Designing Wide: Designing an iPad Interface for Cross-Cultural Use is a presentation about our experience developing an iPad app for use in a variety of cultural contexts.
15. Janala
Bangladesh
Hundreds of 3 minute
audio lessons
‘Essen9al English‘
What are you wearing to the party
tonight?
You look nice!
What is this shirt made of?
Where can I buy a toothbrush? "The growth of mobile is clearly crea,ng an
opportunity to provide access to educa,on in a way
Over 1 million downloads simply not possible before."
Sara Chamberlain,
BBCWorld Service Trust
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22. Feature Descrip9on Priority
View library home Overview of all videos, arranged by categories High
and/or tags The Trainer
Sort library Show videos in each category and/or tag, High
accessed from category icons in the home view
Select video Tap to select video from within category High
Choose language In the video detail view, or in a seNng High
selec,on of some kind
The Farmer
Play video Include ability to pause, rw, ff, replay High
Download new videos Need to determine best method for High
publishing new videos
Show video detail shows a s,ll of the video, a video descrip,on, Medium
and trainer notes
Splash screen Logo etc. Medium
The Farmer’s Wife
Home
Category
Screen
The Cupping Student
The Entrepreneurial
Video Player
Video Farmer
Information
6.5 billion people\n5 billion cell phone/SIM cards subscriptions world wide \n6/10 people in the world\n1/3-2/3 Africa has a mobile plan\n
launch in 3Q 2003\n\nbest selling consumer electronics device in the world.\n\nNokia’s one billionth phone sold was an 1100 in Nigeria\n\nGSM mobile phone with SMS messaging with predictive text, sealed keypad, vibration alert, torch, calculator, stopwatch and non-slip sides.\n\n- inexpensive hardware ($20 cell phone)\n-less complex infrastructure (Kenya/ Uganda have mobile/ braodband networks rivaling the US - support iPhone/ Blackberry)\n- alternative energy solutions (We’re talking a quarter of a million towers that EACH consume 530 million gallons of diesel fuel each year … in India alone.)\n\n\n\n
Not just the Nokia 1100 - another leapfrog event with India’s ‘Touchscreen Tablet’ and OLPC’s OLPC XO tablet\n\n
Not just the Nokia 1100 - another leapfrog event with India’s ‘Touchscreen Tablet’ and OLPC’s OLPC XO tablet\n\n
Not just the Nokia 1100 - another leapfrog event with India’s ‘Touchscreen Tablet’ and OLPC’s OLPC XO tablet\n\n
REVIEW:\n\nwidely available platforms for information dissemination and interactive communication.\n\nall-in-one device that can be carried and used almost anywhere\n\nopportunity for businesses, organisations and governments to reach out and interact with clients and citizens.\n\n- useful applications - functional/ helpful - flexible technology. Even the simple Nokia 1100 provides many opportunities for innovative application.\n
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Lack of physicians in rural areas\n\nMobile tech to send queries, information (photos) to urban physicians for preliminary diagnostics.\n\nPartner with NGOs, phone companies, and medical associations\n\n\n
Bangladesh's 50 million mobile users eager to learn English to improve their access to the global economy.\nMore than two-thirds of people who use the beginners' service return, which is impressive considering the 5% "return rate" for mobile products in Bangladesh. The BBC said overall 39% of callers returned to Janala.\nAn impressive majority of Bangladeshis – 84% – consider English essential to securing a good job and educating their children, according to a BBC survey.\n\n