Unlocking the Power of AI in Voicebots: The Future of Customer Service
Unlocking the Power of AI in Voicebots: The Future of Customer Service
The use of mailbots for service automation in the energy sector
Read our industry case on the energy sector to find out how the implementation of an Aristech mailbot made it possible to manage the flood of emails and customer inquiries and improve service levels.
A Coffee with Cornelius Pfohl
We met our CSO Cornelius Pfohl over a coffee and quizzed him: What are the challenges in sales? How is the market developing? And how does he find the balance to his sales job with us? You can read the full interview here.
Voicebots for airlines
Experience the future of airline customer service with AI-based voicebots! Flight canceled or missed and then waiting on hold forever - that's something no one wants! With voicebots, the pressure on service agents can be reduced, ensuring a top-class service experience for end users.
What's set for fall 2024?
The first half of 2024 is already over - it's incredible how quickly time flies when you're busy, committed to your work and chasing one event after the next. Trade fairs, tenders and new orders have kept us on our toes. Don't miss out on our fall events.
Research 2024 | Innovative research projects in IT: A look into the future of technology
The IT industry is known for its rapid developments and continuous innovation. Research projects play a crucial role in pushing the boundaries of what is possible and creating new technologies, but also in making technology more accessible. Read this blog post to find out what has been happening here.
Rhein-Neckar.io – Digital independence for the metropolitan region
Aristech GmbH is part of the Rhein-Neckar.io consortium
A new chapter begins in the digital landscape of the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region - the newly founded consortium "Rhein-Neckar.io" aims to strengthen regional companies in the digital transformation without giving up the sovereignty of their data. The consortium is made up of leading regional IT companies and offers a trustworthy, transparent alternative to global cloud providers.
Girls' Day 2024
In 2024, 5 girls were once again able to get a taste of software development at Aristech. Once a year, Girls' Day offers girls the chance to spend a day getting a taste of careers in which women are still underrepresented. Girls' Day not only supports the desire of children and young people for early professional orientation, but also counteracts the shortage of skilled workers.
A Coffe with Michael Mende (Aristech CTO)
What does it mean to be CTO at Aristech? In a short interview, we take a closer look at our CTO Michael Mende. What is his area of responsibility? What does he particularly enjoy about his work? And what is the future of language technology in his opinion? These and other questions were answered by Michael Mende.
WOW! What a year!
WOW! What a year! | Wrap Up 2023
2023 was another extremely exciting year for us at Aristech. From many new customers, exciting events and even a few awards, it was all there.
What's the secret to excellent customer service?
However, good customer service is not easy - we all know that! But good customer service is a prerequisite for satisfying customers and building long-term customer relationships. That's why we have the 5 golden rules for customer service here. First, What do your customers expect and how can you meet these expectations?
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Hessischer Rundfunk chooses TTS voices with machine learning technology!
Hessischer Rundfunk (HR) has raised its traffic hotline to a new level of quality. From now on, you can conveniently request the latest news from the HR traffic newsroom by voice input. The answers come in the form of a high-quality text-to-speech voice from Aristech.
Aristech Summer Party 2023
We had a fantastic summer party at Aristech!
The timing was perfect to enjoy the last warm summer nights before fall arrives.
WINNER of the audience award: Aristech at the AI Night @ SAS
An evening full of wow-effects and aha-moments lies behind us. SAS invited Heidelberg's AI elite to the first AI Night to present themselves to the region's AI-enthusiastic audience and we were awarded the audience prize for the best presentation.
What happens at "Sprachversteher"?
Bei unserem letzten Projekttreffen (17.05.2023) hatten wir die Chance, die Testungen, die normalerweise mit den Probanden in der Uniklinik durchgeführt werden, am eigenen Leib zu erfahren. Bei diesen Testungen sieht man die fortgeschrittene Messtechnik und die entwickelte Technologie, die wir sonst nur im Sprachversteher-Toolkit anhören können, wirklich im Einsatz. Für uns war das besonders interessant zu sehen und zu erleben, da wir uns bei der Aristech in erster Linie um die technische Umsetzung kümmern und mit dem klinischen Teil der Studie und den Testungen am Probanden sonst nur wenige Berührungspunkte haben.
