Enhancing Livelihood of Rural Communities through Voice-Enabled Advisory Services
In a collaborative effort by Gram Vaani, IIT Delhi, and GIZ, with field support from 4S and SSEVS in Bihar, SUPPORT in Jharkhand, Mahatma Gandhi
Supporting Communities Through Climate Emergencies: Gram Vaani X Commons Connect
As a part of CoRE Stack- a collaborative network of organisations working in the natural resource conservation and management space- Gram Vaani’s volunteer network has
Construction of Ponds
The MV field team organized multiple community meetings in various locations of Jamui, Koderma and Giridih districts to make people aware about the effect of
CoreStack.org
To clearly outline the importance of community-based technologies, and distinguish them from individual service-based technologies, we are conceptualizing our past and ongoing work as a
APU Report
A research study was undertaken in partnership with The Azim Premji University as part of their Research Funding Programme 2021 to gather data and insights
Empowering Farmers: Mandi Bhav approach to provide essential information
Farmers often don’t get fair prices for the farm produce. The challenges faced by farmers in obtaining fair prices for their produce are indeed multifaceted,
A Digital Public Infrastructure for Climate Change Adaptation
Introduction: In pursuit of our objective to build technologies for communities to enhance natural resource management (NRM), the CoRE Stack (Commoning for Resilience and Equality)
Empowering Communities through Data for Improved Socio-ecological Sustainability and Resilience
In a collaborative effort by Gram Vaani, Magasool, IIT Delhi, IIT Palakkad, FES, GIZ, SUPPORT, and 4S teams, a series of consultations were conducted in
Beyond Boundaries: Kaneez Fatima’s Pursuit of Community Change at Mobile Vaani
“It was one of the most moving events of my life when the grievance I recorded for someone not receiving a pension was resolved. I
Technology and (Dis)Empowerment: A Call to Technologists
Dear Friends of Gram Vaani, Hope you have been well. I had started working on a book during the pandemic, largely based on Gram Vaani’s
Voice Technology Innovations by Gram Vaani
Voice-based conversational interfaces hold significant potential to build interactive applications
What can make Direct Benefit Transfers safer for India’s rural citizens?
For five years, Arun Lodhiya from Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh, tried multiple times to withdraw his NREGA wages from his bank account at the local Customer Service Point
What’s next in ICT4D
Breakthrough and Gram Vaani worked together in Jharkhand to discuss the community’s feelings towards early marriage
Campaign against early marriage
Breakthrough and Gram Vaani worked together in Jharkhand to discuss the community’s feelings towards early marriage
IVR systems for visually impaired people
A very active discussion was moderated on Jharkhand Mobile Vaani, on the para-teachers’ strike. Children, parents, the teachers themselves, and the administrators gave their respective viewpoints.
Gram Vaani’s Grand Challenge
A very active discussion was moderated on Jharkhand Mobile Vaani, on the para-teachers’ strike. Children, parents, the teachers themselves, and the administrators gave their respective viewpoints.
Vodafone mBillionth Award 2012
We were excited to learn about our inclusion in Fast Company’s Top 10 list for most innovative Indian companies.
Fast Company calls Gram Vaani one of India’s 10 most innovative companies!
We were excited to learn about our inclusion in Fast Company’s Top 10 list for most innovative Indian companies.
Experiences with the Introduction of AI-based Tools for Moderation Automation of Voice-based Participatory Media Forums – A. Khullar, P. Panjal, R. Pandey, A. Burnwal, P. Raj, A.A. Jha, P. Hitesh, R.J. Reddy, Himanshu, and A. Seth. KDD Workshop on Data Science for Social Good, 2021.
Voice-based discussion forums where users can record audio messages which are then published for other users to listen and comment
Costs and Benefits of Conducting Voice-based Surveys Versus Keypress-based Surveys on Interactive Voice Response Systems – A. Khullar, P. Hitesh, S. Rahman, D. Kumar, R. Pandey, P. Kumar, R. Tripathi, Prince, A.A. Jha, Himanshu, and A. Seth. ACM COMPASS, 2021.
Recent improvements through machine learning in speech technologies and natural language processing has prompted active interest in the development of conversational agents for various tasks.
