content management
Posted by PrabhasPokharel on Sep 14, 2009
(This is part of a series of posts reporting on mobile media project from Highway Africa 2009 and Digital Citizen Indaba 4.0. Both were held in Grahamstown, South Africa, September 2009).
Brenda Burrell of Kubatana.net in Zimbabwe runs Freedom Fone, an audio tool for information services. She presented Freedom Fone in a workshop titled “Bringing down the barriers: Interactive audio programming and mobile phones” at Digital Citizen Indaba 4.0.
FreedomFone comes from the desire to deliver information to “those who need it most,” people with simple phones without GPRS connections. Freedom Fone integrates a content management system (such as Drupal) with information services via SMS and voice.
Posted by AnneryanHeatwole on Aug 27, 2009
Freedom Fone data sheet 4167 Views
Organization that developed the Tool:
Problem or Need:
Freedom Fone addresses the need for simple, affordable, uncensored communication technology. It allows for frequently-updated, short segment audio programming. It removes the technical challenge of hosting and setting up the back-end, allowing users to concentrate on content.
Brief Description:
Freedom Fone merges the mobile phone with citizen radio programming. Audio files are stored by Freedom Fone in a content management system which is updated through a simple-to-use browser interface. These audio clips populate an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) menu which callers can navigate through for information. Individuals can contribute questions, content and feedback by leaving voice messages via the IVR interface. Freedom Fone can be operated as a collective, with different groups managing different channels of information from the same installation.
Tool Category:
App resides and runs on a server
Key Features :
The Freedom Fone system lets implementers create simple voice menus that users can call in and navigate using their keypad. The voice menus can contain the news and information that the users may be interested in listening to, and also allow users to leave messages. There is also call-back functionality (user calls, hangs up, the system calls them back) for user cost reduction. The system includes SMS polling functionality as well.
Download the latest version here.
Main Services:
Interactive Voice Response (IVR)
Voting, Data Collection, Surveys, and Polling
Number of Current End Users:
Number of current beneficiaries:
Support Forums:
https://dev.freedomfone.org/wiki
Handsets/devices supported:
Mobigater (http://www.mobigater.bg) GSM modems. See more details at http://dev.freedomfone.org/wiki/
Reviews/Evaluations:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7785847.stm
Is the Tool's Code Available?:
URL for license:
https://dev.freedomfone.org/browser/trunk/license/MPL
Is an API available to interface with your tool?:
