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Barge-in

Barge-In: Callers Can Interrupt the Bot

Barge-in lets a caller interrupt the bot mid-sentence. The bot stops speaking immediately and responds to what was said rather than finishing its scripted line. Without it a bot talks over people, which is the single thing that makes callers hang up on automated calls.


The problem

A bot that finishes its sentence while the caller is talking is instantly recognisable as a recording, and the call is over.

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Why it decides whether the call survives

Real callers interrupt constantly, to answer early, to ask who is calling, to say they are not interested. A bot that cannot handle that sounds like a robocall regardless of how good the voice is.

Capabilities

What it does

  • Stops speaking the instant the caller starts
  • Responds to what was said rather than resuming the script
  • Handles early answers without re-asking the question
  • Recognises an opt-out request mid-sentence
FAQ

Questions people ask

It is tuned to speech rather than to any sound, so a television or a busy room does not stop the bot mid-word. You can hear how it behaves on the approval call.

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