Hi all,
We just had a demo of an interesting SMS application called txtweb http://www.txtweb.com/. It is a beta platform that allows content developers to publish their content using an apps model. It was developed by some engineers at Intuit as a side project a few months back.
They have developed an app for English Wikipedia that has been rolled out in India. The whole platform is India only for now.
How it works: Type: @wikipedia<space><article name> e.g., @wikipedia mumbai gets you the Mumbai article. Send the SMS to 92433-42000 Links have a letter associated with it e.g., (B)Maharashtra. If you reply (B) it will send you that article.
It would be great if folks tried out the service and provided feedback to us (and we'll pass it on). I've set up a page on Strategy Wiki for people to add comments: http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Txtweb_feedback
I'm particularly interested in how folks use such a service and whether the limited length of the message delivers a decent user experience. Also, how would you improve the UI.
Feel free to pass this on to other lists or groups.
Best, Barry
Does ordering this content via SMS cost any money?
Asaf
On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 2:39 AM, Barry Newstead bnewstead@wikimedia.orgwrote:
Hi all,
We just had a demo of an interesting SMS application called txtwebhttp://www.txtweb.com/. It is a beta platform that allows content developers to publish their content using an apps model. It was developed by some engineers at Intuit as a side project a few months back.
They have developed an app for English Wikipedia that has been rolled out in India. The whole platform is India only for now.
How it works: Type: @wikipedia<space><article name> e.g., @wikipedia mumbai gets you the Mumbai article. Send the SMS to 92433-42000 Links have a letter associated with it e.g., (B)Maharashtra. If you reply (B) it will send you that article.
It would be great if folks tried out the service and provided feedback to us (and we'll pass it on). I've set up a page on Strategy Wiki for people to add comments: http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Txtweb_feedback
I'm particularly interested in how folks use such a service and whether the limited length of the message delivers a decent user experience. Also, how would you improve the UI.
Feel free to pass this on to other lists or groups.
Best, Barry
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Yes, Asaf, the cost for one SMS would be approximately 50 paise or 0.01 USD. For certain subscription plans, SMS will be free upto a ceiling of 250 or more per month.
- Sundar
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From: Asaf Bartov asaf.bartov@gmail.com To: Discussion list on Indian language projects of Wikimedia. wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Wed, February 2, 2011 5:00:00 PM Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] SMS WIkipedia app in India
Does ordering this content via SMS cost any money?
Asaf
On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 2:39 AM, Barry Newstead bnewstead@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hi all,
We just had a demo of an interesting SMS application called txtweb. It is a beta platform that allows content developers to publish their content using an apps model. It was developed by some engineers at Intuit as a side project a few months back.
They have developed an app for English Wikipedia that has been rolled out in India. The whole platform is India only for now.
How it works: Type: @wikipedia<space><article name> e.g., @wikipedia mumbai gets you the Mumbai article.
Send the SMS to 92433-42000 Links have a letter associated with it e.g., (B)Maharashtra. If you reply (B) it will send you that article.
It would be great if folks tried out the service and provided feedback to us (and we'll pass it on). I've set up a page on Strategy Wiki for people to add comments: http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Txtweb_feedback
I'm particularly interested in how folks use such a service and whether the limited length of the message delivers a decent user experience. Also, how would you improve the UI.
Feel free to pass this on to other lists or groups.
Best, Barry
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Tried this today. Works well.
There are services where SMS costs upto 15 Rs. But this one was charged at the normal rate. And it is useful where there is no Internet.
If this works for Indian languages in future - nothing like it!
On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 5:00 PM, Asaf Bartov asaf.bartov@gmail.com wrote:
Does ordering this content via SMS cost any money?
Asaf
On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 2:39 AM, Barry Newstead bnewstead@wikimedia.orgwrote:
Hi all,
We just had a demo of an interesting SMS application called txtwebhttp://www.txtweb.com/. It is a beta platform that allows content developers to publish their content using an apps model. It was developed by some engineers at Intuit as a side project a few months back.
They have developed an app for English Wikipedia that has been rolled out in India. The whole platform is India only for now.
How it works: Type: @wikipedia<space><article name> e.g., @wikipedia mumbai gets you the Mumbai article. Send the SMS to 92433-42000 Links have a letter associated with it e.g., (B)Maharashtra. If you reply (B) it will send you that article.
It would be great if folks tried out the service and provided feedback to us (and we'll pass it on). I've set up a page on Strategy Wiki for people to add comments: http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Txtweb_feedback
I'm particularly interested in how folks use such a service and whether the limited length of the message delivers a decent user experience. Also, how would you improve the UI.
Feel free to pass this on to other lists or groups.
Best, Barry
-- Barry Newstead Chief Global Development Officer Wikimedia Foundation Tel: +1-415-839-6885 x. 6634 Skype: barry.wikimedia Twitter: @bazanews
Well, who owns that number? Wikipedia or some service provider?
What is the assurance from the service provider that the senders number will not be used for spam or any other malicious purpose? Has anyone considered privacy, security related issues?
Regards, -Sudhanwa
On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 6:09 AM, Barry Newstead bnewstead@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hi all,
We just had a demo of an interesting SMS application called txtweb. It is a beta platform that allows content developers to publish their content using an apps model. It was developed by some engineers at Intuit as a side project a few months back.
They have developed an app for English Wikipedia that has been rolled out in India. The whole platform is India only for now.
How it works: Type: @wikipedia<space><article name> e.g., @wikipedia mumbai gets you the Mumbai article. Send the SMS to 92433-42000 Links have a letter associated with it e.g., (B)Maharashtra. If you reply (B) it will send you that article.
