The document discusses the drawbacks of traditional interactive voice response (IVR) systems used by many companies for customer service calls. Traditional IVRs rely solely on speech recognition and menus, which often lead to errors and frustrations for customers. This creates a poor customer experience and is an expensive problem for companies. The document introduces an alternative solution called human-assisted automation that aims to make customer service calls more like natural conversations by incorporating a human element. It claims this approach leads to more successful interactions and higher customer satisfaction compared to traditional IVR systems.
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