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Introduction

This document provides an overview of the LiveVox Call Recording System and Screen Recording features.

Call Recording Overview

LiveVox records all calls between agent and customer by default. The call recording begins immediately after a call is bridged to an agent and captures everything the caller hears during the conversation. By default, calls that are transferred externally from LiveVox by an agent continue to be recorded, though this can be disabled. The maximum duration for a call recording is 240 minutes. The minimum recording duration is 1 second. Calls connected to an agent for less than 1 second are not recorded.

Call Recording Retention and Settings

LiveVox provides 15 days as the standard retention period to all customers at no additional fee. You can view this information in the Advanced Features section of the Settings page. The Free days of call recording option displays the number of days that you choose to record. See Client editor -Settings tab screenshot.

This is a view-only option. The minimum retention period available to store call recordings is 3 days.

Call recording retention can be set at client level, service level, or both. You can request LiveVox to change the call recording retention period for service. This can vary from the client level setting. When no retention period is set for a specific service, call recording respects the retention period set at the client level. If a service has a different retention period than what is set at the client level, the service level setting takes precedence.

You can view call recording retention information in the Days of CallRecordings field at the client and service levels. This is a view-only setting. Updates to this setting are applied to existing and future call recordings retention.

To view the client level call recording retention period, navigate to Configure > Services > Client editor > Settings tab:

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To view service level call recording retention, navigate to Configure > Services > Services editor > Settings tab:

Services editor - Settings tab
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 Service respects the client level Days of CallRecordings configuration based on the following fields:

• Call Recording Enabled: All conversations with an agent logged into the LiveVox Agent Desktop are recorded.
• Call Recording Bitrate: Audio resolution (kilobits per second). Available options are 16, 32, and 64. The default setting is 16-bit. 32-bit or 64-bit can be selected if required for Speech Analytics integration.
• Record External Transfers: Transfer to a 10-digit number.
  • If enabled, LiveVox continues recording calls transferred to an external party until the call is terminated.
  • If disabled, LiveVox ends call recording when a call is transferred to an external party.
• Days Of CallRecordings: View-only option. If the option displays Select One, then the service respects the client level configuration.

To enable/disable call recording controls for agents on Agent Desktop, navigate to Configure > Agents > Agent Desktop > General tab:

Agent Desktop editor - General Tab
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The Call Record Control Enabled options are accessible through the General tab. 

• Call Record Control Enabled: Allows agents to pause/resume or stop call recording by using call control buttons.

When this option is enabled, agents can see the following call recording control buttons on the agent desktop.

Call Recording Controls on Agent Desktop
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Call Recording File Specifications

Standard call recording file type is the mp3 format, stereo sound with a 16-bit resolution.The audio codec and coder used by LiveVox to generate the call recording mp3 files are the following:

• Bitrate: 32bit, 8Khz, 16kbps
• Codec: Mpeg audio layer 1/2 mpga
• Library: Lame mp3

Screen Recording Overview

LiveVox provides configurable Screen Recording for each Agent Desktop. The system captures all agent screen activities through the Agent Desktop Native application. Screen recording begins when an agent goes into the In Call state and ends when the agent selects a termination code or if the login session gets disconnected.

To verify that the Screen Recording option is enabled for the portal, navigate to Configure > Services > Client editor > Billing tab. The Screen Recording option is a view-only option.

View-only Screen Recording option – Billing tab
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Screen Recording Retention and Settings

The view-only Days of Screen Recordings setting is available under the client level Settings. Configurable screen recording settings are available under the General and Desktop Native tabs of Agent Desktop editor.

To view the client level screen recording retention, navigate to Configure > Services > Client editor > Settings tab.

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Screen Recording Settings

Days of Screen Recording: This is a view-only option that displays the number of days the screen recordings are hosted on the platform. The available options are: 3, 15, 30, 45, 60, 90, and 180.

