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IVR Call Back as replacement of Toll Free Number

by Uttam Pegu on October 9, 2010

What is call back feature ? Call Back feature is when a person call a number and then disconnect and immediately that dialed number calls back the person. Now the person can enter another phone number and get connected to that phone number! This kind of phone number which calls back a person is also [...]

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Bulk Voice Calling

by Uttam Pegu on October 4, 2010

What is Bulk Voice Call ? Bulk Voice Calling is broadcasting of pre-recorded voice message to many telephone numbers simultaneously or sequentially. It is voice or IVR version of SMS ( Short Message Service) broadcasting which is now a days widely used for various purposes. Bulk voice calling is also known as call blast, voice [...]

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Open Source IVR ?

by Uttam Pegu on September 27, 2010

Recently, I have started getting mails about asking open source IVR as well as its availability for free, download-able from internet! Most of the people who have asked me about “‘Open Source IVR” have heard about Asterisk. Before going into the details about Asterisk, being open source IVR, I would like to clarify few things [...]

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Outbound IVR : Interesting Implementation

by Uttam Pegu on September 22, 2010

Recently, I have come across some interesting outbound IVR ( Interactive Voice Response System) implementation. While it may not be the best outbound IVR arrangement, but it sure is the cheapest and most reliable in the circumstances in India. Just to mention, majority of the outbound IVR applications dial out a number, plays a recorded [...]

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I attended VAS Asia 2010 held today in New Delhi. While writing my previous post about widely used IVR systems in India, I put IVR for Value Added Service at the top. If the overwhelming presence of CTI board manufacturers with stalls and two IVR platform provider any indication, then we are surely seeing some [...]

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Can outbound IVR replace predictive dialer ?

by Uttam Pegu on June 3, 2010

While outbound IVR systems are being widely used now a days for many promotional activities, but outbound IVR potential as smart predictive dialer is still to be tapped. While many acknowledge that, outbound IVR has many advantages over predictive dialer, call centers still deploy predictive dialer for making outbound calls and then transferring the calls [...]

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What is CCXML

by Uttam Pegu on May 20, 2010

CCXML (Call Control eXtensible Markup Language) is telephone call flow language in line with VoiceXML which provides telephony control to the voice application written in VoiceXML. CCXML is completely separate from VoiceXML and work independently from VoiceXML, though they can work together. CCXML can be thought as an interface between telephony API and voice user [...]

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Dialogic D/300 CTI board

by Uttam Pegu on March 15, 2010

Dialogic D/300 JCT-E1 is the entry level board for anyone who needs digital network interface with PSTN network as well as voice resources in the single board. I feel, D/300 board is most used entry level CTI board for many high end, feature rich IVR applications like unified messaging system, Fax Server, Caller Ringback Tone, [...]

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