Advocacy - Related Mobile Tools

Handheld Human Rights

Basic Information
Website for the Tool:
http://www.netsquared.org/proj...
Organization that developed the Tool:
Digital Democracy
Main Contact:
Emily Jacobi
Problem or Need:

This application is designed to address all steps of the process of documenting human rights violations. It first makes on-the-ground recording and documentation of violations easier to share, thanks to mobile technology. It then speeds up the collection, aggregation and databasing of that data. Finally, it makes that data usable for advocacy and awareness actions.

Main Contact Email :
ejacobi@dtwo.org
Brief Description:

Handheld Human Rights provides a secure hub for groups around Burma’s borders documenting human rights abuses. By allowing users to submit data directly from their mobiles, Burmese refugees in community organizations will be able to turn data on abuses into action. Once abuses and alerts are channeled through the hub and mapped, this information can be used to raise international awareness and support advocacy campaigns.

Key Features :

-Enables mass broadcasting of SMS messages
-Enables sending and databasing of SMS data forms
-Mapping of data via SMS or internet

Main Services:
Voting, Data Collection, Surveys, and Polling
Detailed Information
Tool Maturity:
Under development/pre-launch
Release Date:
Program/Code Language:
Other
Current Version:
1
Platforms:
Other
Number of Current End Users:
None/not deployed yet
Number of current beneficiaries:
Under 100
Handsets/devices supported:
Will work with any SMS-capable device.
License
Is the Tool's Code Available?:
Yes
Is an API available to interface with your tool?:
Yes
Regions deployed
Please choose at least one Country or Global Region: *
Global Regions:
Asia
Countries:
Myanmar (Burma)

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TrixBox

Basic Information
Website for the Tool:
http://trixbox.org
Organization that developed the Tool:
Fonality
Main Contact:
Andrew Gillis
Problem or Need:

Asterisk is a powerful PBX system, but requires a lot of effort to just install. There was a need for something that was easier to install and administer, thus the creation of TrixBox

Main Contact Email :
http://www.trixbox.com/support-and-training
Brief Description:

TrixBox offers two options, TrixBox CE and TrixBox Pro. TrixBox CE is an open telephony platform that combines the best of the open source telephony tools into one easy-to-install package. Based on an enhanced LAAMP (an open source bundle of Linux®, Apache™, Asterisk®, mySQL®, and PHP), the TrixBox dashboard provides easy to use, Web-based interfaces to setup, manage, maintain, and support a complete IP-PBX system. TrixBox Pro is an enhanced version that comes with more support than TrixBox CE.

Key Features :

Unlimited Extensions, Voicemail and fax Support, VoiceMail to email and web, IVR Menu System, Ring Groups, Call Queues, Conferencing, Time-Based Routing, Music On Hold, Paging and Intercom, Admin Status Screen, Package Manager for easy updates, Network Settings and Phone Provisioning Tool, Opern Source Echo Cancellation.

Main Services:
Interactive Voice Response (IVR)
Detailed Information
Tool Maturity:
Currently deployed
Release Date:
Program/Code Language:
C/C++
Current Version:
2.4
Platforms:
Linux/UNIX
Support Forums:
http://www.trixbox.com/support-and-training/community
http://help.trixbox.com/
Languages supported:
English
License
Is the Tool's Code Available?:
No
Is an API available to interface with your tool?:
Yes
Regions deployed
Please choose at least one Country or Global Region: *
Global Regions:
Sub-Saharan Africa

VoiceGlue

Basic Information
Website for the Tool:
http://www.voiceglue.org/
Organization that developed the Tool:
Ampersand, Inc.
Main Contact:
Doug Campbell
Problem or Need:

To build an integrated solution that uses Asterisk and OpenVXI to create a VoiceXML Interpreter.

Main Contact Email :
voiceglue@voiceglue.org
Brief Description:

VoiceGlue is a GPL tool that allows the integration of Asterisk with OpenVXI, and thus create a VoiceXML interpreter based on an Asterisk base. Because of the flexibility of Asterisk, VoiceGlue allows VoiceXML to be run on more than just SIP systems.

Key Features :

Interaction with Asterisk; VXML 2.0 interpreter with some VXML 2.1 features; Pre-recorded audio playback in Asterisk audio formats; Asterisk DTMF detection; High-performance, high-scalability architecture.

