Customizing the Collect Input widget

IVR: Collect a keypress or voice input using an interactive voice response (IVR) system.

(only available for voice channel)

• Text To Speech: Enter text which will be spoken to the caller in the Message to play text box.
• Upload Audio: Click Upload to upload an audio file to be played.
• Asset Library: Select an existing audio file from the media library.

Max Wait Duration: Enable the toggle to specify the max wait duration in seconds. If exceeded, the Timeout exit setting takes effect.

• Keypress Input: Set the key to be pressed by the caller for the current exit.
• Voice Input: Enable the toggle to set the voice keywords that the caller needs to say for the current exit. Click Add Keywords to add more keywords.
• Name: Enter a display name for the exit. This will display on the Collect Input widget for easy identification.
• Map Exit to Skill: Select or search for a skill category and skill to map to this exit to better match consumers to agents with the relevant skill. Typically, you can flow to a Route To > Queue widget so that the queue can prioritize routing to agents that have the skill. For example, if you're collecting IVR key presses, you can define an exit for "Press 1 for English support" and map it to the English skill.
  Note: The skill category and skill must be added to the associated agent routing profile of the flow's queue.
• Next Widget: Select the destination widget if the caller inputs an associated keypress or says an associated keyword.

Timeout: Select the destination widget if the call exceeded the Max Wait Duration set in the widget’s settings.

No Match: Select the destination widget if the caller doesn’t input an associated key or says an associated keyword.

Digit Input: Collect keypress inputs.

(only available for voice channel)

• Text To Speech: Enter text which will be spoken to the caller in the Message to play text box.
• Upload Audio: Click Upload to upload an audio file to be played.
• Asset Library: Select an existing audio file from the asset library.

Ending keypress: Select the ending keypress that the caller needs to press for the input to be collected.

Maximum number of digits: Enter the maximum number digits that caller can press.

Timeout in seconds: Specify the timeout value in seconds. If exceeded, the Timeout exit setting takes effect.

• End of Input: Select the destination widget when the caller inputs the ending keypress. Typically, you would select a Condition widget to verify the input of the CollectInput.Digits variable.
• Incorrect Input: Select the destination widget when the inputs are incorrect; for example, the number of digits exceeds the maximum.
• Timeout: Select the destination widget if the call exceeded the Timeout in seconds set in the widget’s settings.

Text Input: Collect text input.

(This table row applies to the web chat, in-app, or SMS channels.)

Prompt Text: Enter text to display to consumers.

Max Wait Duration: Enable the toggle to specify the max wait duration in seconds. If exceeded, the Timeout exit setting takes effect. The default duration is 300 seconds (5 minutes). The max duration is 1,800 seconds (30 minutes).

• End of Input: Select the destination widget when the caller inputs the ending keypress. Typically, you would select a Condition widget to verify the input of the CollectInput.TextInput variable.
• Timeout: Select the destination widget if the call exceeded the Max Wait Duration set in the widget’s settings.

Text Input:  Collect text input.

(This table row applies to the video channel.)

Prompt media type: Select the media type to display to consumers. 

• Video: Select one of these options in the drop-down menu.
  • Upload Video: Click Upload Video to upload a video file to be played. After uploading, hover over the ellipses icon for these options:
    • Send to Assets Library: Add the uploaded video file to the asset library. The Video setting will change to indicate that the file is in the asset library.
    • Delete: Delete the file from the widget settings.
  • Asset Library: Select an existing video file from the asset library.
• Image: Select one of these options in the drop-down menu.
  • Upload Image: Click Upload Image to upload an image file to display. After uploading, hover over the ellipses icon for these options:
    • Send to Assets Library: Add the uploaded image file to the asset library. The Image setting will change to indicate that the file is in the asset library.
    • Delete: Delete the file from the widget settings.
  • Asset Library: Select an existing image file from the asset library.
• Slides: Select one of these options in the drop-down menu.
  • Upload Slides: Click Upload Slides to upload a PDF to display. After uploading, hover over the ellipses icon for these options:
    
    • Delete: Delete the file from the widget settings.
  • Asset Library: Select an existing PDF from the asset library.

Text: Click the toggle to enable or display text to display to consumers. If enabled, enter text to display.

Audio: Click the toggle to enable or disable audio to be played while displaying the specified media. Select one of these options in the drop-down menu.

• Upload Audio: Click Upload Audio to upload an audio file to be played. After uploading, hover over the ellipses icon for these options:
  • Send to Assets Library: Add the uploaded audio file to the asset library. The Audio setting will change to indicate that the file is in the asset library.
  • Delete: Delete the file from the widget settings.
• Asset Library: Select an existing audio file from the asset library.

Allow interrupt (only visible if Audio is enabled): Allow consumers to click Skip while the audio above is playing. If disabled, consumers will not be able to click Skip while audio is playing. Regardless of this setting, consumers can click Skip after the audio is done playing to skip all slides and be routed based on the specified destination widget.

