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Customer Interaction Technologies

The list of solutions used in customer interaction and relationships management is changing rapidly as technology advances and make more possible. From chatbots to IVR, the technologies contained here are far-reaching. See below for the latest customer interaction technology news, trends, and solutions.

Features

2023 Vertical Markets Spotlight: Speech Technology in Consumer Electronics

Interoperability's been the biggest challenge, but standards are emerging.

2023 Vertical Markets Spotlight: Speech Technology in Financial Services

Rise in voice banking requires a rise in voice-based support, verification, and AI.

2023 Vertical Markets Spotlight: Speech Technology in Restaurants

Staffing shortages prompt a greater use of voice ordering automation.

2023 Vertical Markets Spotlight: Speech Technology in Travel and Hospitality

Voice brings concierge service to bookings and hotel stays.

Industry Voices

AI Voice: Working with, Not Against, Humans

Companies can leverage automated voice in new ways, building fuller, more authentic connections with their audiences.

Conversational AI Is Finding Its Voice

The future of multilingual support lies with conversational artificial intelligence.

The Need for Continuous Speech Recognition Testing

Conversational AI and voice have to be tested to ensure that they work flawlessly.

Customer Service Must Adapt to Expanded Touchpoints for Voice of the Customer Insight

Companies need to supplement traditional surveys with speech and text analytics. (Featured on SmartCustomerService.com.)

Columns

It’s Time to Cross Speech Tech’s Annoying Valley

Face it: IVR systems are almost all annoying.

New Omnichannel Offerings Share the Power of NLU

Natural language understanding is enabling a budding omnichannel revolution.

Conversational AI Is Becoming More Practical

As a spring conference displayed, the technology is improving and the use cases growing.

Move over GUI, Hello SVUI

Speech Technology Reports and Research

Learn How to Reduce Overhead Costs by 62% While Improving Output by 2x

Sponsored by Observe.AI

Case Study: Learn How to Achieve Above 90% Improvement in Call Categorization

Sponsored by LumenVox

Why Voice Matters for Trust and Engagement

Sponsored by WellSaid Labs

Using Speech Analytics to Monitor and Improve Agent Performance

Sponsored by Observe.AI

Customer Interaction Technologies Companies and Suppliers