voice response

British

noun

output of information from a computer system in the form of speech rather than displayed text

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“Paying by phone via the IVR — interactive voice response — or a live customer service representative is definitely a preferred option,” Miller says.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 11, 2023

The firm distributes its survey questionnaires using a mixed methodology of live callers, integrated voice response, text messages, emails and two other proprietary digital methods that it doesn’t share publicly.

From Washington Times • Dec. 28, 2021

Mobile Vaani is an intelligent interactive voice response.

From Slate • Jun. 21, 2021

The rest of the commands don’t trigger a voice response, only a silent action, since the assumption is that you’ll be talking to Boomerang at work and maybe during a meeting.

From The Verge • Oct. 18, 2017

OK, so this is just text appearing on a screen, if we heard an artificial voice response to questions I think we would all be able to tell immediately.

From The Guardian • Jun. 9, 2014

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