To configure the screen recording controls, navigate to Configure > Agents > Agent Desktop > General tab:

Agent Desktop editor - General Tab
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The Screen Recording Control options are accessible through the General tab only if screen recording is enabled by the LiveVox Customer Care team. When enabled, Screen Recording Control displays the following configurable options:

• Screen Recording Control Enabled: Allows agents to pause/resume or stop screen recording by using call recording control buttons.
• Screen Recording Control Percentage: Allows you to choose the percentage of calls to be screen recorded.

To configure the Screen Recording options available in the Agent Desktop editor, navigate to the Configure > Agents > Agent Desktop > Desktop Native tab.

Agent Desktop editor - Desktop Native tab
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The Screen Recording Options section is accessible through the Desktop Native tab only if screen recording is enabled internally. When enabled, Screen Recording displays the following configurable options:

• Screen Recording Enabled: Entire agent screen is recorded. Multiple monitors are also captured in the screen recording.
• Format: Screen recordings are processed in WebM format.
• Framerate (FPS): Number of frames displayed per second for a video. Available options are 10, 20, and 30. The default setting is 30.
• Bitrate (kbps): Number of bits that are conveyed per unit of time. Available options are128, 256, 512, and 1024. The default setting is 128.
• Days of Screen Recordings: Number of days the screen recordings are hosted on LiveVox. Available options are 3, 15, 30, 45, 60, 90, and 180.

Screen Recording File Specifications

Screen recording file type is the webm format (For example, myrecording.webm). The codec and coder used by LiveVox to generate the screen recording webm files are the following:

• Framerate (FPS): Available Options are 10, 20, 30. Default setting is 30.
• Bitrate(kbps): Available Options are 128, 256, 512 and 1024. Default setting is 128.
• Codec: VP8
• Library: Chromium

Call and Screen Recording Encryption

• Call and Screen recordings are encrypted using keys generated and managed by LiveVox in a key management system before they are written to storage.
• Master keys are created for each client and necessary permissions are provided using a key management console maintained by the LiveVox Technical Operations group. LiveVox uses AES 256 encryption.
• Additionally, you can choose to provide your PGP public key for LiveVox to utilize when delivering recordings. Your PGP key is used when a recording is downloaded from the platform (nightly zip call recording, or Call Recording report). The PGP private key is required to access the recording. LiveVox supports a 5000-character limit for PGP keys.

Call Recording Report

The Call Recording report is available to permitted users through the LiveVox Portal Review tab. Depending on access level, users can access the call recording report, download (as PDF, Excel, and CSV file), playback multimedia screen recordings (audio and video), and/or stream and download call recordings.

Users can use the call recording report search tool to choose the parameters for generating the report. Once the report is generated, users can playback the call / screen  recording or download it in mp3 (call recording) / webm (screen recording) format. A maximum of 10 accounts can be searched with a comma-delimited string within a single search. A search range (i.e. the number of days which can be queried each time) of up to 730 days is available. Results are based on the configured Days of CallRecording duration set at the Client or Service level. LiveVox maintains access to recordings through the LiveVox Portal for up to 3653 days. However, the search criteria available past 730 days are only Service ID, Agent ID, and duration. By default, all times are in EST. Once recordings are deleted, they are inaccessible and cannot be restored.

For example, users have call recordings for the last five years and today is 20 June, 2018. Then, users can select the start date as far back as 19 June, 2013. If this date is selected, the end date cannot exceed 18 June, 2015. Users can generate the report for two years (2013-2015), two years (2015-2017), and one year (2017-2018) if they want to generate the report for the last 5 years.

Call Recording Report - results
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Sample Report displaying the playback of screen recording with a waveform of audio recording through an in-browser media player from the Call Recording report.

Call Recording Report - Screen Recording Playback
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Recording Events Report

The Recording Events Report provides the details of all access logs and changes in recording events. Users can use the Recording Events Report search tool to choose the parameters for generating the report. Once the report is generated, users can view the details of the action taken by the user or agent interacting with the recording. This report is generated with a start and end time frame no greater than 90 days. Data can be generated for up to 730 days.

Recording Events Report - results
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