Auto Attendant with Speech Words

Updated at August 29th, 2024

Prerequisites

  • Access to the portal
  • At least Office Manager access permissions 
  • An Auto Attendant in your call flow
 

About

Speech words allow you to configure your auto attendants to listen to spoken commands instead of just dial-pad entires. You can configure keywords and the target destination for each keyword.

Auto Attendant Speech Words Setup 

To enable speech words on your auto-attendant, you will need to do the following:

  1. Log into your portal
  2. If you are not in your domain view, you must click "Manage Organization" in the top right corner.
  3. Click on Auto Attendants to find the one to which you want to add speech words and edit.
  4. Ensure you have at least 1 option set on the dial pad.
  5. Click on the settings icon highlighted below.
  6. Go to the speech keywords tab.
  7. From here, you can enter the keywords that your callers can use to route to that dial-pad destination.
  8. When you are done, click on Done and then make sure to save the auto attendant.

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