It would be great if folks tried out the service and provided feedback to us (and we'll pass it on). I've set up a page on Strategy Wiki for people to add comments: http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Txtweb_feedback
I'm particularly interested in how folks use such a service and whether the limited length of the message delivers a decent user experience. Also, how would you improve the UI.
Feel free to pass this on to other lists or groups.
Best, Barry
-- Barry Newstead Chief Global Development Officer Wikimedia Foundation Tel: +1-415-839-6885 x. 6634 Skype: barry.wikimedia Twitter: @bazanews
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hi,
My points:
1. I tried this in the morning and evening. It was much slower in the evening. 2. It cost me Rs. 1.20 (which I think is because it was an out of Mumbai number) 3. It only shows up the first few lines in a Wikipedia article. Perhaps, the introduction paragraph. 4. The service uses a bunch of alphabets (A, B, C etc) for links in the introduction paragraph. Perhaps this can be used for linking to the sub-sections below the introductory paragraph (A. History B. Geography C. Demographics and so on). eg. for the India article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India "*ndia* ([image: Listen]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/En-us-India.ogg i http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:En-us-India.ogg /http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English ˈ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English#Keyɪhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English#Key n http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English#Keydhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English#Key i http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English#Keyəhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English#Key / http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English), officially the *Republic of India* (Hindi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindi_language: भारत गणराज्य *Bhārat Gaṇarājya*; see also official names of Indiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Official_names_of_India), is a country in South http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Asia Asiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia. It is the seventh-largesthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_outlying_territories_by_total_area country by geographical area, the second-most populoushttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_population country with over 1.2 billion peoplehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_India, and the most populous democracy in the world.[16]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India#cite_note-largestdem2-15 " It has A, B, C next to the links - South Asia, seventh-largest etc. It might be a good idea to say A - Etymology, B - History C. Geography and so on. 5. The option to show more by replying is a good one too. 6. I will try doing a search for an article which does not match with a title in Wikipedia. Curious to know what it will return. Will test that tomorrow.
warm regards, Pradeep Mohandas
On 2 February 2011 17:54, Sudhanwa Jogalekar sudhanwa.com@gmail.com wrote:
Well, who owns that number? Wikipedia or some service provider?
What is the assurance from the service provider that the senders number will not be used for spam or any other malicious purpose? Has anyone considered privacy, security related issues?
Regards, -Sudhanwa
On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 6:09 AM, Barry Newstead bnewstead@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hi all,
We just had a demo of an interesting SMS application called txtweb. It is
a
beta platform that allows content developers to publish their content
using
an apps model. It was developed by some engineers at Intuit as a side project a few months back.
They have developed an app for English Wikipedia that has been rolled out
in
India. The whole platform is India only for now.
How it works: Type: @wikipedia<space><article name> e.g., @wikipedia mumbai gets you
the
Mumbai article. Send the SMS to 92433-42000 Links have a letter associated with it e.g., (B)Maharashtra. If you reply (B) it will send you that article.
It would be great if folks tried out the service and provided feedback to
us
(and we'll pass it on). I've set up a page on Strategy Wiki for people to add comments: http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Txtweb_feedback
I'm particularly interested in how folks use such a service and whether
the
limited length of the message delivers a decent user experience. Also,
how
would you improve the UI.
Feel free to pass this on to other lists or groups.
Best, Barry
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I tried the following:
@wikipedia Tamil
it gives:
Tamil may refer to:
(which is the first line and has a paragraph break after that. so it gives text until there is a paragraph break)
@wikipedia ta:AU
(which is a redirect page in Tamil Wikipedia for Astronomical Unit with a active Tamil title)
This returned text from Tamil Wikipedia page. But only numbers and english text were visible. The Tamil text was not visible even in a normally Tamil sms displaying Nokia phone.
@wikipedia nl:Tamil
This returned the text from Dutch wikipedia :) . So the service is available for all roman letter wikipedias.
@wikipedia ta:தமிழ்
(Page for Tamil language in Tamil Wikipedia with title in Tamil letters)
Got no response for this. So, I think the server couldn't understand non-roman letters. This phone can normally send and receive Tamil sms.
ravi
@wikipedia ta:
Tried it. Really cool! The response is pretty fast. As I have an SMS offer it costs me only 1 paise. It'll be of great use for people with basic phones especially students.
Aditya Sengupta and I asked a group of engineering students at VJTI to test this today during a talk we were doing. Good feedback from all of them - they found it useful to get the first para of the relevant wikipedia article.
Some said it would be a good way to get quick info in situations where net connectivity does not exist.
Bishakha
On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 8:52 PM, Abhi abhishekjacob123@gmail.com wrote:
Tried it. Really cool! The response is pretty fast. As I have an SMS offer it costs me only 1 paise. It'll be of great use for people with basic phones especially students.
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Barry,
First impressions, the tool has great potential.
On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 6:09 AM, Barry Newstead bnewstead@wikimedia.orgwrote:
Hi all,
We just had a demo of an interesting SMS application called txtwebhttp://www.txtweb.com/. It is a beta platform that allows content developers to publish their content using an apps model. It was developed by some engineers at Intuit as a side project a few months back.
Just test drove the tool on my Nokia phone and here are some quick feedback:
Easy to use Hyper link lookup with reply is useful. Indic support is missing though phone does. Has potential to support FA, DYK, In the news, On this day features.
It would be great if folks tried out the service and provided feedback to us (and we'll pass it on). I've set up a page on Strategy Wiki for people to add comments: http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Txtweb_feedback
Have detailed more suggestions in detail in the strategy page.
regards Arun
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