AI Phone "DELIGHT Assistant" Supports Multiple Languages and Overseas Number Acquisition
We are glad to announce that "DELIGHT Assistant," a voice interactive AI (hereinafter referred to as AI phone), has launched a service that can automatically respond to calls in more than 20 languages, including English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Thai, Portuguese, and French.
(Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo), has launched a service that can automatically respond to calls in more than 20 languages, including English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Thai, Portuguese, and French, and released an environment for evaluation today, October 22. List of phone numbers and foreign languages for evaluation
List of phone numbers and foreign languages for evaluation
Background
According to the statistics on foreign residents in Japan, as of December 2020, there are more than 2.8 million foreigners living in Japan, and 84% of them are from Asia. The most common nationality ranking is China, followed by South Korea and Vietnam. (Source: [Statistics on Foreign Residents] End of December 2020 (Immigration Bureau website))
The number of municipalities with a high percentage of foreign residents is expected to increase in the future, but securing personnel who can speak foreign languages other than English is an issue, especially in rural areas.
Service contents and features
List of phone numbers and foreign languages for evaluation https://bit.ly/3vB7hef
This service enables AI to automatically respond to inquiries from foreigners 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and questions that cannot be answered by AI can be forwarded directly to an operator who can speak a foreign language, and after business hours, questions can be translated into a foreign language or Japanese and emailed to a designated address. After hours, the questions can be translated into a foreign language or Japanese and emailed to a designated address. By using AI to provide the first response, it will be possible to recruit, hire, and train personnel who can speak foreign languages with minimal effort.
This service is eligible for IT subsidies from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, making it easy for small and medium-sized companies with foreign employees to use.
The service can be used to obtain phone numbers in more than 50 countries, making it ideal for large companies and manufacturers with overseas offices.
There are about 15 domestic companies that provide AI phone services, but only a few of them provide services in foreign languages.
As far as we know, there are about 15 domestic providers of AI phone services, but it is very rare to find a provider that offers services in foreign languages.
Start date, minimum equipment configuration, and cost:
Today, October 22 (Friday).
Initial cost is 0 USD and annual cost is 0 USD for 100 companies only. (120 USD (tax not included) from the second year)
About AI Phone "DELIGHT Assistant"
Introduction page: https://ast.delight.fit
When you make a phone call and speak as if you were talking to a human, the AI interprets your voice and responds to you.
It is currently being used by local governments, listed companies, campaign offices, stores, and corporate representative phones.
Issues to be addressed
(1) Organizations that are straining their human resources by answering the same kind of questions from many people on the phone.
(2) An organization that is having difficulty handling a large volume of calls, even though calls from sales offices are forwarded to the head office for centralized processing due to the Corona disaster.
(3) To reduce the burden of answering phones at stores that are operating with the minimum number of staff due to a decrease in sales to avoid three densities.
4) Foreign language support