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How can I adjust the way my agent pronounces words?

Written by Alfredo Salkeld

Sometimes words are pronounced differently than they're spelled. If your agent mispronounces your business name, a person's name, or any other word, here are a few fixes.

Try a different voice

Each voice handles pronunciation slightly differently. Go to Agents > General, pick another Voice, and click Play voice. Another voice may say the word correctly out of the box.

The Voice menu and Play voice button in the Personality section

Write it out phonetically

This is the most reliable method. Replace the word with a phonetic spelling everywhere in your training. For example, if "Angelica" should be pronounced "An-heh-lica," write it as "Anhelica" everywhere it appears.

Add a pronunciation instruction

If you'd rather not rewrite it everywhere, add a training entry with a specific instruction. Go to Agents > Training, click Add training, and choose Write your own. For example: Always pronounce Oberlin as "OH-ber-lin." If a caller asks how to spell it, spell it O-B-E-R-L-I-N, but always use the OH-ber-lin pronunciation when speaking.

A training entry named Pronunciation with an instruction for how to say a word
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