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SST's
telephony division has provided a solution for CTI (Computer-Telephony
Integration), or sometimes simply "Computer Telephony". Computer
Telephony is the use of computers to manage telephone calls.The
term is used in describing the computerised services of call
center, such as those that direct your phone call to the right
department at a business you're calling.It's also sometimes
used to describe the ability to use your personal computer
to initiate and manage phone calls (in which case you can
think of your computer as your personal call center).
CTI applications provide the ability to do one or more of
the following:
- Authenticate
callers.Using one of several standard methods, the telephone
number of the caller can be screened against a database.
- Recognize
a voice, either for authentication or for message forwarding.
- Using
live, recorded voice, or touch-tone entered input, determine
how to process a call (for example, by forwarding it to
the appropriate person or department).
- Provide
interactive voice response (IVR) to callers.
- Match
the number of a caller with a customer record and display
it for reference when talking to the caller.
- Manage
voice or video conferences.
- Collect
and display pending live calls or messages that have been
left by callers.
- Receive
fax messages and route them to appropriate fax machines.
- For
outbound calling such as telemarketing, predial callers
etc.
- Based
on call input, initiate a smart agent application to provide
help with the caller’s request.
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