Telappliant
AI Call Handling

Intelligent call handling that respects your customers' time

Smart, intent-based call routing and triage. Send the right call to the right person, first time, without endless menu trees.

Features

Service features

The core capabilities you get out of the box.

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In the field

What intelligent call handling that respects your customers' time looks like in real UK operations.

Feature

Intent-based routing

Route by what callers actually want - not which button they pressed.

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Skill-based assignment

Match calls to people with the right knowledge and availability.

Feature

Multi-site routing

Direct calls across locations based on location, hours and load.

Feature

Overflow & out-of-hours

Capture intent, book callbacks and never lose an enquiry.

Feature

Live waiting reduction

Resolve common requests in-flow before queueing.

Feature

Compliance-ready logging

Auditable routing decisions for regulated environments.

How it works

Real-time conversation, not a chain of bolted-on AIs

Most AI phone tools chain three different systems together (speech-to-text, then a language model, then text-to-speech). Every hop adds a delay you can hear. We use a single real-time speech model, so the AI sounds like a person, not a robot reading a script.

Single speech engine

One model listens, thinks and speaks. No stitched-together delays.

Sub-2 second responses

Faster than your reception team can pick up the receiver.

No extra middleware

Nothing extra to install, host or maintain on your side.

UK-hosted

Your call data stays in the UK, with clear retention controls.

Advantages

Why it's better than the alternatives

How this approach compares to the status quo.

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Our standard

Engineered, measured and reviewed by a UK team that runs this every day.

Advantage

Intent-aware routing

Understands what callers want, not just which digit they pressed.

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Hybrid AI + human

AI handles the routine; humans get the meaningful conversations.

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Plugs into your existing PBX

Layer onto SelectVoice, Teams or 3rd-party platforms.

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Real-time orchestration

Decisions made in milliseconds, not after hold music.

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Multi-language ready

Add languages without re-engineering the flow.

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Continuous learning

Routing improves automatically from real call data.

Benefits

The outcomes for your business

What changes for your customers, your team and your numbers.

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Outcomes

Outcomes our customers see month on month, not just on day one.

Benefit

Shorter wait times

Callers reach resolution faster, every time.

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Higher resolution rates

More calls solved on first contact.

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Lower agent load

AI deflects routine enquiries so humans focus on complex ones.

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Better caller experience

Conversational, not button-mashing.

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Insight on demand

See exactly why callers contact you, by intent.

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Lower cost per call

Significant reduction in agent minutes for routine queries.

Where it helps

Use cases

Multi-site reception

Centralise the front door without losing local knowledge.

Customer service queues

Reduce queue length with intent triage and self-serve in-flow.

Sales overflow

Capture missed sales calls with intent and trigger callbacks.

Reliability & guardrails

What happens when something goes wrong

The most important question about AI on the phone is not what happens when it works, but what happens when it doesn't. Here is exactly what we put in place.

Maximum call length

Set a sensible cap. The AI warns the caller before time is up and offers to hand over to a person.

Automatic fallback

If the AI struggles or the connection slows, the call transfers to a human or a backup flow. No dead air.

Full call audit

Every call has a transcript and an event log: who was on the line, what tools were used, where it went.

Clean handover

When a human takes the call, they get a written brief of what's been discussed - so customers never repeat themselves.

Sensitive data redaction

Card numbers and personal data can be redacted on the fly to stay PCI and GDPR-friendly.

You stay in control

Update the AI's behaviour, voice and knowledge in minutes - no developer needed.

Live call transcript

A real call, end to end

The AI handles a routine enquiry, looks up the answer in your CRM and only passes to a human when needed.

  1. Caller
    Hi, I'd like to check the status of order 48219 please.
  2. Ella (AI)
    Of course - can I take the postcode the order was placed under?
  3. Caller
    SW1A 1AA.
  4. Tool call - CRM lookup
    Order 48219 - shipped 09:42, ETA Thursday, tracking RM934821GB
  5. Ella (AI)
    Thanks. Order 48219 went out this morning and is due Thursday. Want me to text you the tracking link?
  6. Caller
    Yes please, and can someone call me back about a return?
  7. Ella (AI)
    I'll book a callback with our returns team and send the tracking text now. You'll hear from us before 4pm.
  8. Human agent (with full context)
    Picks up the booked callback with a one-line brief: 'Customer wants to return order 48219, tracking already sent.'
FAQs

Common questions

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