August 2008 | Volume 27 / Number 3
Awards & Recognition
The 2008 Speech Technology Excellence Awards
Of course speech technologies are also having a significant impact on the call center. For example, today’s IVR systems sport sophisticated speech engines that can ask callers open-ended questions, such as “How may I help you today?” and then intelligently direct the call to the appropriate agent within the center. Then there’s the advent of speech analytics software that mines call recordings for data, which can be used to improve agent performance, boost customer satisfaction and gain new insights into customer behavior. Organizations can then use this insight to drive important business decisions. Customer Interaction Solutions magazine recognizes that speech technology is now a key differentiator for call centers (after all, we have been covering call center technology for nearly three decades, and have witnessed me progression from primitive auto-dialers and recording systems to full CTI integration, to IP PBXs with remote VoIP call center agents). Not only do call centers employing the best speech solutions have an edge in terms of delivering superior customer service, they also have an advantage in terms of being able to realize the operational efficiencies and cost savings that speech technologies can bring. Soon it will be the norm, rather than the exception, to find advanced speech technologies playing an important role at both the front-end and the backend of any call center operation. With new speech technology products for the call center constantly coming onto the market, it has become increasingly difficult to keep up with the latest trends in this rapidly growing field. That is why Customer Interaction Solutions launched the Speech Technology Excellence Awards, to find the best-of-the-best of these new products and pass our findings along to our readers. Following are the winners of the 2008 Speech Technology Excellence Awards. Congratulations to the winners! Autonomy etalk CallMiner ClickFox Inc. Convergys Corporation Intervoice NICE Systems Ltd. Nortel Pronexus Resolvity, Inc Syntellect, Inc. VoiceObjects, Inc. Voxeo Corporation CIS Magazine Table of Contents |