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We built an AI-powered voice tool to boost sales

2•Artjoker•4h ago
Sales teams often struggle with limited visibility into their calls, reviewing only 5-10% manually, which leads to missed opportunities. We built an AI-powered voice analytics tool that transcribes, indexes, and analyzes 100% of calls, turning them into actionable insights. In one case, this helped a SaaS client grow sales by 120% in 12 months.

What the tool does

We aimed to provide non-intrusive, automated QA at scale. So the key features include: - 100% call transcription: using ASR for accurate, fast transcriptions. - Searchable database: indexed transcripts for easy keyword and phrase tracking. - Customizable reports: automated manager reports, grouped by agent or team. - CRM integration: syncs data to tools like Salesforce and Zoho.

Limitations: currently lacks real-time alerts, sentiment analysis, and emotion scoring (planned for future updates).

Architecture overview - Audio capture: integrated VoIP or manual uploads. - ASR pipeline: transcribes calls via cloud-based speech-to-text. - Transcript indexing: elasticSearch stores and retrieves data efficiently. - Keyword matching: flags important terms like pricing or CTAs. - Reports: automated generation of weekly summaries.

Real-world impact. One SaaS client improved - 120% sales growth over 12 months. - 35% increase in close rate by identifying high-performing patterns. - 5-day reduction in sales cycle due to consistent messaging. - Churn dropped from 15% to 6% through better objection handling.

This was achieved without expanding the team — simply by leveraging the power of data.

Challenges & lessons learned - Keyword rules: over-flagging terms led to alert fatigue, so we customized per-client keyword sets. - ASR model issues: addressed by adding pre-filtering for noisy inputs and fallback models. - CRM integration: built middleware to adapt to varying CRM structures across clients. - Manager overload: simplified reports to highlight top deviations, avoiding information overload.

Next steps: what's coming

- Trend detection: analyzing keyword frequency over time. - Conversation templates: auto-tagging calls (intro, demo, pricing). - Call quality scoring: identifying poor audio or incomplete conversations.

Key takeaways - Focus on basics: transcription + search + simple flags bring massive value. - Human-in-the-loop: insights are most useful when actionable in real-time. - Scalability = simplicity: focused, simple solutions deliver better results. - Data ≠ insight: reports need to be curated and actionable for managers.

Conclusion AI is a powerful tool for sales teams, but success comes from turning raw data into actionable insights. By building scalable systems and avoiding complexity, we were able to achieve real business growth — and this approach is adaptable across industries.

Comments

Artjoker•3h ago
Would be happy to answer any technical questions around the architecture, ASR model tuning, or integration challenges. We built this tool initially to solve internal QA issues for sales calls, but saw enough impact (+120% YoY sales growth for our client) to turn it into a full product. Biggest lessons so far: – Simplicity > complexity (basic transcription + keyword matching = 80% of value) – CRM integration is always messy – Real-time use cases are where we’re heading next

Would love feedback from anyone working in voice AI, RevOps, or sales tooling.

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