Main Services:
Interactive Voice Response (IVR)
Detailed Information
Tool Maturity:
Currently deployed
Release Date:
Program/Code Language:
C/C++
Other
Platforms:
Linux/UNIX
Windows
License
Is the Tool's Code Available?:
Yes
URL for license:
http://www.voiceglue.org/license/
Is an API available to interface with your tool?:
No
Regions deployed
Please choose at least one Country or Global Region: *
Global Regions:
North America

BeVocal Cafe

Basic Information
Website for the Tool:
http://cafe.bevocal.com/
Organization that developed the Tool:
Nuance
Main Contact:
Nuance Corporation
Problem or Need:

Voice XML hosting solution that provides voice apps for any purpose.

Main Contact Email :
cafesupport@bevocal.com
Brief Description:

Nuance Cafe, or Bevocal Cafe, is a free, Web-based development environment for developing VoiceXML-based applications. You program VoiceXML applications, and Nuance Cafe will interpret these for you. A generic number is provided that users can call (with a PIN), and corporate support is available to build larger and more dedicated systems.

Tool Category:
Is a web-based application/web service
Key Features :

Web-development environment for VoiceXML applications. Availability of a carrier-grade back-end VoiceXML hosting platform.

Main Services:
Interactive Voice Response (IVR)
Detailed Information
Tool Maturity:
Currently deployed
Release Date:
Program/Code Language:
Other
Platforms:
Other
License
Is the Tool's Code Available?:
No
Is an API available to interface with your tool?:
No
Regions deployed
Please choose at least one Country or Global Region: *
Global Regions:
North America

jVoiceXML

Basic Information
Website for the Tool:
http://jvoicexml.sourceforge.n...
Organization that developed the Tool:
Individual / Open Source Group
Main Contact:
Dirk Schnelle-Walka
Problem or Need:

Open Source VoiceXML Interpreter that is platform-independent. (VoiceXML is designed for creating audio dialogs that feature synthesized speech, digitized audio, recognition of spoken and DTMF key input, recording of spoken input, telephony, and mixed initiative conversations.)

Main Contact Email :
dirk.schnelle@jvoicexml.org
Brief Description:

A free VoiceXML interpreter for JAVA with an open architecture for custom extensions. Demo implementation platforms are supporting JAVA APIs such as JSAPI and JTAPI. It implements VoiceXML 2.1. The platform independent implementation can be used for free.

Key Features :

VoiceXML Interpreter, Platform Independent, Supports VoiceXML 2.1

Main Services:
Interactive Voice Response (IVR)
Detailed Information
Tool Maturity:
Currently deployed
Release Date:
Program/Code Language:
Java
Current Version:
0.7
Platforms:
Linux/UNIX
Windows
License
Is the Tool's Code Available?:
Yes
URL for license:
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html
Is an API available to interface with your tool?:
Yes
Regions deployed
Please choose at least one Country or Global Region: *
Global Regions:
North America

FreeSWITCH

Basic Information
Website for the Tool:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F...
Organization that developed the Tool:
Individual / Open Source Group
Main Contact:
Anthony Minessale II
Problem or Need:

Open Source tool needed for managing a softswitch that is modular, and uses simple scripts to manage workflow.

Main Contact Email :
consulting@freeswitch.org
Brief Description:

FreeSWITCH is an open source telephony platform designed to facilitate the creation of voice and chat driven products. It can be used as a simple switching engine, a PBX, a media gateway or a media server to host IVR applications using simple scripts or XML to control the callflow.

Key Features :

FreeSWITCH includes many modules which provide applications by default including conferencing, XML-RPC control of live calls, Interactive voice response (IVR), TTS/ASR (text to speech/automatic speech recognition), Public switched telephone network (PSTN) interconnection ability supporting both analogue and digital circuits, Voice over IP protocols including SIP, Inter-Asterisk eXchange, H.323, Jabber, GoogleTalk and others. Applications using the FreeSWITCH library can be written in C/C++, Python, Perl, Lua, JavaScript using Mozilla's SpiderMonkey engine, Java and Microsoft .NET via Microsoft's CLR or via Mono.
FreeSWITCH is designed to be modular, easy to use with scripting done entirely in XML, and more stable than Asterisk.

