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Speak Up! Designing a speech-enabled IVR system is inherently complex and requires in-depth preparation. Here are eleven strategies to ensure that you're hearing your customers loud and clear.   |
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November 2005
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Avoiding the Speech Rec. Wreck Speech recognition has struggled to move into the mainstream, but these applications are picking up where touch tone IVR leaves off. |
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October 1, 2009
Donna Fluss |
Voice Self-Service to the Rescue When live agents can't be had, interactive voice response systems may suffice. |
CRM
October 18, 2004
Coreen Bailor |
Can You Here Me Now? VoiceXML, or Voice Extensible Markup Language, has made its way into the contact center and is bringing standards to the IVR (interactive voice response). |
CRM
April 2008
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The 2008 CRM Service Awards: Interactive Voice Response IVR solutions are growing increasingly mature; Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories proves itself most mature of all. |
CRM
October 2012
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IVRs Get a Bad Rap There's no excuse for not investing in these systems. |
CRM
March 2004 |
The 2004 Service Leaders--Part I The leading customer service vendors for 2004 |
CRM
April 30, 2013 |
HP Pairs with Avaya for Cloud Contact Center Solutions New Customer Engagement as a Service brings social media marketing, mobile integration, and customer analytics to a single platform. |
CRM
April 2014
Leonard Klie |
From IVRs to Automated Interactive Customer Contacts Chat, SMS, and virtual agent solutions have a strong future if deployed wisely. |
CRM
June 9, 2015 |
Jacada Makes Visual IVR Available on the Interactive Intelligence MarketPlace Jacada has joined the Interactive Intelligence Global Alliance Program. |
CRM
March 2015
Leonard Klie |
The 2015 CRM Service Leaders: Interactive Voice Response While interactive voice response systems were once only used by large companies that received massive amounts of calls, small businesses are now adopting the technology in large numbers as well. |
New Architect
March 2002
Jonathan Eisenzopf |
Updating Your System Is VoiceXML right for your customer service strategy? |
CRM
December 2010
Donna Fluss |
Speaking of Solid Payback Optimizing your interactive voice response system may require only a small investment |
CRM
February 2015
Leonard Klie |
The Hidden Sources of Poor Customer Service Interactions should be designed with the customer in mind. |
CRM
January 2013
Leonard Klie |
IVR Fuels Improved Customer Service for Propane Supplier AmeriGas offers targeted, more efficient solutions with a speech-enabled phone system from Message Technologies Inc. |
CRM
April 2005
Bailor et al. |
The 2005 CRM Service Leaders--Part I Awards winners for the most impressive providers of customer care architecture, technology, and services who have worked over the past year to improve their capabilities so that contact centers can go about their business more efficiently and effectively. |
CRM
January 2004
David Myron |
(Automated) Talk Is Cheap Speech technology is saving companies big bucks. |
CRM
November 2011
Leonard Klie |
IVR Investment Pays Off at Australian Bank Westpac Group installs Holly Connects platform to address customer service woes. |
CRM
May 2012
Donna Fluss |
Making Sense of the Hosted Contact Center Infrastructure Market A 2012 buyers' guide. |
CRM
May 1, 2006
Coreen Bailor |
Like a Circle in a Spiral Making your interactive voice response system as user friendly as possible will help increase customer loyalty and keep costs down. |
CRM
April 1, 2007
Colin Beasty |
Business Problem: CSRs Are Inundated with Routine Customer Inquiries, Which Increases Wait Time and Reduces Agent Effectiveness. Tech Solution: Speech-enabled IVRs. Aspect Customer Self-Service... Cisco Unified Customer Voice Portal... VoiceObjects 6... |
Bank Systems & Technology
June 1, 2005
Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
Contact/Call Centers No longer just about back-office servicing, contact and call centers now provide banks with an opportunity to nurture customer relationships. |
CRM
May 1, 2007
Walter Rolandi |
Hybrid Hopes If call centers want to circumvent most speech recognition problems, the time has come for hybrid architectures. |
CRM
October 1, 2005
Coreen Bailor |
On the Scene--Talk Good: Best Practices in Speech Deployment Industry experts provide guidance for considering and deploying speech technologies. |
Bank Technology News
April 2002
David Rountree |
Phone Glitches Drive Consumers to Competition Banks, more than most companies, are likely to lose customers when service quality slips... |
CRM
April 2007
Bailor et al. |
The 2007 Service Leaders, Part 1 Here is the Contact Center Market's Leading Vendors in Seven Areas: Computer Telephony Integration... Interactive Voice Response... Web-Support Services... Workforce Optimization... Quality Monitoring... Agent-Facing Universal Desktop... Outsourcing Services... |
CRM
February 11, 2011 |
