CTI

CTI applications provide the ability to do one or more of the following:

• Authenticate callers. Using one of several standard methods, the telephone number of the caller can be screened against a database.
• Recognize a voice, either for authentication or for message forwarding
• Using live, recorded voice, or touch-tone entered input, determine how to process a call (for example, by forwarding it to the appropriate person or department)
• Provide interactive voice response (IVR) to callers
• Match the number of a caller with a customer record and display it for reference when talking to the caller
• Manage voice or video conferences
• Collect and display pending live calls or messages that have been left by callers
• Receive fax messages and route them to appropriate fax machines
• For outbound calling such as telemarketing, predial callers
• Based on call input, initiate a smart agent application to provide help with the caller's request

The Advanced Intelligent Network (AIN) is a telephone service architecture that separates CTI services from call switching and will make it easier to add new services. The Windows Telephony Application Program Interface (TAPI) and Novell's TSAPI are programming interfaces intended to make it easier to create applications that enable telephone services on a personal computer or in a local area network.

Read more about CTI: - Ken's CT-Page provides many links to CTI-related sites. - Voice Integrators is an example of a company that specializes in providing CTI services.

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