Voice
On the phone, the tolerance for a wrong answer is much lower than in chat.
The call-handling figures that used to sit here had no named source, so they are gone. This is how we approach voice.
How we build it
A voice system earns its place on the calls nobody wants to take.
01
Opening hours, status, directions
The calls that are pure lookup. Handling those well is the whole business case; handling them badly is worse than voicemail.
02
Handover has to be immediate
One clear route to a person, said out loud, early. On a phone line a loop is not an inconvenience, it is a lost customer.
03
Language is a routing decision
Which languages the line actually answers in, and what happens to the ones it does not. Guessing produces the worst call of the day.
What we do not promise
- A reduction in handling time. It depends on your call mix, and we have not heard it.
- That it takes medical or legal questions. Those belong with a person, and the system should say so.
- That callers will not notice. They will. It should be obvious and useful rather than convincing.