- From: Stephane Boyera <boyera@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 22:21:40 +0100
- To: Arun Kumar <kkarun@in.ibm.com>
- CC: public-mw4d@w3.org
yes perfect for the 17th november Thanks ! Stephane Arun Kumar a écrit : > Thanks Stephane. > >>> I believe it could be interesting to have a presentation of your system. > > Would-you be able to do a short (15-20mn) presentation to the group in > one of the next teleconferences ? > > Sure, Definitely. Though I can do the presentation in the next call on > coming Monday, I would prefer to do it on Nov 17th primarily because Nov 3 > we have the deadline for submissions to the World Wide Web Conference for > next year. Hope that is fine with you. > > thanks and regards > Arun Kumar > > ---------------------------------------- > Research Staff Member, > IBM India Research Laboratory, > 4, Block - C, Institutional Area, Vasant Kunj, > New Delhi - 110 070, India, > Email: kkarun@in.ibm.com > Tel: +91-11-66192100 / +91-11-41292100 > Fax: 91-11-26138889 > http://www.research.ibm.com/people/a/arun > > World Wide Telecom Web (aka Spoken Web): > http://domino.research.ibm.com/comm/research_people.nsf/pages/arun_kumar.WWTW.html > > > > > Stephane Boyera > <boyera@w3.org> > To > 10/30/2008 02:33 Arun Kumar/India/IBM@IBMIN > AM cc > public-mw4d@w3.org > Subject > Re: Manthan Award 2008 > > > > > > > > > > > Arun, > congratulation !! > > I believe it could be interesting to have a presentation of your system. > Would-you be able to do a short (15-20mn) presentation to the group in > one of the next teleconferences ? > (the next one is next monday, and then nov 17) > > Best > Stephane > Arun Kumar a écrit : >> Hi All, >> >> You would be pleased to know that our 'VoiKiosk' solution recently >> won The Manthan Award South Asia 2008 in the special 'Juror's Distinction >> Category'. I had the privilege to receive the award on behalf of IBM and >> our field partner Byrraju Foundation in a glittering ceremony in New > Delhi, >> India a few days ago. >> >> Details of the award, the ceremony and the VoiKiosk system are available >> from the following links: >> >> - The Manthan Award : http://www.manthanaward.org/ >> >> - The Citation : > http://www.manthanaward.org/section_full_story.asp?id=669 >> - The Ceremony : http://www.manthanaward.org/showGalPic.asp?imageID=812 >> >> - The VoiKiosk Solution : An early description is available at >> http://www2008.org/papers/pdf/p1123-agarwal.pdf. . A more detailed report >> on the field pilot has been submitted for publication and is under > review. >> In brief, traditional 'Internet Kiosks' are meant to be effective and > cheap >> information delivery channels by providing shared access to PC and > Internet >> through a trained intermediary (i.e. the Kiosk operator). However, such >> Kiosks suffer from several drawbacks due to reasons such as low density, >> illiteracy, lack of local content on Web etc., and others cited in the >> literature. VoiKiosk overcomes many of these problems by providing a >> channel for uploading and delivering local content in local language over > a >> simple telephone call. >> >> >> thanks and regards >> Arun Kumar >> >> ------------------------------------------ >> Research Staff Member, >> IBM India Research Laboratory, >> 4, Block - C, Institutional Area, Vasant Kunj, >> New Delhi - 110 070, India, >> Email: kkarun@in.ibm.com >> Tel: +91-11-66192100 / +91-11-41292100 >> Fax: 91-11-26138889 >> http://www.research.ibm.com/people/a/arun >> >> World Wide Telecom Web : >> > http://domino.research.ibm.com/comm/research_people.nsf/pages/arun_kumar.WWTW.html > >> >> > > -- > Stephane Boyera stephane@w3.org > W3C +33 (0) 5 61 86 13 08 > BP 93 fax: +33 (0) 4 92 38 78 22 > F-06902 Sophia Antipolis Cedex, > France > > -- Stephane Boyera stephane@w3.org W3C +33 (0) 5 61 86 13 08 BP 93 fax: +33 (0) 4 92 38 78 22 F-06902 Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France
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