Jacob P. Koshy in Mint:
As part of IBM's pilot project in Andhra Pradesh, India, a mechanic uses his mobile phone to create his audio website.
How cool would it be to surf the Internet by hearing it?
Researchers at the International Business Machines (IBM) India research laboratory are working on a phone-based Internet where even illiterates could create websites, link to and access information on others’ sites, through a series of voice commands, using a basic phone.
Amit Nanavati, a senior scientist at the lab and one of the lead contributors to the project, envisions the World Wide Telecom Web, a virtual mesh of so-called voicesites akin to the World Wide Web.
Dialling these voicesites is akin to calling a telephone company to download the latest ringtone. An automated voice instructs you to push buttons, or speak certain words that springboard you to various menus.
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