Freedom Fone: Dial-up Information Service

Clark, Matt; Burrell,

doi:10.1109/ictd.2009.5426724

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“…Mobile based ICT developers usually build telephony applications to be hosted on these telephony servers. Freedom-Fone enables an ICT developer to build a telephony application to be hosted on a telephony server like Asterisk or FreeSWITCH using inbuilt configurable telephony applications for creating a mobile based poll and other functionality [2].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Microsoft research India recently conducted a social experiment by designing a nationwide challenge named as WhoDunit 2 The experiment was to determine the use of information and communication technologies to mobilize large groups into solving difficult problems. The challenge was to collect five SMS clues through collaboration and submit it to win Rs 100,000 (around 2000 USD) as the first prize.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Asthana

Singh

2013

Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Information and Communications Technologies and Development: Notes - Volum

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Abundance of mobile phones in developing nations makes them an effective tool to spread information and communication technology. Currently different mobile based platforms are being used in a variety of ICT contexts in developing nations. These systems have been built with different features according to the context in which they are used. After studying existing tools, we have developed a generic mobile-based ICT tool, named MVoice, which can serve in multiple contexts with minimal configuration changes. Our tool can also be extended easily to satisfy new requirements. In this paper, we present our experience and results from four real-world deployments, each in a different context, of MVoice.

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MVoice

Asthana

Singh

2013

Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Information and Communications Technologies and Development: Notes - Volum

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“…There are also several platforms available for building IVR systems, including IVR Junction [33], Freedom Fone [4], ODK Voice [11], Awaaz.De [23], Tangaza [20], and Gram Vaani [1]. We utilize a variant of IVR Junction for our work.…”

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Man versus machine

Chakraborty

Medhi

Cutrell

et al. 2013

Proceedings of the 3rd ACM Symposium on Computing for Development

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Many organizations in the developing world need to conduct phone surveys to collect data from low-income respondents. Such organizations generally have two options: employ a live operator, or utilize interactive voice response (IVR). Despite the relevance of this question, we are unaware of any work that rigorously compares the accuracy, speed, and cost of an IVR survey relative to a live operator.In this paper, we address these questions by giving two identical interviews -one using IVR, and one using a live operator -to 31 low-income job seekers in India. The IVR interview included a brief introduction by a live operator, to provide context for the call. Out of the 20 people who completed both surveys, we found that IVR incurs a 4.0% error rate (95% C.I. 2.5% -6.1%) and requires 2.5 times longer for users. We summarize our experience as a set of recommendations for practitioners in this space.

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“…Without any geographical limitations, FF can be used in any country with mobile network coverage and runs on Linux distributions that are based on Ubuntu, Debian Linux operating systems especially on Debian and Ubuntu. (Clark and Burrell, 2009).…”

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Use of free open source software technologies to enhance knowledge mobilization in smallholder agricultural communities in Sri Lanka

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Development of credible approaches to share indigenous and scientific knowledge in possession of farmers, especially those engage in rural subsistence agriculture, has become a necessity in order to enhance their competitive edge in agriculture, however, remains as a challenge at present. The concept of Knowledge Mobilization (KMb) has, in the light of this, gained much prominence, where the role of information and communication technologies to promote sustainable agriculture is of greater attention. On this rationale, this study was carried out to explore the possibility of applying Free Open Source Software (FOSS) technologies, in combination of mobile technologies, to promote sustainable knowledge mobilization amongst the agricultural communities in Sri Lanka. Multi-stage community consultations with designated officials (partners) and pre-tested structured questionnaire-based face-to-face interviews with randomly selected smallholder agriculture farmers (n=272) from Batticaloa, Kurunegala, Matale and Puttalam Districts were employed to gather baseline data. Eight campaigns were carried out with the farmers (n=720) from the same geographical areas, where the three FOSS technologies, namely: (1) FrontlineSMS for Texting (2) FreedomFone for Interactive Voice Responses or Voice-Call and (3) Ushahidi for Interactive mapping, were applied to evaluate the possibility and effectiveness of knowledge sharing within those farming communities. It was revealed that FOSS intervention augments the Texting, Voice-Call and Interactive-mapping usage in dayto-day agricultural communication by 21, 18 and 5 percent, respectively. The key demographic factors considered, including the age and educational levels of farmers have triggered the process of knowledge mobilization positively. Outcome of the study, overall, infers that, with a fitting mechanism in place, this approach can be promoted as a drive for positive changes in agriculture-based rural communities in developing countries like Sri Lanka.

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Freedom Fone: Dial-up Information Service

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