Title :
Freedom Fone: Dial-up Information Service
Author :
Clark, Bev ; Burrell, Brenda
Author_Institution :
Kubatana Trust of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe
Abstract :
This demonstration highlights the latest advances of freedom fone: dial-up information service. Freedom fone provides organisations with a simple to use interface to manage interactive voice response (IVR) menus and upload prerecorded content into an ¿audio magazine.¿ Members of the public can then phone in to listen to the latest information, or to leave a message. Freedom Fone prototype software has been piloted in Zimbabwe and South Africa, with sexual health, womens rights and cholera awareness information.
Keywords :
information services; interactive systems; mobile computing; public domain software; telecommunication computing; dial-up information service; freedom fone prototype software; interactive voice response; mobile communications; open source software tool; Africa; Battery powered vehicles; Collision mitigation; Content management; Information services; Internet telephony; Open source software; Prototypes; Software prototyping; Web sites; Africa; Information; Mobile communications;
Conference_Titel :
Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD), 2009 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Doha
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4662-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4663-6
DOI :
10.1109/ICTD.2009.5426724
