SmartAction

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Join me as we dive into why leveraging conversational AI in the voice channel cannot be ignored or underestimated and why businesses should seize the opportunity to invest in this transformative technology. The Power of Voice Communication Customers seek a personal touch when engaging with businesses.

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DMG Consulting

JUNE 27, 2022

Making the Case for an Intelligent Virtual Agent. Self-service has become the preferred form of customer support for many consumers, so long as it works. IVAs are not next-generation IVRs. It’s Time to Replace Your IVR with an IVA. June 27, 2022 By Donna Fluss. Building a Business Case for an IVA.

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Talkdesk

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Self-service in customer support is not just a trend anymore, it’s here to stay. More customers opt to solve issues on their own through knowledge bases, web, chat, voice, or a combination of channels. What is a virtual agent? The post What is a virtual agent and how does it work?

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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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DMG Consulting

MARCH 1, 2020

Voice Self-Service Has Become More Popular—and It’s About to Get Much Better. F or decades, interactive voice response (IVR) systems, including those that were speech-enabled, were greatly disliked by users, even as adoption continued to grow. And IVA technology is the way to get there.

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DMG Consulting

MARCH 31, 2022

Give Customers What They Want: Great Self-Service. Delivering an outstanding customer experience (CX) is a top goal for companies, as it is an essential and measurable differentiator between otherwise commoditized products and services. Donna Fluss. View this article on the publisher’s website. & Solving the Problem.

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DMG Consulting

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Self-Service Is the Channel of Choice—When It Works. For companies that have been trying to offload customer inquiries and interactions to self-service solutions for decades, there’s great news: Self-service is becoming the customer channel of choice. AI and Self-Service.

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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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SmartAction

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Companies such as Google and Amazon are continually bringing new iterations of conversational AI technology into the mainstream and integrating different applications of machine learning into our everyday lives. Language modeling technology predicts the sequence of words that were most likely spoken. This is where the NLU comes in!

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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. Overview of Interactive Voice Response (IVR) and Voice Self-Service.

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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. 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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Dialer 360

JANUARY 19, 2022

With this, organizations have started to implement self-service possibilities that are empowered by Artificial intelligence. Virtual agents. However, those days are gone when static and slow IVR are used in the call center for customer service. Ai empowered assistants are called virtual assistants.

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DMG Consulting

JANUARY 4, 2019

IVA Is the Future of Voice Self-Service. For customers and, increasingly, employees, IVAs can automate routine tasks and can process and personalize the handling of interactions in most self-service channels. Revolutionizing IVRs. By Donna Fluss. View this document on the publisher’s website.

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DMG Consulting

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

IVAs Can Remake the Self-Service Landscape. A remarkable thing is happening in the realm of customer service: After years of rejecting self-service, customers are changing their tune. They haven’t changed their minds about the hundreds of poorly designed interactive voice response (IVR) systems—far from it.

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Interactions

AUGUST 13, 2020

Imagine yourself on a busy day trying to cancel an appointment and you keep getting put on hold waiting for a live agent. You know your task can be completed through self-service–it’s just a simple cancellation. You want to speak to a live agent to explain your situation and bypass business rules.

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DMG Consulting

AUGUST 9, 2018

DMG Consulting Releases 2018 Intelligent Virtual Agent Product and Market Report. State of the art self-service and compelling benefits that transcend verticals. Who: DMG Consulting LLC, a leading provider of contact center, back-office and real-time analytics market research and consulting services.

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Creative Virtual

APRIL 21, 2022

Here are a few questions to ask about your customer service to help make it more pleasant than cleaning a toilet: Do you make it easy for customers to reach your contact center? Self-service options like chatbots and virtual agents are increasingly preferred by customers, but they can’t – and shouldn’t!

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SmartAction

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

When used in business, conversational artificial intelligence (AI) supports overall call center operations by providing self-service options, 24/7 availability, and real-time data and analytics – while lowering costs and increasing profits. Any technology implementation has to align with your overall business goals.

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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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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.

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DMG Consulting

AUGUST 10, 2018

Recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) technology coupled with consumer preference for digital channels, is driving interest in and adoption of intelligent virtual agents (IVAs) and a related technology, robotic process automation (RPA). In essence, IVAs use science to elevate the art of self-service.

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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. This technology swiftly took over mundane inquiries like account balance checks or basic troubleshooting reducing routine call volumes by 35%. It was a game-changer.

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DMG Consulting

JULY 19, 2017

DMG Consulting Releases 2017 Intelligent Virtual Agent Product and Market Report. Who: DMG Consulting LLC, a leading provider of contact center, back-office and real-time analytics market research and consulting services. What: Releases 2017 Intelligent Virtual Agent Product and Market Report.

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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. Difficulty implementing and deploying new contact center technologies. Agent turnover. Focus on Solutions, Not Technology. Practical Solutions at a Time of Rapid Change. Collections).

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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

Artificial Intelligence Ever since 2016, the continuous advancements in technology have culminated in a disruption of contact centers on an industrial scale. These include customer service analytics, engagement hubs, the voice of the customer , virtual agents (live chat), and chatbots.

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Creative Virtual

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Just consider voice as part of your strategy when you want to offer self-service, whether if it is for your clients or your team. The good news is that the natural language understanding (NLU) solution of Creative Virtual, or let’s say “the brain of your self-service supply”, does not really care about the input type.

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Upstream Works

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Unlike legacy technologies that are fully-formed when deployed, AI-based applications are iterative – they get better the more you use them. This represents another important difference from legacy technology – AI evolves much faster, so the benefits will accrue in less time. Virtual Agent.

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Hodusoft

OCTOBER 19, 2023

When calls are routed to the right agent, it ensures faster issue resolution, reduced handling times, and increased customer satisfaction. Self-Service Options : Self-service options in call routing optimization are another effective way to enhance contact center efficiency.

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JustCall

AUGUST 8, 2023

Service industries across the world are facing an AI and automation overhaul. Contact centers are a great example of how technology can be used to make jobs more efficient. Previously, contact center agents had to physically dial multiple numbers every day. This minimizes wait times and increases customer satisfaction.

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DMG Consulting

MARCH 11, 2022

On an annual basis, in the November/December time frame, DMG Consulting (DMG) conducts a worldwide survey of contact center and enterprise executives and managers to identify their top operational and technology investment priorities for the coming year. 2022 Top Contact Center Technology Investments. of survey participants.

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TechSee

APRIL 21, 2021

Intelligent collaboration tools are trending in the call center to meet this need of connecting agents with their colleagues and supervisors in order to better serve their customers. Technology plays a large role in facilitating the collaborative call center. AI-Driven Agent Decision Support.

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SharpenCX

OCTOBER 15, 2023

AI-powered technologies—once only practical and feasible for large enterprises with big budgets and sophisticated expertise—are now accessible to everyone and used for both business and personal use cases. I often question and weigh new technologies as a “tool” or “toy” when it comes to contact center.

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3CLogic

DECEMBER 1, 2022

A separation between voice channels and an enterprise’s system of record also makes Interactive Voice Response (IVR) options – a crucial feature of good voice service interactions – severely limited.

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Uniphore

AUGUST 12, 2021

Alexa, Siri, Google Assistant—virtual assistants have transformed how we interact with technology and what we expect from it. Unsurprisingly, sales of these multimodal assistants grew 30% in 2020, while voice-only assistants saw a 3% decline. How to build a smarter IVR with a multimodal user expereience.

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