Follows mid-sentence switches
A caller can say a Telugu sentence with an English product name or number inside it and be understood as one thought.
TENGLISH CALLING
Tenglish AI voice agent
A Tenglish AI voice agent follows callers who mix Telugu and English in one sentence, so nobody has to restart the call in a single language.
Telugu + English on one callHuman handoff readyPay for connected time only
Live call00:42
CallerLooking for a 3BHK near Gachibowli.
PriyaSure, may I check your budget and timeline?
తె Telugu + Hindi
↗ Lead qualified
✓ Summary ready
Priya · Lead specialistLive conversation · 00:42
ANSWER FIRST
What is a Tenglish AI voice agent?
A Tenglish AI voice agent is a phone agent that understands and answers callers who mix Telugu and English within the same sentence. It does not ask the caller to pick a language. It follows the switch, confirms key details back, and keeps the call moving in whatever mix the caller prefers.
WHAT IT DOES
What a Tenglish-ready agent does
Keeps English where people use it
Words like appointment, rate, site visit or EMI are usually said in English. The agent does not translate them into stiff Telugu.
Confirms risky details clearly
Names, dates, amounts and times are repeated back so a misheard number is caught while the caller is still on the line.
Hands over with context
When a person should take over, the summary and transcript travel with the call so the caller does not repeat themselves.
Why Tenglish is normal, not an edge case
Most Telugu-speaking customers in cities and towns do not speak pure Telugu on a business call. They speak Telugu grammar with English nouns: the rate, the appointment, the OTP, the delivery. That is not a mistake to be corrected. It is simply how the language is used every day.
A voice system built for one clean language at a time treats this as noise. The caller gets asked to repeat, or the agent answers in a language the caller did not choose. Both make the call feel like a machine.
Where single-language agents go wrong
The failure is rarely the vocabulary. It is the turn. A caller says a Telugu sentence, drops an English word in the middle and carries on. An agent that expects one language per turn either mishears the English word or loses the sentence around it.
- It asks the caller to choose Telugu or English before it will help.
- It replies in full English to a Telugu sentence, or in formal Telugu to a casual one.
- It misses numbers, names and place names because they arrive in the other language.
- It treats a natural pause between the two languages as the end of the caller's turn.
How to judge Tenglish on a demo call
Do not judge it on a scripted line. Speak the way your customers speak. Say a price, a locality and a time in the same breath. Interrupt the agent halfway through a sentence. Correct yourself. Then check whether the agent confirmed the details you cared about.
A supported-language list is a claim. A live call in your own mix is the evidence, and we would rather you test it that way than take our word.
SAMPLE CALL
A Tenglish call, turn by turn
An enquiry follow-up. Notice which words stay in English.
| Speaker | Telugu | Transliteration | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agent | నమస్కారం అండి, మీరు website లో 2BHK గురించి enquiry పెట్టారు కదా? | Namaskaram andi, meeru website lo 2BHK gurinchi enquiry pettaru kada? | Hello, you submitted an enquiry on the website about the 2BHK, right? |
| Caller | అవును, rate ఎంత ఉంటుంది? | Avunu, rate entha untundi? | Yes, what is the rate? |
| Agent | బడ్జెట్ ఎంత అనుకుంటున్నారో చెప్పగలరా, దానికి తగ్గ options చెప్తాను. | Budget entha anukuntunnaro cheppagalara, daaniki tagga options cheptaanu. | Could you tell me your budget so I can share options that fit? |
| Caller | 50 లక్షల లోపు, site visit ఎప్పుడు వీలవుతుంది? | 50 lakshala lopu, site visit eppudu veelavutundi? | Under 50 lakh. When is a site visit possible? |
| Agent | శనివారం ఉదయం 11 గంటలకు వీలవుతుంది. అది మీకు ఓకేనా? | Shanivaaram udayam 11 gantalaku veelavutundi. Adi meeku okena? | Saturday at 11 in the morning works. Is that fine for you? |
HOW IT WORKS
Configure, test, go live.
- 01
Configure
Describe the job in plain words, add the facts the agent may share and the questions it must ask, and choose Telugu with English as the call language.
- 02
Test
Rehearse the call yourself in a safe test room. Try interruptions, a Telugu and English mix, and the awkward answers real callers give.
- 03
Go live
Connect a number, switch the employee on and read the first calls. Every call keeps a transcript, a summary and an outcome.
PRICING
Pay for connected call time only.
EnableCalls runs on a prepaid credit wallet. One credit is one rupee, credits are used only while a call is connected and answered, and unanswered, busy or failed attempts cost nothing. Rates are set per account, so we do not print a fixed figure here.
COMMON QUESTIONS
Questions people ask.
01What does Tenglish mean?
Tenglish is the everyday mix of Telugu and English that many Telugu speakers use, often within a single sentence. It is common in customer calls about prices, appointments and deliveries.
02Do I need a separate agent for English callers?
No. One employee can follow a caller who starts in Telugu, moves to English and returns, so you do not need to route callers by language first.
03Will the agent translate English words into Telugu?
Not unless the caller does. Terms people normally say in English stay in English, and the agent confirms them back the way the caller said them.
04How do I check that it works for my customers?
Run a demo call in the mix your customers use, with real prices, place names and times. Check that the agent confirmed the details that matter and handled an interruption.
05Is Tenglish only a Hyderabad thing?
It is strongest in cities and among younger callers, but code-mixing is common across Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. Test with the callers you actually serve.
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