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    Posted March 18, 2010 by
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    Port au Prince, Haiti
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    Rele - Anmwe ( Call for Help) The first voice portal in Haiti help earthquake survivors

     

    Rele - Anmwe ( Call for Help) The first  voice portal in Haiti  help earthquake survivors locate  emergency services like hospitals, drug stores, police station, shelters distribution centers.....

     

    A new way for Haitians to find information, Dixivox a startup company in Port-au-Prince Haiti offers a free voice portal service in french and  haitian creole that provides information to callers based on location and category of service.

    Voice recognition technology make it easy for visually impaired and those who are unable to use phone keypad  receive the service.

     

    Minutes after the 7.0 earthquake in Haiti, phones lines and network  infrastructures collapsed leaving families with uncertainties about the  fate of their loved ones.   Rele Anmwe reacted to the issue that left thousands of people without information  for days.

     

    Individuals can call 3701-4111 from Haiti or skype to  "rele-anmwe" and the system  provides vital  information . Now  it's simple to find  information and locate organizations that provide services to earthquake  victims in Haiti.

     

    rele-anmwe  project site : http://www.releanmwe.org

     

    skype : rele-anmwe

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