SmartAction

MARCH 18, 2019

IVR automation has been around for awhile, but for the most part, it just hasn’t been very good. Everyone knows the limitations of IVR systems, and customers have a gag reflex when they hear most call automation. These omnichannel solutions are known as AI-powered virtual agents. What is an AI-powered virtual agent?

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Interactions

JANUARY 21, 2025

Thats what you risk if youre still relying on outdated solutions like chatbots or interactive voice response (IVR) tools. Heres how an Intelligent Virtual Agent (IVA) that blends technology with the human touch can deliver the personalized, caring support your customers crave when the next crisis hits.

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ShepHyken

DECEMBER 8, 2017

But, the industry landscape is changing, with CX becoming the new battlefield. For instance, IVRs and artificial intelligence enabled Chatbots can make the customer service easier and efficient. Chatbots which work like virtual agents can solve basic query and transfer a call to ‘live agents’ in case of escalation.

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SmartAction

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Conversational AI, with its specific intents and data-driven capabilities, empowers virtual agents with readily available customer information, ensuring personalized interactions. It can be used to identify additional intents or requests from customers and build a better IVR system.

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UJET

MARCH 22, 2021

The IVR isn’t a topic that gets enough coverage. We gravitate to the shinier objects and tend to focus more on the agent experience, omnichannel, and artificial intelligence. Meanwhile, your IVR can be one of the biggest drivers of good vs bad CX. And the IVR is at the heart of that journey. Modernizing Your IVR.

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Interactions

AUGUST 13, 2020

These transactions can be handled by a simple chatbot or IVR system, as not much advanced functionality is needed. A deep knowledge of the customer experience space and conversational design is needed to determine when a live agent, a virtual agent, or both should be used in a given situation.

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Creative Virtual

APRIL 21, 2022

Self-service options like chatbots and virtual agents are increasingly preferred by customers, but they can’t – and shouldn’t! completely replace human contact center agents. Forward-thinking companies are using conversational AI to intelligently route customers to the right agent the first time.

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Balto

MARCH 3, 2025

Call center automation is transforming customer service operations across industries, shifting from traditional human-only models to a hybrid approach that blends technology with human expertise. Smart routing systems direct complex issues to skilled agents while resolving simple queries automatically.

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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. Need IVR services?

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DMG Consulting

AUGUST 9, 2018

DMG Consulting Releases 2018 Intelligent Virtual Agent Product and Market Report. What: Releases 2018 Intelligent Virtual Agent Product and Market Report. The 2018 Intelligent Virtual Agent Product and Market Report is the only in-depth analysis of these emerging solutions.

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Dialer 360

JANUARY 19, 2022

Virtual agents. The call center industry become more productive with artificial intelligence to natural language processing (NLP). However, those days are gone when static and slow IVR are used in the call center for customer service. Relationship between virtual agents and Artificial intelligence.

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Fonolo

JANUARY 17, 2018

Virtual Agent. Calling chatbots “virtual agent” is actually doing virtual agents an injustice, so please stop doing this. Virtual agents actually have a much broader use. Virtual Assistant. Interactive Voice Response (IVR). Natural Language Processing (NLP).

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SmartAction

MARCH 6, 2019

In November 2018, SmartAction’s AI-powered virtual agent solution was successfully tested by Avaya in its DevConnect program, a developer community and marketplace for third-party products that interoperate with Avaya technology ( read news release ). SmartAction is the leader in AI-powered virtual agent automation for voice and chat.

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SmartAction

DECEMBER 12, 2023

With our conversational AI platform and our proprietary intent-building process, we’ve cut virtual agent design and deployment time by 85%, offering our clients not just speed, but unparalleled efficiency and effectiveness. .” Our solutions have always been at the forefront of AI technology. Reach out today.

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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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Call Design

AUGUST 9, 2021

The Genesis of Automation and IVR. Attempts to automate phone-based customer interactions have been around for decades. First-generation IVR (interactive voice response) systems were one of the first systems to automatically interact with a customer through voice recognition and/or keypad inputs.

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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. Using cloud-based conversational AI to enhance existing IVR and contact center platforms helps companies deliver the natural language IVR experience that customers prefer and expect.

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DMG Consulting

JULY 19, 2017

DMG Consulting Releases 2017 Intelligent Virtual Agent Product and Market Report. What: Releases 2017 Intelligent Virtual Agent Product and Market Report. The 2017 Intelligent Virtual Agent Product and Market Report is the only in-depth analysis of these emerging solutions. When: Today, 19 July 2017.

