Aspect Improves Chatbots


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Aspect have launched the Aspect NLU Lab, a content and asset-rich portal devoted to the advancement of chatbot applications.

As chatbots became an increasingly important channel for customer engagement, Aspect NLU Lab’s aim is to become a destination for sharing knowledge, best practices, and experiences, as well as assisting companies with the conceptualisation and development and deployment of chatbots.

“The Aspect Consumer Experience index found that 65 percent of consumers said that they feel good about both the brand and themselves when they can resolve issues on their own without having to speak to a live person. Chatbots enable just that,” said Tobias Goebel, Director of Emerging Technologies at Aspect Software.

“Using natural language understanding (NLU) as the intelligence behind chatbot creation removes the frustration of rigid, automated interactions, speeds up the resolution of customer service issues through conversational exchanges, and gives companies an affordable way to deliver a great customer experience.

“Ordinary life administration activities like rescheduling doctor appointments using hard-to-follow IVRs often result in long wait times and frustration. Chatbots eliminate these annoyances and help consumers accomplish everyday tasks effectively and effortlessly.”

The Aspect NLU Lab provides a broad selection of resources for businesses interested in deploying their own chatbot application. These include design templates, guidelines, technical overviews and more.

In addition, the Aspect NLU Lab is supported by an active team of Aspect’s NLU and self-service experts with extensive experience in UX/UI design, IVR and interactive text response (ITR) development, and system integration.

A significant number of the team focusing on chatbot development at Aspect specialise in computational linguistics, a key discipline that studies how to teach computers the use of human language for man-machine communication.

Tobias Goebel

“By using a conversational chatbot, consumers can engage with businesses in a way that is easy and convenient for them while saving the company money.

“We are still early in the emergence of bots for customer care, so we launched the Aspect NLU Lab to help further the industry and openly share what we’ve learned from our own projects,” said Goebel.

“We want everyone to understand the power and the potential of this new customer service tool.”

For more information, visit www.aspect.com

Author: Robyn Coppell

Published On: 27th Apr 2017 - Last modified: 9th May 2018
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