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. @victordeboerv.de.boer@vu.nldev4d.comw4ra.few.vu.nlsemweb4u.wordpress.comworldwidesemanticweb.wordpress.com