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IVR goes the cloud way

In a blog written by Uttam Pegu, an IVR blogging expert,gives us an insight into the world of hosted IVR in India.Until few years back people were apprehensive about the idea of hosted IVR but now with the advent of technology gathering its pace the idea of an IVR in cloud is reality now. Reliable net connection and a better pricing model has helped boom the idea of hosted IVR in India.

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http://www.ivrsworld.com/industry-news/hosted-ivr-is-gaining-popularity-in-india/
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Getting more out of new IVR technologies

In a whitepaper submitted by Pika Technologies Inc, we come to know about how to get more benefits from new IVR technologies.With IVR technologies evolving by the day it is very much important for managers to get best out of them.IVR application developers are now busy making software centric products.The two most important factors for shaping this decision of software centric product are a growing interest of many entities in VOIP services and second is the ability to run voice,data, and signaling processing algorithms reliably on a host PC or servers.

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http://www.tmcnet.com/channels/media-processing/art/pika-ivr-white_paper.pdf

 

 

 

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Smartphones to the rescue of IVRs image

In an article written by Ann All, Editor at QuinStreet, explains how smart phones will help to boost the image of IVR systems in the near future. Till date IVRs have been audio based and sometimes it is cumbersome for customers to navigate through different menu options while holding up their phones to their ears. This not only proved difficult but also created a lot of dissent among the customers. IVRs ease of use reflects a lot on a company's image. With smart phones gaining popularity across the world, companies are trying to shift to interactive and visual IVRs. These visual systems not only help in customers navigate through menu options easily but also presents a visual representation of a company's IVR system. Visual IVRs provide a better customer service experience to the consumers of the company.

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http://www.enterpriseappstoday.com/call-centers/smartphones-will-boost-ivrs-customer-service-image.html
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Vocie biometrics: Application in banks

In an article written by Zack Martin (Author at SecureID News), we come to know how a Mexican bank has employed voice biometrics for its customers to make phone banking process easy for them. Bank now uses Vocal Password voice biometrics solution which makes the usage of PINs, passwords, and security questions in their automated phone system redundant and obsolete. Introduction of voice biometrics has helped customers of the bank in a great way that now they don't have to remember any PIN's or passwords their voice is now the password for any banking operation they want to do over phone.

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http://secureidnews.com/news-item/mexican-bank-deploys-voice-biometrics/
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Reasons for failure of an IVR system

In an article written by Chad Brooks (BusinessNewsDaily Senior Writer), gives us insight into how effective handling of automated phone systems can reflect positively on the image of your company or vice-versa. Businesses need to tread carefully between their own demands and the demands of their consumers to extract the best possible out of their IVR systems. In his article Brooks lists out some important suggestion by a senior corporate executive in the field of IVR's to prevent a IVR system being exposed to failures.

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http://www.businessnewsdaily.com/6346-5-ways-your-interactive-voice-response-can-fail.html
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Calling solutions for small businesses

In an article written by Chad Brooks (BusinessNewsDaily Senior Writer), gives us insight into the problem faced by small businesses in making and attending calls. Small businesses always cannot employ people just for call operating purposes. Chad brooks in his articles suggests some IVR solutions for these small businesses and also asserts them on why to have a running IVR system in their premises as it will not only help in reducing wastage of precious times for employees as well as can also be a boon for them to develop their business.

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http://www.businessnewsdaily.com/6440-interactive-voice-response-solutions.html
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IVR: how to choose the right one

In an article written by Chad Brooks (senior writer of BusinessNewsDaily), explains how to choose a right IVR for your organization. IVR system attends to customer's request based on customer's response. It is an automated process and reduces a great deal of human interaction. So, getting a right IVR for your business will increase your customer satisfaction.

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http://www.businessnewsdaily.com/6328-interactive-voice-response.html
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IVR pricing in India

In a blog written by Uttam Pegu (an IVR blogging expert), we come to know about the current pricing scenario of IVR in India. This article also gives us an insight as to how companies can explore more opportunities for revenue generation through their IVR services.

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http://www.ivrsworld.com/ivr-news/are-ivr-pricing-right-in-india/#more-2359
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Basic knowhows of voice user interface design

In a white paper submitted by Pronexus (telephony, speech and database integration company), we come to know about the basics of voice user interface design. This white paper outlines many minute things that one should keep in mind before designing a voice user interface. He also describes what voice user interface is and what the design issues related with it are.

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http://www.pronexus.com/ivr-resources/ivr-white-papers/finish/3-white-papers/2-understanding-voice-user-interface-design
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Which one is better ? Proactive call optimization or reactive call tracking analytics.

In a blog written by Irv Shapiro (CEO and head coach ifbyphone), we come to know the basic differences between proactive call optimization and reactive call tracking analytics. In his blog he explains how a VBMA suite has state of art technologies to deal with many impending problems that today's business organizations face with respect to call tracking etc. VBMA is used to route the call to a proper agent. The technology should be easy to use and not complex in its handling.

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http://public.ifbyphone.com/blog/big-data-late-matter/
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Problems in collecting multiple customer comments from post call IVR survey

In a blog written by Dr Jodie Monger, a pioneer in customer satisfaction research for the contact center industry, explains how problem arises in collecting multiple customer comments from post call IVR survey. He also explains what the problems are and how to solve those problems. 

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http://metrics.net/blog/2013/03/current-post-call-ivr-survey-prevent-collecting-multiple-customer-comments/#more-5496
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IVR: A friend of you in reducing your operational cost

Handling phone calls to serve your customers is definitely important for your company. But, have you ever calculated how much it costs you? A research by ContactBabel, shows that for making a live agent call, it costs you £ 3.87 in average!

Interactive Voice Response (IVR) can be effective in reducing this cost. According to the report, it can bring down your operational costs by 6 times. Also, with increasing usage of smartphones, a new type of IVR menus can be provided known as Visual IVR, where a caller can navigate a visual IVR menu between 4 and 5 times faster than a traditional audio IVR menu. The direct impact will be enhanced customer experience.

Read at http://www.callcentrehelper.com/ivr-self-service-costs-6-times-less-than-a-phone-call-59403.htm for more research findings on how IVR can help you reducing your costs.

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