IVR, the interactive voice response system is definitely among the future of smart technologies. Its cutting edge technology permits it to help you have a great phone service experience. A survey conducted by a research firm predicts that IVR usage as well as future implementation of the technology and the results is good news for industries. It further says that both small and big businesses see the advantage and need of IVR.
An IVR which is to be explained in simple terms as an auto attendant phone system, prove particularly useful in times of high call volumes as they help direct customers to departments and agents suitable for their needs, organizing and lessening the waiting period. Some IVR systems can arrange waiting lists by customer prioritization, allowing for circumstances where customers have a different status to be moved to the front of the calling queue.
In the normal scenario, the IVR system plays pre-recorded voice prompts to which people press a number on a dial-pad/phone keypad to select the option chosen, or engage in simple answers like yes, no or numbers in reply to the voice prompts. The newest systems use natural language speech recognition to interpret the queries of a person. One of the newest trends, Guided Speech IVR, integrates live human agents into the design and workflow of the application to enable speech recognition with human context.
A brilliant IVR system will include a large selection of apps and functionality you can benefit from. IVR as a technology can be used in different aspects:
- Analogue Level Support
- Accounts Payment System
- Automated Call Distribution
- Automated Telephone call Facility
- Telephone call Log Databases
- Computerized Information Service
- Customized Call Routing
- Call Route Diagrams
- Personnel Directory Connection
- Data store Entry
- Call Data transfer
- Defect Management
- Distinctive Speech IVR Programs
- Variable-Line Help and support
- Voice Customization
- Text to Speech
Awareness of these important goals should help drive the industry forward over the course of the next year and beyond. Self-service appears to be the future of the industry and continued customer acceptance will help the industry continue to grow in coming years.
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