2011
A phone-powered, distributed voice and voting system that works over regular phone systems, compatible with all phones: smartphones, dumb phones, and landlines.
Think of it like a crowd sized, phone based public address system: one speaker calls in, and everyone else in the crowd joins that same line on speakerphone so the voice is projected through many nearby handsets at once.
The platform amplifies a speaker’s words across the crowd and lets listeners vote on issues with keypad dialing.
It was designed for and used by activist movements, including deployments in Jamaica, Nigeria, and South Korea.
How It Works
One phone turns into a one way conference call, turning listener phones into an amplified speaker system.
Listeners can vote via keypad on topics that the speaker brings up, in order to promote 2 way feedback.