Main Services:
Interactive Voice Response (IVR)
Other
Detailed Information
Tool Maturity:
Currently deployed
Release Date:
2008-05-01 00:00
Program/Code Language:
C/C++
Other
Current Version:
1
Platforms:
Linux/UNIX
Windows
Support Forums:
http://wiki.freeswitch.org
License
Is the Tool's Code Available?:
Yes
URL for license:
http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/MPL-1.1.html
Is an API available to interface with your tool?:
Yes
Regions deployed
Please choose at least one Country or Global Region: *
Global Regions:
Sub-Saharan Africa
Asia
Australia and Oceania
Central America and the Caribbean
Europe
Middle East and North Africa
North America
South America

TextMarks

Basic Information
Website for the Tool:
http://www.textmarks.com
Organization that developed the Tool:
Text Marks
Main Contact:
Ariel Poler
Problem or Need:

SMS based mailing lists, SMS auto-reponse, collection of data from SMS subscriber list.

Main Contact Email :
help@textmarks.com
Brief Description:

Commercial Tool; Free option with ads. TextMarks owns the shortcode 41411, and allows you to make use of the shortcode with a given keyword. When users send messages to 41411 with your keyword, messages can either be forwarded to everyone subscribed to that keyword message-list, or to a webpage (issues a http request which can be handled programmatically if desired) which can be used to send auto-responses back. You can also broadcast SMSs to all subscribers.

Tool Category:
Is a web-based application/web service
Key Features :

Provides a shortcode, which users can text with a custom keyword, and get to you. Many-to-many SMS discussions. Web-based auto-response to SMSs. Broadcast and feedback collection from userbase.

Main Services:
Bulk SMS
Premium SMS and Billing
Voting, Data Collection, Surveys, and Polling
Display tool in profile:
Yes
Detailed Information
Tool Maturity:
Currently deployed
Release Date:
Program/Code Language:
Other
Platforms:
All phones -- SMS
Organizations Using the Tool:

TxtLatino

Handsets/devices supported:
All
Support Forums:
http://forum.textmarks.com/
http://www.textmarks.com/blog/
http://www.textmarks.com/info/help/
Languages supported:
All Latin Scripted Languages
License
Is the Tool's Code Available?:
No
Is an API available to interface with your tool?:
Yes
Regions deployed
Please choose at least one Country or Global Region: *
Global Regions:
North America
Countries:
United States

Avaaj Otalo

Basic Information
Website for the Tool:
http://hci.stanford.edu/resear...
Organization that developed the Tool:
Development Support Center
Main Contact:
Neil Patel
Problem or Need:

Agricultural information access for small-scale farmers in rural India.

Main Contact Email :
neilp@cs.stanford.edu
Brief Description:

Avaaj Otalo ("voice-based community forum") is a system for farmers to access relevant and timely agricultural information over the phone. The system was designed in the summer of 2008 as a collaboration between IBM India Research Laboratory and Development Support Center (DSC), an NGO in Gujarat, India.

By dialing a phone number and navigating through simple audio prompts, farmers can record questions, review and respond to others, or access content published by agricultural experts and institutions. In addition to the Q&A forum, Avaaj Otalo includes an announcements board of headline-like snippets updated regularly by DSC staff, and a radio archive to listen to past episodes of DSC's popular weekly radio program.

Key Features :

IVR system for information access and sharing of experiences amongst small-scale farmers in rural India.

Main Services:
Interactive Voice Response (IVR)
Display tool in profile:
Yes
Detailed Information
Tool Maturity:
Currently deployed
Release Date:
2009-01-01 00:00
Program/Code Language:
Java/Android
Other
Platforms:
Java ME
Organizations Using the Tool:

Development Support Center

Handsets/devices supported:
All
Languages supported:
Gujarati
Reviews/Evaluations:
Publications: http://www.stanford.edu/~neilp/pubs/chi2009_patel.pdf http://www.stanford.edu/~neilp/pubs/slt2008.pdf
License
Is the Tool's Code Available?:
No
URL for license:
N/A
Regions deployed
Please choose at least one Country or Global Region: *
Global Regions:
Asia
Countries:
India

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