
Most systems for building Cloud IVR give you control over call flows, but not the end-to-end telephony that underpins these systems. This makes it difficult and expensive to customize and expand, limiting how organizations can adapt to changing customer needs and demands. The Telnyx Mission Control Portal and APIs can directly control everything from number provisioning to in-depth call routing to advanced on-call experiences with recording, audio, DTMF and more. And, because everything runs on our global private telephony network, you'll never have to worry about audio quality or availability.
Intuitive XML-based scripting or responsive REST API commands give real-time control over call flows with a granularity and speed.
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Port existing phone numbers or purchase new ones from the Mission Control Portal or Numbers API. You can search for numbers within a specific country and area code.
Configure your IVR to suit your needs in the language of your choice using our SDKs, or in simple XML. You can build live on-call logic to route and record calls, play hold music and audio menus, capture keypad or voice inputs, and use text-to-speech or speech-to-text transcription.
When your application receives calls, it will send commands to the Telnyx Call Control system according to your logic, and your IVR menu will be executed in real time.
Write your IVR logic once and scale it across the globe. Our global number provisioning and porting options, and deep expertise in local telephony regulations mean you can deploy inbound call logic in new countries with confidence.
Add real-time call control to live calls, with DTMF, voice recognition, audio playback and more.

Configure, deploy and scale voice calling across the globe, all through an intuitive portal and API.

Meet your customers where they are, with numbers in 150+ countries and fast global number porting.
Quickstart guides, easy-to-follow tutorials, SDKs in your preferred language, API reference docs
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IVR stands for interactive voice response and refers to an automated phone system where users can interact with a pre-recorded menu through DTMF (dual-tone multi-frequency) or voice. IVR menus help companies to understand what a user is looking for before connecting the user to a live agent. It then routes the call to the appropriate agent or resources, according to predetermined logic.
Businesses that receive a high number of inbound calls can use IVR menus to effectively manage agent resources while continuing to provide a good customer experience. In addition, businesses that make outbound calls can also benefit from IVR menus through the use of answering machine detection (AMD). AMD ensures that the outbound call is answered by a human before connecting to a live agent to maximize operational efficiency.
There are a number of out-of-the-box IVR solutions. But if you want complete control over your call routing, numbers, call quality and troubleshooting then you should consider building your own IVR application. Telnyx users can start building IVR menus using our APIs and following our guides and tutorials.