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From Knowledge Base to Virtual Agents: The Shift to AI-powered Self Service

TechSee

Customer self-service refers to customer-initiated interaction technologies that enable customers to access information and perform routine tasks without requiring the assistance of a live customer service representative. Here are the steps to get started: Build the virtual agent around a single strategic objective.

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3 ways virtual agents can boost call center efficiency

Talkdesk

From knowledge bases to virtual agents, the potential disruption that a solid set of self-service applications can bring to contact center efficiency and customer experience is unquestionable and justifies all the buzz. Additionally, virtual agents can provide sustainable 24/7 support for many contact centers.

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Multimodal User Experience Design Best Practices

Uniphore

Alexa, Siri, Google Assistant—virtual assistants have transformed how we interact with technology and what we expect from it. Today’s most popular assistants offer a multimodal experience — the ability to interact on multiple channels — and are a major leap from the voice-only assistants that dominated the market just a few years ago.

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TechSee Launches Sophie AI, A MultiSensory Virtual Agent for Customer Service

TechSee

TechSee’s Sophie AI merges voice, visual, and text interactions to help service teams resolve any questions or issues using natural language and intuitive visual guidance. Fully customizable and adaptable to any brand or business, it provides the “brain” to humanize automated customer service interactions.

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Start Every Conversation with AI: The Front Door for Intelligent Customer Service

Speaker: Brian Morin & Helena Chen from SmartAction

AI virtual agents can help resolve a lot of routine and repetitive interactions, but not all are created equal. Some customer service interactions require a human —but just because some calls must be transferred to a live agent doesn’t mean they can’t all begin with AI. By starting every conversation with AI.

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What is a Virtual Agent? ( Difference, Benefits, Use Cases)

kommunicate

41% of customers prefer to interact on live chat, and 79% of them like it for fast responses. The post What is a Virtual Agent? Last Updated on August 17, 2022 Today, the bots quickly responding to a query has become a thing, and it is only for the good of a business. These studies indicate the potential of live chats and [.].

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Reduce call hold time and improve customer experience with self-service virtual agents using Amazon Connect and Amazon Lex

AWS Machine Learning

The key to making this approach practical is to augment human agents with scalable, AI-powered virtual agents that can address callers’ needs for at least some of the incoming calls. per contact—a virtual agent can potentially save $7.91 (98%) for every call it successfully handles.

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The Insider Secret to Designing Virtual Agents that Surpass Your Competition

Speaker: Brian Morin, CMO & Mark Landry, VP of Product at SmartAction

In a world where top businesses are always battling for the best technology, you have to ensure that your virtual agent's design is the best in the competition. Schematics of successful interactions. How data + business logic keeps virtual agents in their "swim lane". But how do you do this?

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The 5 Categories That Rule Virtual Agents

Speaker: Brian Morin, CMO, Mark Landry, VP Product, Marilyn Cassedy, Director of Customer Success, SmartAction

It just so happens that whenever we design and deploy a new AI-powered virtual agent over voice, the self-service application invariably falls into one of 5 distinct categories. If it fits into one of these 5 categories, a live human agent should never handle it. Understand top use cases driving conversational AI adoption.

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The Conversational AI Journey: What to Expect from Start to Finish

Speaker: Gary Davis, SmartAction CEO

Understanding the work involved before and after you deploy a virtual agent makes all the difference between a poor customer experience and one that’s on par with your best live agent. How automating a customer service call isn’t as simple as using a script from a human interaction.

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Expectations vs. Reality: What Can an AI Assistant Really Do?

Speaker: Brian Morin, Helena Chen, and David Parsons from SmartAction

Today’s AI assistants are nothing like first-generation voicebots and chatbots that left most users frustrated and unwilling to interact with any kind of bot again. How to modernize the self-service experience with an AI virtual agent that resolves issues conversationally.

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IVA is the New IVR Masterclass

Speaker: Brian Morin, CMO & Phillip Fisher, CX Consultant at SmartAction

With the influx of calls replacing in-person interactions, it is up to our virtual agents to not only evolve to the new demands but also to help alleviate the current stressors on live agents. 2020 was the year that customer call centers and customer experience were pushed to their limit.

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The Post-Covid CX Powered by AI

Speaker: Brian Morin, CMO, SmartAction & Aarde Cosseboom, Director of GMS Technology and Product, TechStyle Fashion Group

Adapting to a post-COVID world means recession-proofing your contact center with AI that reduces reliance on live agents with virtual agents that are always on, perfectly trained, and at a fraction of the cost. In this webinar, Brian and Aarde will: Identify telephony interactions and volumes that meet thresholds for change.

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6 Killer Applications for Artificial Intelligence in the Customer Engagement Contact Center

If Artificial Intelligence for businesses is a red-hot topic in C-suites, AI for customer engagement and contact center customer service is white hot. This white paper covers specific areas in this domain that offer potential for transformational ROI, and a fast, zero-risk way to innovate with AI.