by Uttam Pegu on November 2, 2009
Implementing traditional voice mail using analog CTI boards is quite tricky. If the switch of EPABX does not support certain features, than it is almost impossible to implement traditional voice mail system with traditional operation. The major issue is finding out information of caller ID.
In a traditional voice mail system as I explained in [...]
by Uttam Pegu on October 30, 2009
What is a Voice Mail System (VMS) and a Answering Machine ?
Voice mail system can be thought as a message box for phone user to store voice messages and retrieve it through telephone. User can divert all his calls to his voice mail system when he wishes so.
Main difference between answer machine [...]
by Uttam Pegu on July 2, 2009
Recently, I commissioned a IVR Software in a call center in India. I have gone through a good learning process about not only Call Center, but also how IVR can be used smartly to serve customers better, solve customer problems at shortest possible time as well as minimizing call agent intervention!
My client is [...]
by Uttam Pegu on June 19, 2009
Though I have previously written about tools for developing IVR software as well as standardised VoiceXML based IVR Software, I was always thinking about writing rapid application development tools for developing simple to complex and large IVR software available in the market presently.
What is Rapid Application Development Tools for IVR Software ?
These are the tools [...]
by Uttam Pegu on May 25, 2009
VoiceXML is the open standard markup language for all kind of voice applications. Does it include IVR ? Yes, it does. VoiceXML is the modern and latest way of writing IVR Software, develop voice portals and much more!
“VoiceXML 1.0 was published by the VoiceXML Forum, a consortium of over 500 companies, in March 2000. [...]
by Uttam Pegu on March 28, 2009
What is UMS ( Unified Messaging System) ?
In one sentence, UMS can be defined as a system that provides phone subscribers with the ability to access, read and reply all their messages in whatever form from any terminal (whether telephony-based, Internet-based or both) that may be available. Message types are normally, Email, Voice Mail, Fax [...]
by Uttam Pegu on March 23, 2009
There are few basic difference between outbound and inbound IVR Application. Normal IVR Application deals with inbound calls and call transferring. But an outbound IVR performs the few more tasks than an Inbound IVRS! And this is purely call handling point of View.
Though inbound application may have to do more computation as it has wider [...]
by Uttam Pegu on March 16, 2009
News about IVR Industry :-
PHOENIX – March 5, 2009 – Syntellect, Inc., a leading provider of contact center management solutions, announced today the release of Syntellect Communications Portal Version 7.2. The Communications Portal is the first of the combined technology efforts resulting from the acquisition of Envox Worldwide in October of last year. A descendant [...]