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AI IVR · Conversational Routing

Retire the menu.
Hire the conversation.

Sono's AI IVR replaces the recorded "press 1" tree with a real conversation. The result is an AI receptionist that listens, answers, routes, and books — instantly, 24/7.

Old IVR

  • > press 1 — billing
  • > press 2 — sales
  • > press 3 — support
  • > press 4 — store hours
  • > press 5 — Spanish
  • > press 9 — repeat
  • > press 0 — operator

est. wait 3:42

Sono · live

Caller

"Hey, my last invoice looks doubled."

Sono

"I see it — duplicate from Tuesday. Refunding the second charge now."

Caller

"Great, thanks."

Sono

"Confirmation on its way · routing notes to billing."

resolved · 22 sec total

30%
of calls go unanswered
at the average service business during peak hours
80%
don't leave a voicemail
callers who reach voicemail hang up and move on
24/7
Sono is available
evenings, weekends, and public holidays included
<1h
to go live
from sign-up to handling your first real call

Try Sono now

Hear Sono for yourself.
In seconds.

Drop your number and Sono will call you back right now. No form-filling, no scheduling — just a real conversation with the assistant.

Sono is calling you shortly.

Keep your phone close — you'll receive a call from Sono in the next minute or two. Answer it and have a real conversation with the assistant.

The problem

Phone menus
cost you customers.

Traditional IVRs make callers navigate four-deep menus, listen to options that don't fit, and pray they pressed the right number. Most don't make it to the end — and a human receptionist costs €30,000–50,000 a year to do the same job worse.

Sono replaces "press 1 for…" with a single conversational prompt. The caller says what they want. Sono answers, routes, or books — instantly.

Old IVR ~90 seconds
1Sales
2Service
3Billing
4Other
9Repeat options
0Operator (queue)
"Please listen carefully — our menu options have changed…"
Sono ~6 seconds
"Hi — how can I help today?"
"I need to reschedule my service appointment for Wednesday."
"Of course. I have your booking — what day works better?"
Intent detected Customer identified

How it works

One question. Right outcome.

Sono replaces multi-step menus with a single open-ended prompt — and acts on the answer.

Step 01

Caller speaks naturally

No menu options, no number-pressing. Sono opens with "How can I help?" and listens.

Step 02

Detects intent in milliseconds

Sono identifies the request — booking, billing, service, complaint, sales — even with vague phrasing or background noise.

Step 03

Resolves or routes

Routine requests are handled end-to-end. Complex ones go straight to the right team member with full context attached.

Step 04

Old menu retired

No more recordings to maintain. When you add a new service, you tell Sono once — every caller benefits immediately.

Routing logic

Configure once — Sono handles every variation.

Caller intent "How can I help today?"
Booking
Sono books in your calendar
Confirmed by SMS
Service question
Sono answers from your knowledge base
Resolved on call
Billing
Routed to finance team
With caller context
Emergency
On-call manager paged
SMS + call within 60s
LIVE CALL
Today, 7:48pm — After hours
Sono AI · 0:02
"Good evening, thank you for calling. How can I help you today?"
Caller · 0:09
"I'd like to book a service appointment for next week if possible"
Sono AI · 0:13
"Of course — I can get that set up for you now. What type of service do you need, and what's a good day next week?"
Duration: 0:34 In progress

What you get

A phone menu
that actually listens

Always available (24/7)

Evenings, weekends, lunch breaks, holidays — Sono never misses a call. No shift changes, no sick days, no coverage gaps.

On-brand, every time

Trained on your voice, policies, and service guidelines. Sono represents your brand consistently — no off-script moments, no bad days.

Zero hold time

Every caller gets an instant answer. No hold music, no queues. During your busiest hour, Sono handles multiple calls simultaneously.

Zero clicking, just voice

Callers never hear "press 1 for…". They state their request once and Sono takes it from there — every time, in any wording.

Multilingual out of the box

English, Finnish, Swedish, and more — Sono detects the caller's language and answers in it. No separate menu trees per language.

Drop-in replacement

Sono sits in front of your existing PBX or VoIP. Your numbers, your team, your handoffs — only the menu disappears.

Production metrics

Built to forward,
not to fail.

Real numbers from live Sono deployments — measured across all customers, last 90 days.

01 / Coverage
99.5%

of calls forwarded

Virtually nothing lost to voicemail.

02 / Accuracy
92%

correctly routed on first try

Right person, no transfer, no callback.

03 / Reliability
99.95%

uptime

Your line never sleeps. Neither does Sono.

FAQ

Frequently asked
questions

No. Sono sits in front of your existing PBX or VoIP system as the front door. Your team's extensions, queues, and handoffs all stay in place — only the old menu is replaced.

That's up to you. Many customers choose to be transparent. Others prefer seamless handling. Sono's voice and conversational quality feel natural in either approach.

Yes. Unlike a human receptionist, Sono has no limit on concurrent calls. During your busiest period, every caller gets answered immediately — no hold music, no missed calls.

Sono recognises both spoken intent ("can I talk to a person") and DTMF tones (the digit they pressed). Either way, the call is routed to a human within seconds.

Sono is trained on real call audio — including kitchen noise, traffic, mobile calls and a wide range of Finnish and English accents. If a caller is genuinely unintelligible, Sono asks a short clarifying question rather than guessing.

Most customers handle their first real call within an hour, and a full IVR replacement goes live in under a week. We map your existing menu options to Sono intents, configure routing, and run side-by-side test calls before flipping the forwarder. No technical work from your side.

Get started

Hear Sono answer
your calls — without the menu

In a 30-minute demo we'll model your current setup with Sono and let you call in — same numbers, conversational front door.

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