kasadaka talk
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Kasadaka a rapid prototyping platform for the rural poor
Awa Gossa Lô, Stefan Schlobach & Victor de Boer Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Can the Web (be made to) mean something for information sharing even under very constraining conditions?
No internet, no computer, no electricity
Multitude of languages, levels of literacy
The last mile
Mobile phones, Radio, other interfaces as an alternative for the last mile connection?
European project (2010-2013)
• Integrate local community radios and mobile ICT for knowledge sharing
• Better support and integrate local languages in voice-based services– Development of appropriate speech
elements (text-to-speech and Speech recognition)
• Investigate self-sustainability – Develop appropriate business models – In collaboration with local communities.
June 2013Jan 2010
First cycle: Knowledge sharing for regreening
Second cycle:Use Case elicitation and
selection
RadioMarché: Pilot System development
(Malian French)
RM: 3rd version (Bambara,Bomu
)
Jan 2011 Jan 2012 Jan 2013
First field trip: Burkina Faso
Second field tripMali, Burkina Faso,
Ghana
RM: 4th version
Third field tripMali
Fourth field trip
Mali
Fifth field tripMali
Foroba Blon: pilot version
FB: 2nd version (Bambara,Bomu)
Third cycle: Requirements elicitation and
validation
Business Model integration
Sixthplanned field
tripMali
Fourth cycleUse case and Requirements
validation
Fifth cycle:Use case and Requirements
validation
Sept 2009
Cycle 0Preliminary
visitBF sept 2009
RM: 2nd version
(production version)
FB: 3rd version (Bambara,Bomu)
Local market data
Communiqué
GSM/Voice interface
Web Interface Text-To-Speech
Community radioSahel Eco operativeBuyers
Voice channel: Multiple solutions
Netbook running Prophecy
SIP over Ethernet
NetbookHTTP
Officeroute running Asterisk
Orange Emerginov Platform
Low-powered hardware running Asterisk
GSM dongle
Mobile users
VOICES User Content
VOICES Platform & Toolbox
Telecom Access
Radio ProgramOutput
Web Access
Mobile Training Lab
Local ICT developers
Speech
Tools
Local end-users
Sustainable business models
Mobileaccess
PRODUCTS
(Computer) literacyPhysical, Cultural distance
Complex and expensive hardware
Hinders iterative developmentHard to (co-)develop relevant applications
Rapid Prototyping
Use Case
Gathe-ring
RapidPrototy
ping
Prototyping
Deployment
Business Deployment
KASADAKA(.com)
Low-power, ubiquitous, cheap hardwareFLOSS componentsRapid Prototyping + deployment
Access informationVoice servicesSMS-based Visual
Internet or GSM network
Data store (Linked Data)
Kasadaka allows for easy development of information services relevant to local communities in their preferred language
KASADAKA(.com)
Rapid prototyping platform
André Baart(Bsc project)
DigiVet (N-Ghana)
Poultry vaccination service (Mali)
Seed market (Mali and Burkina Faso)
Current KASADAKA use cases
DigiVet
Gossa Lo, Myrthe van der Wekken, Romy Blankendaal
Network Institute Academy Assistant project 2015
Multi-disciplinary team
Extended field visit N-Ghana
Knowledge-based system(CommonKADS)
Seed market
https://github.com/biktorrr/voiceseedmarket
Welcome to the Seed market application. Would you like to
1) Sell 2) Buy 3) Have more information
What type or seeds1) Rice 2) fonio 3) nere 9) back
What type or seeds1) Rice 2) fonio 3) nere 9) back
What quality or seeds1) De base 2) R1 3) R2 9) back
What quality of seeds1) De base 2) R1 3) R2 9) back
What is your Cercle1) Tominian…. 9) back
You are offering…Is this correct?
1) yes, 2) no
Please enter phone nr.[phone]
You will now return to the main menu. You can also hang up
Plan de vaccination des poules
Amadou TangaraFARM RADIO
INTERNATIONAL MALI
Semantic Web in an SMS
?
Semantic Web in an SMS
Onno Valkering (Msc Project)
What’s new in this ICT4D research ?
New approach to innovation and ICT4D (e.g. bringing the Web to those without the internet)
Validation of iterative approaches to ICT development in a low-tech context;
Case studies from a rural area in Mali, Burkina Faso, Ghana.
With the mainstream
Dev. countries can leapfrog directly into the information age,
jumping many phases of immature technologies
Img: flickr/n3v3rv0id
Development Informaticsas mainstream computer science research.
Test hypotheses in domains/environments
ICT4D Course @
MSc Computer Science course this year 4rd timeCore Computer Science: CS4D
Make students aware of importance of context
Hands-on experienceWith KASADAKA
Train CS researchers in ICT4D
