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Rajasthan launches e-Speech Application for the poor
By siliconindia
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Tuesday, 11 May 2010, 18:51 IST
Bangalore: Rajasthan has launched an e-governance initiative that aims to communicate essential information to the underprivileged using mobile phones. The features of the new system include data migration, text-to-speech conversion in local languages, automatic dialing and voice message transmission.
A brainchild of Tanmay Kumar, Secretary, Information Technology and Communication, Government of Rajasthan, the application will provide the public with information about the release and sanction of pensions, PDS information, alerts, campaigns, advisories, and other information of broad public interest.
Named as "e-Speech Application through Network for Automated Communication Help and Response", the application is developed through a collaboration between RajCOMP, the state's computer agency and OneWorld Foundation-India. The system conveys real time information from government to citizens without an intermediary. It is currently confined to the set of citizens under beneficiary programmes. The Rajasthan government is now looking to market the initiative to other state governments in India.
