). What is an Intelligent Virtual Agent (IVA)? Higher containment.

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

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Frost & Sullivan awards Purchasing Power ® for their AI-Powered Virtual Agent created in partnership with SmartAction ® to enable conversational self-service for their customers. The post Purchasing Power’s AI-Powered Virtual Agent Wins Top Honor for Excellence in Self-Service appeared first on SmartAction.

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Conversational AI: Trends to Watch in 2023

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This integration will enable voice-enabled self service, a feature that customers are demanding, and the ability to handle complex voice interactions. 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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Conversational AI 101: NLU and IVR for Beginners

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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. GET IN TOUCH.

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SmartAction Sees Record Growth Against Backdrop of Achieving Profitability

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Leading provider of AI-powered Virtual Agents for omnichannel self-service posts its largest growth in sales bookings for the year. As the global intelligent virtual agent market is expected to reach $11.3b Media Contact Marlyn Arenas marlyn.arenas@smartaction.com Source 1 [link]. .

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

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Call centers must adapt to changing client demands for self-service by giving their chatbots new features and capabilities. TechStyle Fashion Group group used virtual agents in voice and chat rather than allocating internal staff and resources to creating and maintaining their own conversational chatbot.

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SmartAction Names Former Convergys CEO, David Dougherty, to Board of Directors

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The former Convergys Chief Executive Officer becomes the latest addition to SmartAction’s Board of Directors to assist in the growth of its top-rated AI-powered virtual agent solution for contact centers. He ultimately served on the Board of Directors first as COO, then as CEO, for five years.