International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies |
Foundation of Computer Science USA |
ICICT - Number 5 |
October 2014 |
Authors: Roshan Fernandes, Shruthi M. N., Sharmada B. |
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Roshan Fernandes, Shruthi M. N., Sharmada B. . Kisan Vani: Android based Agricultural Helpdesk System for Kannada Language. International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies. ICICT, 5 (October 2014), 26-28.
The evolution of World Wide Web has such an impact on human being is that people not only access internet on desktop but also on mobile in their day to day life. The inventions of mobile phones have affected human life through their varieties of applications they provide. They are useful in times of emergencies and make it easier to access information on the go. Also, most mobile phone applications are very user friendly such that even the common man has the ability to use it. There are people in our country who cannot read or write English and sometimes even their own mother tongue. These people find it difficult to navigate the Internet and access information that is readily available. This applies particularly to the farmers. Farmers in general, form the backbone of our country but we will be concentrating on the farmers of Karnataka. This paper gives a description of existing systems and implementation details of Android application that can be easily used by farmers to solve their day-to-day problem queries related to agriculture and farming. There is no typing or reading required. All the farmer has to do is press a button, speak his problem and he will get the solution in Kannada.