An automated telephony system popularly known as Interactive voice response interacts with callers and gathers information along with specifying call routes to the appropriate recipients. An IVR system works with a combination of voice telephone input and touch-tone keypad selection and initiates an appropriate response in the form of fax, call back and email. IVR system consists of telephony equipment, software applications, database, and several software applications and processes. The software is required to be purchased by an organization to run IVRS along with hardware equipment, or they can also select an IVR hosting service that charges a monthly fee.

An automated telephony system popularly known as Interactive voice response interacts with callers and gathers information along with specifying call routes to the appropriate recipients. An IVR system works with a combination of voice telephone input and touch-tone keypad selection and initiates an appropriate response in the form of fax, call back and email. IVR system consists of telephony equipment, software applications, database, and several software applications and processes. The software is required to be purchased by an organization to run IVRS along with hardware equipment, or they can also select an IVR hosting service that charges a monthly fee.