The spoken web: a web for the underprivileged

  • Authors:
  • Sheetal K. Agarwal;Anupam Jain;Arun Kumar;Amit A. Nanavati;Nitendra Rajput

  • Affiliations:
  • IBM Research - India, New Delhi, India;IBM Research - India, New Delhi, India;IBM Research - India, New Delhi, India;IBM Research - India, New Delhi, India;IBM Research - India, New Delhi, India

  • Venue:
  • ACM SIGWEB Newsletter
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

Spoken Web proposes to build an alternate web for the underprivileged population that is yet untouched by the enormous benefits of Internet and World Wide Web. Just over 22% of World's population today has access to Internet [Stats 2008]. The remaining 78% either cannot afford computers or high end mobiles, or are textually illiterate or simply reside in areas where basic infrastructure (such as electricity) is not available.