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Why Every Contact Center Manager Should Consider Voice-Driven AI

SmartAction

Conversational AI helps them out of what seems to be an endless cycle of button pressing and voice prompts to connect them immediately with a virtual agent. It can verify new accounts, take payment information, provide technical support, automate routine tasks with human assistance, and more. Collaborate.

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Why Voice Matters: Conversational IVR Takes Customer Service to the Next Level

SmartAction

Conversational AI, with its specific intents and data-driven capabilities, empowers virtual agents with readily available customer information, ensuring personalized interactions. For instance, a customer might hear, “Press 1 for billing inquiries, press 2 for technical support, press 3 for account information,” and so on.

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Software as a Service vs. Managed Software as a Service

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They don’t build or provide the software; they help businesses manage the software and offer technical support to the users. MSaaS provides the software and support. Intelligent virtual agents are software that includes artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) with natural language processing (NLP).

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Generative AI for the Service World

DMG Consulting

Applications for Contact Centers/Customer Service Generative AI has caught the attention and imaginations of vendors and enterprises, driving investments in a large and growing variety of applications for contact centers (sales, marketing, service, collections, technical support, etc.) and customer service organizations.

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AI in Customer Service – How to Deliver Real Value Now

TechSee

In 2017, all eyes were on chatbots and virtual agents – the assumption being that they would take over a significant part of the customer interaction and deliver real value in communicating with customers. Virtual Agents. A major driver for the chatbot disappointment in 2017 was the inflated expectations.

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The Future of Intelligent Decision Support Systems in Contact Centers

TechSee

IDSS allow human agents to focus more on their soft skills and quality of the interaction, and less on scripts and manuals. Take, for example, one of the more complex issues handled in contact centers – technical support. In customer service, it helps the IDSS see the problem, as a virtual agent.

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5 Customer Service Tech Trends to Explore at MWC 2018

TechSee

AR has been especially beneficial in the technical suppor t domain. Providing the ability to visually overlay instructions and imagery is a game-changer in the efficiency of remote technical support. Virtual agent exhibitors at MWC 2018: Nuance. Immersive technology exhibitors at MWC 2018: Go6D Technologies.