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Choosing an IVR Solution: Not Easy Task

by Uttam Pegu on September 20, 2011

I keep getting direct questions which broadly translates into one single question, “What IVR tool/Software should I use for my IVR requirement ?” Over period of last three years, I can classify, three types of people ask me such questions, they are :- 1. Representatives of companies who is looking for IVR systems and they [...]

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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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3 reasons to upgrade from analog to digital CTI boards

by Uttam Pegu on December 9, 2009

There are many disadvantages of using analog CTI ( Computer Telephony Integration) cards. Apart from that, digital CTI boards offer many advantages over analog CTI boards and I would like to list three main reasons why one should upgrade to digital CTI boards from analog ones. Even in India, E1 connectivity or PRI lines are [...]

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IVR Chat Application for Voice Portal

by Uttam Pegu on September 16, 2009

An interesting IVRS Application for Voice Portal is Voice Chat Application! It can be a real revenue spinner for a voice portal if it is properly moderated, if it has feature like outbound call, background music etc.! This chat application has two modes: 1. One To One chat Here two users chat one through voice [...]

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CTI Board usage pattern by IVRSWORLD.COM visitors

by Uttam Pegu on September 5, 2009

Almost one year back on 28th August 2008, I started a poll in this site to try to know how many people use Dialogic CTI boards as well as other CTI boards. I have concluded the poll today, 5th September 2009. The question of the poll was : Which CTI card you use for your [...]

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Dialogic needs no introduction, so the Dialogic D4 PCI board. Synway and Digium too have D4 PCI equivalent Voice Boards. While both Digium and Dialogic boards uses PCI slots, Synway 4 Port Board uses a USB port like modem. I have been thinking about comparing these three boards using few common parameters. 1. Ease of [...]

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IVR and Asterisk

by Uttam Pegu on March 21, 2009

What is Asterisk ? Asterisk is the world’s leading open source telephony engine and tool kit. Offering flexibility unheard of in the world of proprietary communications, Asterisk empowers developers and integrators to create advanced communication solutions…for free. Asterisk® is released as open source under the GNU General Public License (GPL), and it is available for [...]

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