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What is an IVR (Interactive Voice Response)?

NICE inContact

At the simplest level, an IVR (Interactive Voice Response) is an automated interface that allows you to interact with callers to gather data, and potentially resolve an issue without having to direct that caller to an agent. Before I go deeper into WHAT an IVR is, I think we should start with the WHY.

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Interactive Voice Response – What it is, What it does, Where it’s going

NICE inContact

Interactive voice response (IVR) has been a staple of customer service for many years. Together with its “big brother”, the voice portal, IVRs have been part of contact center solutions for decades, and there is no reason to believe that they will go away any time soon. Offload Routine Interactions.

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6 Tips to Optimize Your Call Center IVR

Fonolo

You’re probably familiar with IVR, or Interactive Voice Response, is a menu system that connects customers to the information they need in your call center. Callers will use either a dial pad or tap-button options ( Visual IVR ) to connect with an appropriate agent or department to address their needs.

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Top Contact Center Industry Trends for 2023

Fonolo

Contact centers are dynamic, evolving workplaces, which makes industry trend spotting an exciting sport — sometimes prone to error — but always full of discovery! READ THE FULL GUIDE: Contact Center Trends 2023. (It It’s one of several positive trends we’ve seen emerge from the cultural change wrought by COVID. Let’s dig in! .

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Artificial Intelligence in Cloud-Based Solutions

Speaker: Rick Nucci, Co-Founder & CEO of Guru

With the advent of chatbots, artificial intelligence, interactive voice response, and machine learning, novel technologies continue to disrupt the contact center industry. By the end of this webinar, you will know: What is real and what is fiction in the latest trends in artificial intelligence.

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Trends to Improve Your Contact Center in 2024

Calltools

Take some time to learn about the contact center trends for 2024 that will put your team on the path to success. Focus on Customer Care All of the contact center trends you adopt should ultimately improve customer care. Your call center can use interactive voice response (IVR) technology to make self-service even more convenient.

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ACD versus IVR: Dissimilarity, Purpose, and Goal

Voiptime

If yes, then we can bet that you have experience in interacting with IVR or ACD technology. Thus, this topic covers the two most popular, essential, and efficient tools for client service - IVR contact center instruments and ACD solutions. Have you ever contacted any customer support department?