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  • 1.  NLU - IVR be able to identify the language?

    Posted 23 hours ago

    Hi, everbody!

    Have you must developer a multilingual inbound call flow thats be able to identify the language of the customer and interacting using this identified language?


    #Architect

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    Lineu Romão
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  • 2.  RE: NLU - IVR be able to identify the language?
    Best Answer

    Posted 15 hours ago

    Hi @Lineu Roberto de Castro Romão,

    Genesys Cloud Architect supports multilingual flows and you can use the Set Language action to change the flow language, but there is no native IVR/NLU feature that automatically detects the caller's spoken language at the beginning of the call.

    A common workaround is to infer the likely language from the caller ANI, especially from the country code/DDI. For example, if the ANI starts with +55, you can assume Portuguese; +1 could be English; +34 Spanish, and so on. Then, in Architect, you can use decision logic or a Data Action to normalize the ANI, identify the country code, and apply the corresponding language with Set Language.

    That said, this approach is not 100% accurate, because a phone number country code does not always represent the customer's preferred language. So I would recommend using it as an initial routing/language assumption, and still offering a fallback option such as "Press 1 for English, Press 2 for Portuguese…" or allowing the customer to change the language during the flow.

    So, yes, it can be done, but more as a design pattern/workaround than as native automatic language detection.



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    Fernando Sotto dos Santos
    Consultor de Atendimento Senior Grupo Casas Bahia
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  • 3.  RE: NLU - IVR be able to identify the language?

    Posted 12 hours ago

    Hello, @Lineu Roberto de Castro Romão,

    From what I've seen, identifying the caller's ANI based on the country code, as mentioned by Fernando, is already a commonly used approach for language routing.



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    João Silva
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