What is IVA?
Intelligent Virtual Agent — a conversational self-service bot.
An IVA handles customer conversations autonomously across voice and chat using natural language, escalating to humans when needed.
Related terms
IVR
Interactive Voice Response — automated phone menus and routing.
Containment Rate
The share of contacts an AI resolves without escalating to a human.
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