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IVR Studio Overview

IVR - short for Interactive Voice Response - automates interactions with telephone callers. Most people are familiar with IVR applications. These applications allow callers to retrieve information such as bank balances, flight schedules, and movie show times from any telephone.

IVR Studio Component

Voicent IVR Studio consists of two components: IVR Studio GUI (graphical user interface) and Voicent Gateway. The GUI component, as shown below, is what you see when running IVR Studio.

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Voicent Gateway is the component that actually answers and makes phone calls. Once an IVR application design is completed and validated, it is deployed to Voicent Gateway. (For paid editions of IVR Studio, an inbound gateway license is included)

For outbound IVR application, you must have Voicent BroadcastByPhone Autodialer. Although it is a separate product, it is fully integrated with IVR Studio.

Inbound IVR and Outbound IVR

IVR applications are categorized as inbound IVR and outbound IVR applications. An inbound IVR application answers calls initiated from customers, while an outbound IVR application makes calls to customers. Many IVR systems only support inbound IVR application. Voicent IVR Studio is a complete IVR solution for both inbound and outbound IVR applications. The support of outbound IVR applications is accomplished through Voicent BroadcastByPhone Autodialer.

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