Nakull Gupta
Edward Cutrell
ABSTRACT
Affordable mobile handsets and easier access to mobile internet has popularized the usage of existing social networking systems (SNSes) in the developing world. Most of these (E.g. Facebook, Twitter etc.) are text-heavy and do not work well for low-literate populations in resource constrained settings. We designed and deployed KrishiPustak, an audio-visual SN mobile application for low-literate farming populations in rural India. KrishiPustak has a text-free design, with all functionality represented by graphical icons. To support poor internet connectivity it also works in an offline mode. In this demo paper we discuss the motivations behind KrishiPustak, the design decisions we took and the development of the actual application. This demo is an abbreviated companion for a separate CSCW paper published in this conference[4].
Supplemental Material
- Gilbert, E. & Karahalios, K. The Network in the Garden: An Empirical Analysis of Social Media in Rural Life. CHI, 2008. Google Scholar
Digital Library
- Grisedale, S., Graves, M., & Grünsteidl, A. Designing a graphical user interface for healthcare workers in rural India. CHI, 1997. Google ScholarDigital Library
- Medhi, I., Toyama, K., Joshi, A., Athavankar, U., & Cutrell, E. A comparison of list vs. hierarchical UIs on mobile phones for non-literate users, Interact, 2013.Google ScholarCross Ref
- Medhi-Thies, I., Ferreira, P., Gupta, N., O'Neill, J., & Cutrell, E. KrishiPustak: A Social Networking System for Low-Literate Farmers CSCW 2015. Google ScholarDigital Library
- Rangaswamy, N. & Cutrell, E. Anthropology, Development and ICTs: Slums, Youth and the Mobile Internet in Urban India. ICTD, 2012. Google ScholarDigital Library
- Sambasivan, N., Cutrell, E., Toyama, K., & Nardi, B. Intermediated Technology Use in Developing Communities. CHI, 2010. Google ScholarDigital Library
Index Terms
- KrishiPustak: A Social Networking System for Low-Literate Farmers
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