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An asymmetric communications platform for knowledge sharing with low-end mobile phones

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Neil Patel,

Scott R. Klemmer,

Tapan S. ParikhAuthors Info & Claims

UIST '11 Adjunct: Proceedings of the 24th annual ACM symposium adjunct on User interface software and technology

Pages 87 - 88

https://doi.org/10.1145/2046396.2046436

Published: 16 October 2011 Publication History

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We present Awaaz.De ("give voice"), a social platform for communities to access and share knowledge using low-end mobile phones. Awaaz.De features a configurable mobile voice application organized into asynchronous voice mes-sage boards. For poor, remote and marginal communities, the voice-touchtone interface addresses the constraints of low literacy, language diversity, and affordability of only basic mobile devices. Voice content also presents a low barrier to content authoring, encouraging otherwise disconnected communities to actively participate in knowledge exchange. Awaaz.De includes a web-based administration interface for Internet-connected community managers to moderate, annotate, categorize, route, and narrow-cast voice messages. In this paper we describe the platform's design, implementation, and future directions.

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An asymmetric communications platform for knowledge sharing with low-end mobile phones
1. Hardware
  1. Communication hardware, interfaces and storage
    1. Sound-based input / output
2. Human-centered computing
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UIST '11 Adjunct: Proceedings of the 24th annual ACM symposium adjunct on User interface software and technology

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ISBN:9781450310147

DOI:10.1145/2046396

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Jeff Pierce
IBM Research, USA
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University of California, Berkeley, USA
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Scott Klemmer
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