### Tech Stack for Inclusion of low-literates *iruWay Rural Research Lab*, janastu.org  this document: https://bit.ly/internet4inclusion --- ## low-literates illiterates, semi-literates, uncomfortable with text, .. **Ask people to look for something on the Web** and observe if they can use search keywords on a browser and if the results make sense to them. **Depending on how we count**, the numbers are likely to be 3 billion in the world and 1 billion in India. They perpetuate as **textual education** is mandated to be a **precursor to knowledge**. --- ### On the flip side **First time in human history** anyone can record an oral narrative and play it back later in time or share it instantly with someone in a distant land. Voice and visuals are a universal human capability. Low-literate people can listen, see, record and discuss these.. like any of us. ---- **But they stop with text**. Can Internet technology include low-literates too, bringing in a recognition of expressions arising from them, heralding a sense of **human equality**? --- ## An inclusive tech stack 1. how can a Web (text) document be shared with an associate (low-literate included). 2. how can a Web document be **renarrated** (explained) to an associate. 3. how can a media document be created and co-worked in a low-literate context. 4. how can a media document be shared with an associate who can relate in text. --- Web of **our Webs**.. Media co-creation and sharing (Stories.janastu.org) Renarration (sweets.janastu.org)  documents ([Web Archive](https://archivebox.io/)) **Our Webs** are community annotated, Decentralised and Federated, Services on Community Networks, Subscribe to feeds from associates, Extend browsers to support negotiations. --- Model replicable networking services and spaces for 'meaningful' communications that progresses towards **human equality** Like the Internet and the Web have for the better literates. Let us **care** for the low-literates and extend our deliverables/affordances/availabilities to be inclusive of them. --- ### [Stories](https://open.janastu.org/projects/papad) / [Rennaration](https://open.janastu.org/projects/renarration) / [COWMesh](https://https://open.janastu.org/projects/cowmesh) - [A crawl of Stories and Ranarrations](https://bit.ly/storiesrenarrations) stories. - [Explore some of Janastu.org projects](https://open.janastu.org/projects). > Use, Share and Associate in extending the Progress in Communications Thanks to APNIC and APC.org, Janastu.org and Servelots.com have renewed our technology for communities engagements at our rural lab. --- Come join us in the [DIYCOWKit activities](https://bit.ly/diycowkittalk) Lightening talk on the 12th (3PM) at IGF Kyoto [igf-2023-lightning-talk-15-diy-mesh-network-kit](https://intgovforum.org/en/content/igf-2023-lightning-talk-15-diy-mesh-network-kit) More on blog.janastu.org --- **Other indicative sites**: Renarration (Sweets.janastu.org) "PLaSMA" (formarly called Papad) Community annotated hyper-media fragments (Stories.janastu.org) Rural research lab (iruway.janastu.org) Anthill event proceedings (anthill.janastu.org) Follow Sheep (http://mitan.in/followsheep/) --- **Films and Visuals** COWMesh https://youtu.be/MIsm8KVOeOs Making of Bamboo Tower https://vimeo.com/795871268 Anthillhacks Dec 2022 https://blog.janastu.org --- ## Re-imagining inclusions - example local media. co-creators are listeners. fragments of interest (#rainfed, #dalit, #aridlands), sense making (interpretations via annotations) of stories [search](https://youtu.be/otsAKRai6jk) the local stories. re-imagination: poor/dalits were given lands without water, now their produce is environmentally most sustaining => high value. Generative storytelling (*Contextual, Audio-visual, AI generated?*) --- ## Crawling "our Web" of story narratives [Stories and Renarrations](https://bit.ly/storiesrenarrations) local to global to local.  team@servelots.com, India