Relieving and digitizing customer service with AI
How Aristech technology is easing the burden on customer service in the energy industry. Relieve and digitize with AI: 100% satisfied customers and relaxed call agents!
Girls' Day at Aristech 2023
Unlimited opportunities, regardless of gender - that's what Girls' Day stands for, and that's what we stand for, too!
So it was obvious to us that as an IT company with more than 50% female developers, we had to set a good example. For us, that means taking part in Girls' Day this year.
Our Team Day 2023
Out of the office, out into nature!
True to this motto, we hiked to Hirschberg for this year's team day. It's nice to get away from the daily work routine and it boosts teamwork and strengthens trust among our colleagues.
Girls' Day with Aristech - A day as a software engineer [FULLY BOOKED]
The Girls' Day 2023 takes place on April 27 and we're part of it. We want to give five girls the opportunity to join our software engineers as they teach machines to speak and understand language.
Aristech Voice Solutions Day 2022
During the Aristech Voice Solutions Day 2022, we were able to share our enthusiasm for our top notch state-of-the-art solutions.
Aristech turns 10 years old - company anniversary!
Aristech turned 10 this year! To mark this joyous occasion, we got together on Friday and celebrated.
FerienOnJob visits Aristech
Working a little differently: As part of the “FerienOnJob” program, we had five school pupils come visit us. They were highly motivated to learn about the work of our software engineers.
DATEV eG now also uses Aristech technologies
If you were to call DATEV’s German customer support, you’d be able to hear one of our computer voices in certain cases from now on. The TTS voice informs customers about current topics and connects them with a member of staff at the service center if they have further questions.
Karlsruhe telephone service uses speech dialog system AriDialog
All began with a Covid information hotline in 2020, which has now been expanded to include the telephone citizen service of the city of Karlsruhe. Now the citizens of Karlsruhe can use AriDialog, our speech dialog system, to ask for information on various topics.
Successfully completed professional training
Finished! "IT Specialist for Application Development" is the official title our apprentice Aboud Dekrmanjian has earned. He has successfully completed the apprenticeship training.
Mayor of Heidelberg visits Aristech
It was our great pleasure to have the Mayor of Heidelberg, Prof Dr Eckart Würzner, and Marc Massoth, Head of Office for Economic Development and Science, visit us at Aristech HQ.
VAG Freiburg to use high-tech from Heidelberg!
The Freiburger transport service Freiburger Verkehrs AG (VAG) are equiping their busses and trams with an own announcement voice. We have digitized the voice and are delivering the text-to-speech systems. These will improve the announcements’ quality, emphasize the VAG’s innovative image and save money on speaker and studio costs. The new voice will already go live in October and can then be heard throughout the entire VAG route network.
Swiss railway services SBB soon to use Aristech’s text-to-speech system
To improve their passenger information systems’ quality and economic efficiency, the Swiss railway services SBB (Schweizerische Bundesbahnen) published a tender. Aristech won the competition by impressing the SSB with the text-to-speech (TTS) systems’ quality. The SSB now plans to equip all train stations and stops in the entire rail network with Aristech’s TTS technology in four languages (German, English, French, Italian) within the next years.
Swiss Südostbahn, too, using Aristech speech technologies
In all train stations between Vierwaldstädter and Bodensee (Lake Constance) in Switzerland you will be able to hear a Swiss voice made in Germany: Professional speaker and voice talent Corinne Hobi was chosen to record the texts for the SOB’s new digital voice using our tried and tested speech technology.
Chris Lohner's voice has arrived at the digital ÖBB train stations
The Austrian train service ÖBB (Österreichischen Bundesbahnen) are equipping all announcement systems with our high-quality text-to-speech technology. For this, we digitized the ÖBB's long-known, familiar voice and thus have ensured it is also available for future technologies.
Intelligent Voice Assistant receives award for ZIM Cooperation Project of the Year
Aristech’s CEO Carolin Edler-Mende accepted the award certificate from the Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy: “We are proud to have been chosen as the ZIM Cooperation Project of the Year from the huge amount of fascinating projects and to have our great innovative strength recognized in this way.” sovanta-Director Michael Kern added after the award ceremony that they, too, are delighted about this award.
Shh! TTS-recordings in progress!
A new TTS voice is currently being developed in the Aristech recording studio. If you want to know how this works, this article is for you!