The PBI survey Read about how the usage of the InteliWISE Agent improved the overall research experience and helped to survey respondents more effectively

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What is a Virtual Survey Agent?

It is a leading, innovative solution in the field of online surveying, a virtual employee – armed with intelligent software, video, and speech synthesis. It can prompt clients during the research process (i.e. filling out forms) and answer questions like ‘How-do-I?’.

The Agent is used by the PBI Research Organization to verify the impact of avatar usage on research performance.

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  • How it works:

    • A Video Agent is used in the online research process by being integrated with traditional survey forms;
    • With interactive video that mimics the real researcher, Agent greets respondents and focuses their attention on research;
    • Agent accompanies a user throughout the whole research process or pops up contextually when the respondent is unsure about what to do next;
    • Agent encourages the user to continue when he stops filling in the form;
    • Agent supports the user’s engagements in the research process;
    • Agent focuses user’s attention on the given task.
  • Agents are skilled surveyors because they:

    • Understand customers’ questions written in their own words, even with misspellings and grammar errors;
    • Provide the right responses, backed by multimedia and voice – proven +80% correct answers , often approaching 96% positive response rates;
    • Greet customers through interactive video; they capture attention;
    • Fill out questionnaires, prompting "yes, but how do I" or "I forgot my customer ID information" type of questions;
    • Deliver full reporting on user’s behavior to the web owner;
  • Results

    The A/B test, which compares the traditional survey’s performance to the Video Agent’s survey, shows:

    • Surveys run by Virtual Surveyor have a higher redemption rate than the classical form (without Avatar);
    • Less clutter;
    • Virtual Survey leverages research experience by making a survey more "live and real" by video interaction;
    • The presentation of important data collection from customers more effectively;

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