Another interesting IVR Application is for courts. In fact many Indian High Courts have implemented IVRS. IVR can help decreasing footfalls in courts for many routine inquiries.

High courts can use both inbound and outbound IVRS. Inbound IVR Application can be mainly used for for the following:-

1. Providing information about any case as per case number, case today, court of the judge.

2. Providing information about holidays, leaves, postponement. It will be specially beneficial for people who travel long distance to attend a hearing.

3. Announce change of date of hearing, assigned lawyer etc.

4. Announce important information about the court and important rules and regulations as well as legal services and assistance provided by courts.

5. It can also work as paging for the lawyer of a particular case where a caller can send message for a lawyer.

6. Complaint about any employee of the high court. Report about anything which will help honorable judges deliver justice.

7. Feedback about court.

Outbound IVRS can be used for following:

1. Alerts services for lawyers about pending hearing, case. This can be paid service to lawyers as well.

2. Outbound call alerts judges about pending cases or shifting.

3. Outbound call to announce important verdict to the concerned parties.

Both outbound and inbound IVR Application can be used as advertising tools. It can be quite effective as it can be really interactive with quick response unlike print or visual advertising.

Using Inbound IVRS as Marketing tools:
Inbound IVRS is those kind of IVRS where user calls to IVRS. Normally this kind of IVRS uses a toll free number. Else most probably, now a days nobody will make an outgoing call and listen to advertisements!

Voice Portals are such inbound IVRS where advertisement can be inserted. Voice Portal normally has many applications. Each application can have different advertisements. For example, if a voice portal has Music Application where user listens to songs, one can insert advertisements of upcoming music releases as well as movies. This kind of relevant advertisements will not irritate the caller much.
These advertisements can be interactive. For example, one can play promo of a movie, and ask people to rate the film. Same way for a song! This kind of facility is unique in IVRS.
Telecom companies can provide new schemes, services on their customer care number! This we may have experienced quite a time now!

Using Outbound IVRS
Outbound IVRS are those which make outbound calls to a person and provide some information as well as can get some feedback. Predictive dialer, Automatic Dialer are few such IVR Applications.
Using outbound IVRS as advertising tools has been there for quite some time now! Predictive Dialer is a kind of IVRS which is connected to a telephone database and it retrieves telephone number from this and makes outgoing calls. It tries to gather few information from the called person before it transfers the call to a live agent. Outbound IVRS can advertise the following way

1. Advertise about product after the connection. Give the called person option to rate the product, to give feedback in voice, to record if he is interested in the product and know further. Depending on the customer’s choice, IVRS can either transfer the call to a live agent or store the number is prospective client.

2. During election, candidate can make a “Vote for me” appeal on phone!

3. Various queries, opinion polls can be conducted.

4. Telecom companies can announce new services, schemes and prompt subscribers to avail them.

5. In medical industries, outbound IVRS can be used to advertise new drugs, its feedback. It can also prompt patients about daily medicines.

6. Many campaigners like awareness program can be undertaken effectively. For example, AIDS awareness, Pulse Polio Drops, Road Safety etc.