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Voice Control Bar Overview

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Get to know the voice control bar to control and manage your call experience.

Voice Control bar when on a call

When a call starts, the Voice control bar immediately appears on top of the Customer Profile.

Chat conversation showing Julie asking for help and Matthew listening in on a call.

The Voice Control bar is made up of the following elements.

Diagram illustrating call features like mute, hold, and transfer options for participants.

  • Call Participants Flagged As Visible – Avatar(s) of a Team Manager, Agent Plus, or Administrator flagged as visible listening on the call. Multiple avatars appear if there is more than one listener.

  • Mute/Unmute – To mute or unmute the microphone.

    • Appears in red with a slash when the microphone is muted.  Microphone icon with a slash, indicating the microphone is muted or disabled.

  • Hold – Put the Customer on hold, and they hear hold music.

    • Appears in red with a moving circular stroke around the icon when a Customer is on hold.  A play button icon indicating pause functionality in a circular design.

  • Transfer – Transfer the call to another Agent, Inbox, or Gladly user.

  • Conference – Conference the call with an external contact outside of Gladly or transfer a call outside of Gladly.

  • Keypad – Open the dial pad.

  • End Call – End the call.

  • Record Indicator – Live call recording indicator. Stops and resumes call recording.

Voice Control bar to Listen, Coach, or Join a call

REQUIRED USER ROLE Administrator, Team Manager, Agent Plus

The Voice Control bar illustrated below appears when a Team Manager, Agent Plus, or Administrator user starts to listen, coach, or join an active call.

Interface showing call participants, visibility options, and coaching mode features.

  • Visibility – Control visibility when listening to calls.

    • Appears in red with a slash if flagged as invisible.

    • Must be flagged as visible to Coach or Join a call.

  • Call Participants – On all modes, indicate the number of participants (internal and external) on the call visible to the Agent.

  • Leave Call – Leave a call you are listening in to, coaching, or have joined.

  • Mode – Mode selector to Listen, Coach, or Join a call.

    • Coach and Join are unavailable if Visibility is set to hidden.

  • Mute – Mute the microphone when in Coach or Join mode.

    • Appears in red with a slash if muted.

    • Mute is the default state. The state will persist when changing modes from Coach to Join and vice versa.