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Automation of alternate billed calls using speech recognition

Murphy et al., 1991

Document ID
6852454105634753124
Author
Murphy M
Bielby G
Roe B
Read K
O'Gorman A
Lennig M
Publication year
Publication venue
IEEE Communications Magazine

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Alternate billed calls (collect, calling-card, bill-to-third-party), which represent close to 50% of the toll and assist traffic in North America, requiring substantial operator workforce expenditures for telephone companies, are addressed. The automated alternate billing …
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    • H04M3/487—Arrangements for providing information services, e.g. recorded voice services, time announcement
    • H04M3/493—Interactive information services, e.g. directory enquiries ; Arrangements therefor, e.g. interactive voice response [IVR] systems or voice portals
    • H04M3/4938—Interactive information services, e.g. directory enquiries ; Arrangements therefor, e.g. interactive voice response [IVR] systems or voice portals comprising a voice browser which renders and interprets, e.g. VoiceXML
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