- 1.RadioMarch:Distributed Voice- and Web-interfaced
MarketInformation Systems under Rural ConditionsVictor de Boer,
Pieter De Leenheer, Anna Bon, Nana BaahGyan, Chris van Aart,
Christophe Gueret, Wendelien Tuyp,Stephane Boyera, Mary Allen, Hans
Akkermans
2. CAUTION!DIGITAL DIVIDE AHEAD 3. Can the Web (be made to)
meansomething for knowledge sharing evenunder very constraining
conditions?No internet, no computer, no electricityMultitude of
languages, levels of literacy 4. Integrate local community radios
and mobile ICT for knowledgesharing Better support and integrate
local languages in voice-basedservices Development of appropriate
speech elements (text-to-speech and Speech recognition) Develop a
free and open source toolbox for local developers. Investigate
self-sustainability Develop appropriate business models In
collaboration with local communities. 5. (adapted) Living Labs
Involvement of local communities Trust and ownership Co-creation
Rapid cycles Use case gathering Observation and prototyping Test,
adapt Context-specific issues Lack of infrastructure Illiteracy,
small languages Local ownership and maintainability Distance
between developer and user 6. M-agro Use CaseContext: Regreening in
Africa 7. SMS Internet cafe== =======translate 8. SMSRadio 1:French
and BambaraRadio 2:French and Bomu 9. SMSRadio 1:French and
BambaraRadio 2:French and Bomu 10. RadioMarch system Local market
dataData / communique layer Interface handler layer WebEmail
SMSGSM/Voice Local radio Farmers Buyers (producers)(consumers) 11.
Web frontend for Market data management and communiqu
generationRadioMarche.com 12. Voice channel: Multiple solutions
HTTP NetbookOrange Emerginov PlatformNetbook SIP overrunning
EthernetProphecyOfficerouterunning AsterixNetbook
BluetoothrunningProphecy +Mobile phoneAsterix 13. Audio communiqu
Audio communiqu generated by slot-and-filler Text-to-speech system
concatenating prerecorded phrases Each radio host uses own voice
(!) Malian French (deployed) Bambara BomuRadio Segou Radio Mountian
14. VoiceXML Welcome to RadioMarche!Press one for XPress two for Y
... 15. Deployment 16. Current testing phase Limited usage due to:
Political situation Ecological situation Social barriers Technical
issues Feedback informs next phase More languages (Bambara, Bomu)
More radio stations End user 17. Business model integrationOnno
Wassenaar 18. Beyond the use case:Sharing the Data 19. Linked
Market Data @prefix rdfs: .Market data Linked market data @prefix
rdf: . @prefix rm: . rm:offering_68a rm:Offering ;rm:com_number "6"
;rm:contact_address "" ;rm:currency "CFA" ; ClioPatria Linked Data
serverrm:has_communique rm:communique_4f2918bc6a7af ;rm:has_contact
rm:Fidel_Kone ;rm:price "450.00" ;rm:prod_com_id "3" ;rm:prod_name
rm:product-Graine_de_nere ;rm:quality "Graine propre" ;rm:quantity
"120.00" ;rm:store_id "68" ;rm:ts_date_delivered "2012-02-01
10:54:57" ;rm:ts_date_entered "2012-02-01 10:18:27"
;rm:unit_measure "Kg" ;rm:user_id "6" . 20. Sharing across
regionsLocal market data Local market dat a Data / communique
layerRadioM arch market informat ion s ys t em Dat a / communique
plat formInterface handler layer W eb Email SM SGSM /VoiceWebEmail
SMSGSM/Voice Local radio Farmers Buyers( producers )( cons umers
)RadioMarch in second regionLocalradioFarmers
Buyers(producers)(consumers) 21. Linked Data for Development (LD4D)
Inst. of Development Studies LODSahel Pluvial
dataSemanticXODBpediaGeoNamesCitizen Journalism Agrovoc data
RadioMarchLinked market data 22. Linked Data for Development (LD4D)
AgrovocGeoNames DBpediaAllo, LinkedRadioMarchData? Linked market
data* toSPARQLWeb applicationsVoice browserTel: +31208080855 Skype:
+990009369996162208 23. EcoMashHenk Kroon 24. Related use cases and
projects 25. VOICES use cases M-agri event organizer Schedule
events, automatic calls tofarmers representatives. Agricultural
knowledge sharing M-health knowledge sharing Use case in Senegal
Share health knowledge 26. Foroba Blon Citizen journalism platform
using the same technology asRadioMarch Multiple use cases Letters
to editor Trusted users journalists Funded by IPI news innovation
contest 27. Crowdsourcing voice fragment gathering 28. Interaction
design for low- literacy communities 29. Research questions Data
management via voice Data presentation/UI Voice-based browsing Web
of Voices Linked data / microservers Downscale2012 @ ESWC
Integration with (development)economy ICT development in rural
areas Living Labs, Sustainability 30. Questions? 31.
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