What does 'IVR Support' mean?

IVR stands for interactive voice response. It is a technology that allows humans to communicate with a computer-controlled phone system by using speech and DTMF tones entered via a keypad. For example, in telecommunications, IVR allows users to speak with a company's host system via a telephone keypad or speech recognition and then inquire about services using the IVR dialogue. To further direct customers on how to proceed, IVR systems can answer with pre-recorded or dynamically created voice. Because IVR systems are more sophisticated than many predicted dialer systems, they are sized to handle enormous call volumes and can also be used for outbound dialing.