Conversation & Dialogue

IVA (Intelligent Virtual Agent)

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An AI-powered virtual agent that understands natural language and completes tasks conversationally — the modern successor to menu-driven IVR.

Why it matters

The IVR-to-IVA shift is the defining upgrade in customer service automation: from 'press 2 for billing' to 'just say what you need.'

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