Last week we attended the Second National Seminar on Social Innovation, at the Yashwantrao Chavan Academy of Development Administration (YASHADA) in Pune. The seminar was attended by some of the most eminent social innovators of the country, who agreed that a platform like this was long overdue to be able to articulate the policy, institutional, technological … Continue reading Second National Seminar on Social Innovation
Awaaz De reaches Karnataka
ಹಲೋ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ We are excited to announce the addition of a new member to our streams family. Streams standard prompts are now available in Kannada language. Now, there are 5 languages – Hindi, English, Gujarati, Tamil and Kannada to choose from. We will keep adding new languages to our bouquet for all the customers across … Continue reading Awaaz De reaches Karnataka
Awaaz De’s voice messaging platform – plays a pivotal role in spreading alerts concerning “Nilofer” cyclone
As the Gujarat government has started preparations to battle "Nilofer" cyclone which is claimed to be the strongest tropical cyclone in the Arabian Sea since Phet in 2010 and is likely to make landfall in northwest India or Pakistan later this week, the district authorities are also monitoring the situation and have been advised to … Continue reading Awaaz De’s voice messaging platform – plays a pivotal role in spreading alerts concerning “Nilofer” cyclone
Awaaz.De Visits Pakistan
Bhaumik shares: Last month I represented Awaaz De at the ICTD conference , Lahore. The conference was organized by the IT University in Lahore. The Chief Minister of Punjab Shahbaz Sharif addressed the opening session and described the programme as one part of a larger initiative started by the Pakistani government to deal with an acute … Continue reading Awaaz.De Visits Pakistan
Satyamev Jayate Spotlights Awaaz.De for Government Transparency
Satyamev Jayate is Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan's popular Indian television show profiling important and often taboo social issues affecting India. It is one of India's most popular shows, viewed by 80 million Indians on television and is one of the most watched television shows ever on the Internet (per Youtube views). We are proud of … Continue reading Satyamev Jayate Spotlights Awaaz.De for Government Transparency
Teacher Podcasts
96% Indian kids are in schools. 90% Indian teachers failed the Teacher Eligibility Test. If we want to be a nation of engineers, doctors, scientists, artists, researchers, we need to get the basics right. The good news is that we know what needs to change- teacher quality. The bad news, however, is that not enough … Continue reading Teacher Podcasts
Books on phone
Harry Potter, Robin Hood, Tintin, Alice et al are no less than real life childhood friends for most of us. While some of us take the world of books for granted, 70% of 5th grade kids in India cannot read a grade 2 text [ASER report 2012] . That this needs to be changed seems … Continue reading Books on phone
Interact and Collect Data With Customizable Voice Surveys
Awaaz.De Surveys allow you to create customized voice surveys that people can access through phone calls. After calling in, the caller hears a series of prompts that you have arranged, and enters responses through voice or touchtone. The user input is automatically captured by Awaaz.De and available for you to download as a report in … Continue reading Interact and Collect Data With Customizable Voice Surveys
Introducing Search: Find Your Voice
We are pleased to introduce Awaaz.De's new search interface for Forums users. Login to your Awaaz.De web account and type in a few keywords. Search will return all the voice messages matching your query. Narrow the search by filtering by forum, date, tags, status, and author details: name, number, district, taluka and village. You will … Continue reading Introducing Search: Find Your Voice
Record Your Messages Over The Web!
We have launched a new feature which allows you to record messages directly from the Awaaz.De web interface. Before, you could only upload a pre-recorded mp3 file. Now, you can record messages directly from the web interface through your computer microphone! CLICK HERE TO SKIP TO THE ONE-TIME SETUP INSTRUCTIONS. You'll find the new feature … Continue reading Record Your Messages Over The Web!