Input length: Specify the min and max input length in number of characters.

Max Wait Duration: Enable the toggle to specify the max wait duration in seconds. If exceeded, the Timeout exit setting takes effect.

• End of Input: Select the destination widget when the caller inputs the ending keypress. Typically, you would select a Condition widget to verify the input of the CollectInput.TextInput variable.
• Timeout: Select the destination widget if the call exceeded the Max Wait Duration set in the widget’s settings.

Quick reply:  Collect text input and specify different buttons consumers can click on.

(This table row applies to the video channel. See the next row for the web and in-app chat channels.)

Prompt media type: Select the media type to display to consumers. 

• Video: Select one of these options in the drop-down menu.
  • Upload Video: Click Upload Video to upload a video file to be played. After uploading, hover over the ellipses icon for these options:
    • Send to Assets Library: Add the uploaded video file to the asset library. The Video setting will change to indicate that the file is in the asset library.
    • Delete: Delete the file from the widget settings.
  • Asset Library: Select an existing video file from the asset library.
• Image: Select one of these options in the drop-down menu.
  • Upload Image: Click Upload Image to upload an image file to display. After uploading, hover over the ellipses icon for these options:
    • Send to Assets Library: Add the uploaded image file to the asset library. The Image setting will change to indicate that the file is in the asset library.
    • Delete: Delete the file from the widget settings.
  • Asset Library: Select an existing image file from the asset library.
• Slides: Select one of these options in the drop-down menu.
  • Upload Slides: Click Upload Slides to upload a PDF to display. After uploading, hover over the ellipses icon for these options:
    
    • Delete: Delete the file from the widget settings.
  • Asset Library: Select an existing PDF from the asset library.

Text: Click the toggle to enable or display text to display to consumers. If enabled, enter text to display.

Audio: Click the toggle to enable or disable audio to be played while displaying the specified media. Select one of these options in the drop-down menu.

• Upload Audio: Click Upload Audio to upload an audio file to be played. After uploading, hover over the ellipses icon for these options:
  • Send to Assets Library: Add the uploaded audio file to the asset library. The Audio setting will change to indicate that the file is in the asset library.
  • Delete: Delete the file from the widget settings.
• Asset Library: Select an existing audio file from the asset library.

Allow interrupt (only visible if Audio is enabled): Allow consumers to click Skip while the audio above is playing. If disabled, consumers will not be able to click Skip while audio is playing. Regardless of this setting, consumers can click Skip after the audio is done playing to skip all slides and be routed based on the specified destination widget.

Max Wait Duration: Enable the toggle to specify the max wait duration in seconds. If exceeded, the Timeout exit setting takes effect. The default duration is 300 seconds (5 minutes). The max duration is 1,800 seconds (30 minutes).

Exit1, Exit 2, …: Click Add Exit to add more exit conditions, then change these settings.

• Button Name: Set the button display name that consumers can click.
• Name: Enter an internal display name for the exit. This will display on the Collect Input widget for easy identification.
• Map Exit to Skill: Select or search for a skill category and skill to map to this exit to better match consumers to agents with the relevant skill. Typically, you can flow to a Route To > Queue widget so that the queue can prioritize routing to agents that have the skill. For example, if you're collecting key presses, you can define an exit for English and map it to the English skill.
  Note: The skill category and skill must be added to the associated agent routing profile of the flow's queue.
• Next Widget: Select the destination widget if the caller clicks the associated button.

Timeout: Select the destination widget if the call exceeded the Max Wait Duration set in the widget’s settings.

No Match: Select the destination widget if the consumer doesn’t input an associated key.

Quick reply:  Collect text input and specify different buttons consumers can click on.

(This table row applies to the web and in-app chat channels. See the previous row for the video channel.)

Prompt Text (only available for web and in-app chat channels): Enter text to display to consumers when prompting them to click on a button.

Max Wait Duration: Enable the toggle to specify the max wait duration in seconds. If exceeded, the Timeout exit setting takes effect. The default duration is 300 seconds (5 minutes). The max duration is 1,800 seconds (30 minutes).

Exit1, Exit 2, …: Click Add Exit to add more exit conditions, then change these settings.

• Button Name: Set the button display name that consumers can click.
• Map Exit to Skill: Select or search for a skill category and skill to map to this exit to better match consumers to agents with the relevant skill. Typically, you can flow to a Route To > Queue widget so that the queue can prioritize routing to agents that have the skill. For example, if you're collecting key presses, you can define an exit for English and map it to the English skill.
  Note: The skill category and skill must be added to the associated agent routing profile of the flow's queue.
• Next Widget: Select the destination widget if the caller clicks the associated button.

Timeout: Select the destination widget if the call exceeded the Max Wait Duration set in the widget’s settings.

No Match: Select the destination widget if the consumer doesn’t input an associated key.