IVR Technology Group Announces iCAN Post-Call Surveys IVR Technology Group, a provider of intelligent voice response services and solutions, has introduced a feature-rich, post-call survey application that can be coupled with its IVR hosted services platform to provide call centers with easy access to very robust, automated telephony tools. |
CRM
April 2015
Leonard Klie |
VoltDelta Is the Right Prescription for Rx Outreach The multichannel cloud contact center solution provides IVR, agent infrastructure, and automated prescription reminders for a mail-order pharmacy. |
CRM
February 2, 2004 |
Hot Seat: Self-Help Alters the Service Landscape As Web self-help grows in popularity among both customers and the companies that serve them, CRM magazine asks: Can Web self-help solutions enable companies to bring outsourced customer service efforts back in house? Why or why not? |
CRM
May 2012
Michele Masterson |
Natural Language Understanding Grows Up The bar has been raised for technologies that not only hear, but understand too. |
CRM
January 2015
Leonard Klie |
In Customer Service, It's More Efficient to Be Effective Rushing customers off the phone might cut costs, but ignores the potential for greater value. |
CRM
July 1, 2006
Coreen Bailor |
Microsoft Talks Pretty One Day The software giant hopes to end the struggle with the development, management, and TCO of speech-enabled apps. |
Insurance & Technology
November 17, 2004
Maura K. Ammenheuser |
Loud and Clear To improve customer service, insurers are increasingly turning to speech-based technology, and away from call centers, to handle consumer questions. The familiar touch-tone systems may soon go the way of the rotary phone. |
CRM
December 2004
Coreen Bailor |
10 Technologies That Are Reinventing the CRM Industry Many of today's most effective CRM processes and strategies are so successful because of the underlying technologies that enable and support them. Consider the potential of the following 10 technologies. |
CRM
May 2012
Leonard Klie |
In the Air Instead of on the Line A natural language-based IVR connects US Airways passengers to better service. |
CRM
November 1, 2006
Coreen Bailor |
The Ring Dynasty: China's Contact Center Market Intensifies The country's vast population and growing economy are just two of the reasons for the expected uptake. |
CRM
March 2010
Christopher Musico |
The 2010 CRM Service Awards: Service Leaders - Interactive Voice Response Genesys is doing some of the most leading-edge stuff in terms of that dream of marrying IVR with the computer-telephony integration workflow. |
Bank Systems & Technology
October 28, 2004
Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
Contact Centers It is critical for banks to have well-trained contact center personnel and to implement the latest self-service and voice technologies. |
CRM
January 2012
Leonard Klie |
Can Mobile and IVR Avoid a Fight? Customer interaction technologies should support one another, not compete. |
Bank Technology News
March 2010
John Adams |
IVRs Get On The Brandwagon Interactive voice response (IVR) systems are increasing in importance as a retention tool in the financial services industry. New systems can be linked to CRM systems, and can move callers and customer data between departments. |
CIO
June 1, 2006
Susannah Patton |
Answering the Call Everyone's had a bad experience with a call center. But now companies are investing in advanced technologies and at-home agents to connect with customers, not put them on hold. |
InternetNews
September 13, 2004
Erin Joyce |
IBM Donates Voice Code to Apache IBM and other software players in the voice-enabled sector are making it easier for J2EE developers to add voice interaction to Web applications. Partners such as Avaya are looking to build speech apps that can run on anyone's platform. |
CRM
June 6, 2011
Leonard Klie |
Nuance Launches Complete Care Multichannel Solutions Nuance Complete Care engages consumers over the customer contact life cycle with integrated inbound and outbound customer care. |
CRM
December 1, 2003
David Myron |
Speech Technology Begins to Realize Its Potential Vendor representatives discuss of the practicality of speech recognition in today's contact center. |
CRM
February 2011
Leonard Klie |
A Gray Area Today's seniors can't be left out of IVR design decisions. |
Bank Systems & Technology
August 31, 2004
Maura K. Ammenheuser |
Banks Hear Customers Loud and Clear By leveraging speech technologies, banks are improving customer service and cutting costs. |
InternetNews
May 8, 2006
Andy Patrizio |
Microsoft Begins Testing Speech Server 2007 Microsoft today formally opened up a public beta test of the Microsoft Speech Server 2007, a significant upgrade to its voice recognition and telephony server with a host of new features and technologies. |
CRM
November 1, 2006
Coreen Bailor |
Speech Recognition Leads to R&R Fluency Voice Technology helps a travel services company provide its customers with more communication choice. |
InternetNews
September 15, 2004
Erin Joyce |
Unified Messaging For The Masses Avaya gives customers the ability to more quickly scale up their voice-activated messaging systems. |
CRM
April 2011
Leonard Klie |
IVR Personalization: Strike the Right Balance Too much familiarity can repel customers, so IVR designers must take pains to build the right systems. |
