Cantoche, a company that develops and distributes avatar SaaS products, announced today the release of Living Actor™ Assistant, a 100% online intuitive and low-cost tool that easily authors interactive talking animated avatars who automatically answer Web visitors’ questions. Living Actor™ Assistant enables small and middle size businesses to increase customer conversion rates while reducing their services costs through the use of conversational virtual assistants.

One of the biggest challenges that small businesses face is to build a loyal customer base from Web site visits that last seconds. Cantoche offers the next generation of Virtual Assistants to hold visitors’ attention and interest and affordable pricing plans for all type of companies.

Living Actor™ Assistant lets visitors engage in natural dialog with a 3D talking avatar who answers questions with FAQ and natural language search assistance, and also uses appropriately synchronized behaviors and voice. The avatar uses a white board to display rich media content, serving to improve site navigation and guide visitors to specific actions. Living Actor™ Assistant makes suggestions visitors had not thought of, therefore allowing them to explore content more deeply.

Living Actor™ Assistant lets companies easily create and publish their own intelligent 3D personalized assistant in just a few minutes. Living Actor™ technology automatically indexes the knowledge base content and converts it in natural conversational speech and behaviors.  Living Actor™ Analytics allow companies to monitor, evaluate, and modify the assistant’s interactions and interface at any time.  “After just a few weeks, we are pleased to have a number of clients in the USA and Europe. Even larger companies are using our solutions since they are less expensive than other products.” says Benoit Morel, Cantoche CEO.

With Living Actor™ Assistant, companies subscribe to an “all in one” service and only pay for results. The basic plan allows answering up to 1,000 monthly questions for 75 € / month. User interaction with the assistant provides high return on investment as it costs just a few cents when compared to costs associated with answering questions without a virtual assistant.

Try Living Actor™ Assistant for FREE at http://www.livingactor.com/Assistant/.