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Let an intelligent generative AI voice assistant manage repetitive call center interactions, freeing up your human agents to handle more complex and sensitive topics with customers, improving containment, delighting callers, and driving operational efficiency.

IBM’s advanced artificial intelligence technology, blending large language models (LLMs) and natural language processing (NLP), goes beyond understanding human language. It extracts emotions, analyzes conversation sentiment, and responds with a natural-sounding voice that adapts its tone—cheerful, empathetic, neutral, or uncertain—to suit each situation.

Analytics will reveal valuable insights like popular customer queries, FAQs, emerging topics, user experience feedback, and satisfaction levels, empowering you to create personalized interactions. Plus, setting it up can be a breeze on our user-friendly interface. 

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IBM's new watsonx Large Speech Model brings generative AI to the phone
What's included
Large speech models Voicebots built on the watsonx Assistant conversational AI platform use Large Speech Models (LSMs) to bring generative AI to the phone and deliver advanced natural language understanding (NLU) to better navigate conversations—leading to effective, personalized interactions that boost customer satisfaction. Read the blog
  Automatic speech recognition (ASR) Our voice recognition technology uses high-level machine learning algorithms to convert spoken language into text in real-time. Additionally, we combine highly accurate NLP models with powerful customization tools, to ensure that our AI assistants understand what callers need the first time, and also grasp context, emotions conveyed through tone, and conversation nuances. Learn about automation speech recognition
Expressive neural voices Our state-of-the-art text-to-speech technology creates highly natural voices that are exceptionally clear and crisp, use the proper speaking style and intonation, and automatically emphasize interjections and specified words. Our AI voice bots can support conversations in English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish. Explore supported languages and voices
Benefits
  Improved customer engagement with omni-channel self-service options Sometimes, the best way to help callers find information and accomplish tasks is through text-based interactions, like sending an SMS to confirm appointment details or sending a link to route them to a relevant webpage. By integrating with multiple messaging channels (including Whatsapp and Facebook Messenger), your AI voice bot makes it easier for customers to self-serve without frustration.
Increased call containment rates compared to traditional IVR Generative AI voice chatbots operate 24/7 and can handle even 1000+ customer queries simultaneously. With watsonx Assistant your voice bot will comprehensively cover a wide-range of topics, consistently helping callers, enhancing first-time resolution rates and deflecting calls from live agents.
  Increased agent productivity and customer satisfaction AI assistants automate routine queries and free up human agents to handle higher value, intellectually stimulating interactions. When customers have a unique request that must be managed by an agent, the AI voice chatbot will ensure a seamless hand-off, forwarding the conversation topic and the chat history, so agents can pick up the conversation from where it was left and callers don't need to repeat themselves. Read about the cost savings and business benefits enabled by watsonx Assistant
Integrations for voice bots Live agent and contact center platforms

With IBM watsonx Assistant you can easily integrate your AI voice bot with almost any service desk to streamline customer interactions and ensure a smooth hand-off to human agents. You can use our pre-built connections to Nice CXone, Genesys, IntelePeer and Twilio, or you easily bring your own with our open-source starter kits.

 Explore chatbot integrations IBM Watson Text to Speech

IBM Watson® Text to Speech is an API cloud service that enables your AI voice bot to convert written text into natural-sounding audio in a variety of languages and voices within watsonx Assistant.

 Adjust and test voices across languages and dialects IBM Watson Speech to Text

IBM Watson® Speech to Text technology enables fast and accurate speech transcription in multiple languages for a variety of use cases, including customer self-service, agent assistance and speech analytics.

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The analytics that IBM makes available to us have been critical in terms of business and executive management. We know how many calls are coming in. We know when the busy times are, which helps with staff allocation. We know when our average call times are going up or down and can respond as needed. John Harrison Director of Information Technology State of New Jersey Department of Community Affairs Read the case study
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