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Stafford Communications

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

How Call Center Artificial Intelligence is Transforming the Industry. Artificial intelligence (AI) is having a major impact in many industries, including call centers. While many fear that AI will soon replace live agents on the other end of the phone, nothing can substitute the human touch a live agent can provide.

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Xaqt

JUNE 1, 2020

The offshore business process outsourcing industry is likely to be the hardest hit. All the while, Virtual Agents and Robotic Process Automation (RPA) threaten to eliminate much of the human capabilities that outsources have built their business on. COVID-19 changed the entire industry in an instant.

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Serenova

OCTOBER 13, 2020

No matter your industry segment or organization’s size, there’s a high likelihood that “artificial intelligence” has entered into your lexicon as the mother of all technology buzzwords. Pass the customer around a couple times and the experience becomes not only inefficient, but negative and frustrating for both the customer and the agents.

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DMG Consulting

JUNE 11, 2019

DMG Consulting Releases 2019-2020 Intelligent Virtual Agent Product and Market Report. What: Releases 2019-2020 Intelligent Virtual Agent Product and Market Report. Foundational component of next-gen, digitally transformed service organizations. Botanic Technologies and Capito.ai are covered at a high level.

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Calabrio

MARCH 31, 2025

Instead, Calabrios auto quality management platform automates evaluations and QA scorecards , providing objective, data-driven insights into agent performanceacross 100% of evaluations. More Accurate Virtual Agents and IVR Elevate your self-service with intelligent virtual agents.

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SmartAction

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

pay my loan, check my balance, or transfer funds," which became the new way to start a customer service conversation through traditional speech IVRs around 2016. Across different industries, use cases, and customer interactions, there’s now an opportunity to leverage AI in a whole new way with an intelligent front door.

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Uniphore

OCTOBER 21, 2021

This merger adds a new level of best-in-class automation to real-time agent-assisted interactions, and a superior agent performance and customer experience. Every day, billions of conversations take place across industries — customer service, sales, HR, education and more. Superior Business User Friendly UX.

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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. The once overburdened agents found themselves focusing on more complex, engaging tasks. It was a game-changer. Reach out today.

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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. SmartAction uses proprietary conversational AI to automate conversations that used to be handled by call center agents over phone, chat, and text.

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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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The Northridge Group

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Read any publication and you’re sure to find conversations revolving around Artificial Intelligence (AI) helping to power (if not completely replace, in some instances) human interaction. In the contact center, one thing is certain: positive human connections between agents and customers are critical to building brand loyalty.

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Uniphore

JANUARY 21, 2022

The global pandemic accelerated digital transformations across every industry, including healthcare. However, compared to the broader consumer marketplace, the healthcare industry lagged in digital adoption and implementation. Healthcare consumers are overwhelmed and frustrated.

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Stafford Communications

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

How Call Center Artificial Intelligence is Transforming the Industry Artificial intelligence (AI) is having a major impact in many industries, including call centers. While many fear that AI will soon replace live agents on the other end of the phone, nothing can substitute the human touch a live agent can provide.

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SmartAction

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Conversational AI can be used in any industry for various use cases, including billing and payments, collection, authentication, claims, order management, scheduling, and reservations. Our virtual agents can solve 80% to 90% of customer problems. Our virtual agents can solve 80% to 90% of customer problems.

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DMG Consulting

JANUARY 3, 2020

Intelligent virtual agents (IVAs) and attended robot process automation (RPA, also known as robots) are being used to enhance productivity and service quality. IVAs are replacing IVRs and other enterprise self-service solutions and are increasing the volume of fully automated interactions.

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SmartAction

JANUARY 11, 2024

FORT WORTH, Texas, January 10, 2024 SmartAction, a leading provider of AI-powered virtual agents for customer-obsessed brands , is proud to announce a comprehensive brand refresh and the launch of its innovative NOVA (Natural Omnichannel Virtual Agent) agent design platform.

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Serenova

OCTOBER 13, 2020

No matter your industry segment or organization’s size, there’s a high likelihood that “artificial intelligence” has entered into your lexicon as the mother of all technology buzzwords. Pass the customer around a couple times and the experience becomes not only inefficient, but negative and frustrating for both the customer and the agents.

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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. The question is no longer should I adopt voice self-service for my contact center?

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SmartAction

APRIL 15, 2019

This combination has led to the growing adoption of AI-powered virtual agents to automate conversations traditionally handled by live agents. Best Practice #1: Identify the Perfect Call Types & Chats for AI-Powered Virtual Agents. Automate More with Virtual Agents.

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