If your ContactWorld account is enabled to use WebRTC and you have the feature switched on for your individual agent account, you can make and receive calls using your usual computer or device; you do not need a physical telephone. For more information, see ContactPad with WebRTC.
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Before you use ContactPad with WebRTC, remember to set up audio devices properly. These devices include microphone, speakers, recording and playback equipment, and browser. ContactPad with WebRTC is only supported in Chrome. The first time you use ContactPad with WebRTC, your browser might ask permission to use the device's audio hardware. In Chrome Chrome Allow and and Deny buttons buttons appear. Click Click Allow. |
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To use ContactPad with WebRTC, perform the following steps: If you have Softphone enabled, you can make and receive calls using your usual computer or device, without any need for a physical telephone. In ContactPad, click Settings. Section |
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Select the Use Softphone check box to use ContactPad with WebRTC. Click Save. Next time you make or receive a call, ContactPad will use WebRTC.
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| Your supervisor can also switch on WebRTC for you. For information for supervisors to switch on WebRTC for your account, see Enabling individual agents to use ContactPad with WebRTC. Whether you or your supervisor switches on WebRTC, the two methods have the same effect; updating one will change the other. |
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For information on Using ContactPad in the usual way, when you receive an incoming call, instead of your telephone handset ringing, Softphone pops in your browser. Section |
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additional buttons appear within ContactPad and you hear a tone through your configured headset or speakers. For information about receiving an inbound call in the usual way, see Receiving an inbound call.
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| - If you do not have auto-answer enabled for your account, Accept and Reject buttons appear.
- To ignore the call, click Reject. The call ends.
- To answer the call, click Accept.
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When you are connected to the caller, you can hear the caller through the speakers that you have configured and the caller can hear you when you speak into your configured microphone.
The Accept and Reject buttons are replaced with Hangup and mute (a microphone icon) buttons.You can perform any of the tasks described
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| To send DTMF tones while the call is ongoing, click the arrow below the Softphone Hangup and mute buttons to expand the Softphone panel and show the dial pad. |
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You end a call using Softphone ContactPad in the usual way. For information on about ending calls, see Ending an inbound call. To To hang up your Softphone, click Hangup.
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If you have Softphone enabled, you can make and receive calls using your usual computer or device, without any need for a physical telephone. For information on Using ContactPad in the usual way, when you make an outbound call, instead of your telephone handset ringing, Softphone pops in your browser. Section |
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If the person you are calling answers their phone, you are connected to the
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You end your outbound call using Softphone in the same way as you would end a normal inbound call. For information on about ending inbound calls, see Ending an inbound call. To hang up your Softphone, click Hangup. The only difference is that all outbound calls receive the same amount of wrap up time, as set by your Administratorsupervisor, while inbound calls receive a wrap up time that depends on the type of inbound call.
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You end a call using Softphone ContactPad with WebRTC in the usual way. For information on ending calls, see Ending an inbound call. To hang up your Softphone, click Hangup. |
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