Interactive response in Polish

Hello, I want to buy Broadcast By Phone Autodialer – Professional Edition, and I have a questions about this product, becouse I live in Poland, and we are talking in Polish language. I want to have a Fully Automated dialing program with option to play my message (I can record this message before). I want to have yet Interactive touch tone response (press 1 to option 1, press 2 to option 2, …) but this message (press 1 to…,…) must be in Polish language. I can record this message to mp3 and put in mp3 catalog of Voicent software. I try to do this with shareware version, but program do not work.

Is it possible to play all the Voicent messages in Polish language? (ex. “press 1 to transfer call to office, press 2 to record your message, press 3 to play again this information, press 4 to delete your number from our database”) How it is possible? Program have a Polish files with this messages? (press 1 to …, press 2 to …, …)

Yes, you can play all message in polish. Actually to the Voicent program, it does not know which language it is playing, all it knows is that it is playing an audio file. The audio file cannot be mp3 file, it must be a Windows .wav file, using format PCM 8KHz, 16 bit, mono. The prompt for people to “press 1 to …” is thus not part of the system, but part of your message.

When you use Message Designer to design the message, and if you choose, for example, press 1 or confirm, the system simply plays whatever message you have, in whatever the language, and waiting for a touch tone key. If it is 1, then it confirms it. The system does not care what kind of prompt (audio file) it has played.

The system does play a message after the touch tone key is pressed. The message is in English and it will say “thank you and goodbye”. To change this, and to customized further (such as multiple questions and interaction levels, connect to website) your call message, you must use Voicent IVR Studio.

Are you have a money back guarante (ex. one week)? becouse I must test the software in polish language. Shareware version doesn’t have option to record messages like “press 1 to…, press 2 to …”

No, you should be able to use the shareware edition to test all the above mentioned features. You may see a warning about using Message Designer in shareware edition, it is just a warning about it will play some trial message for the call, you can ignore the warning and continue. If you cannot use the shareware edition to test some feature, we do offer a test license from time to time. But it is very rare that a feature cannot be tested using the shareware editon.

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Pause in Text to Speech

Using Text to Speech in the Message Designer, is there a way to place a pause between one message line and a second one

The most reliable one is to break the text, each as a separate message item. Then insert a silent audio item in between. You can find a system audio for a half second silence under the folder: C:\Program Files\Voicent\Gateway\webapps\ROOT\audio\si_05.wav.

The other way to do is to insert period or comma (you can add a few) after the line. Depending on the TTS engine, you may get some pause.

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Calling international numbers

Hello we are using the AutoReminder and IVR studio for outbound calls. We purchased an internation calling plan through callcentric. How do we setup or enter appointments and have the system call both domestic & international phone numbers?

If you have both, do not use any of the dialing rules, such as “add 1 for 10 digit numbers”. These settings are under Gateway Setup > Options > Outbound tab.

The “1″ is actually the country code for US and Canada. For other countries, you need to find its country code and add that before the phone number. For example, “44″ is the country code for UK.

In AutoReminder, when entering phone number to call, make sure you enter the full phone number, including the country code.

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