Dear friends
I am re-posting our response to Paolo’s mail, since I have not seen it on the list as yet, and of course I believe it is important to convey that it is actually easy to listen, download and share content through this portal. Once again thanks, Sajan, Paolo, for your interest. Looking forward to further engagement from you and others on the list. Best regards Geetha _____ From: Satish N [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 17 September 2008 11:41 To: sajan venniyoor; paolo palmerini Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Fwd: edaa.in - new CR portal / audio archive Dear Paolo Many thanks for taking interest in looking at the new initiative and giving us constructive and useful feedback. We have tried to ensure high usability standards on the portal, but we realise that there is much we can still do. Your feedback will help to make this initiative more beneficial to the users. Below we have responded to your observations: All the clips on the portal can be downloaded easily. For this you would need to get to the Programme Page (This can be done by clicking on the title of the programme) This Synopsis/Programme Detail Page offers options to listen as well as download. It also provides other details that you mentioned, including language of the programme, "source" (name of the author / organisation that produced the programme); the section also names the experts, particiapants and specifies format of the clip. There is also a small synopsis/brief description about the programme. The technical details of the programme will also be made available soon, we are working on it. The comprehensive search using the dropdown in the programme list page gives the details of the language, region and programme type. When the users upload a programme, they accept, in accordance with Edaa IPR Policy, to allow other users to listen, download and reuse the content. So the concept of sharing exists when the interested user gets in to the details of the programme by going to the programme detail page. Once again thanks for your valuable observations / comments, we look forward your continued engagement on the portal. In case of any difficulty please write to us so that we can fix it. regards Edaa team sajan venniyoor wrote: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: paolo palmerini <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:20:33 +0530 Subject: Re: [cr-india] edaa.in - new CR portal / audio archive To: [email protected] On 09/01/2008 03:45 PM, sajan venniyoor wrote: OneWorld South Asia has just launched a 'portal for audio content exchange among communities'. The URL is www.edaa.in. EDAA stands for 'Ek Duniyaa Anek Awaaz', or One World, Many Voices. I request cr-india members to check out the portal and send us their reviews. Saja dear sajan and list members, i finally had some time to take a look at the website you are pointing and here are my comments, for what they are worth. the idea is surely excellent and i think there is a great need for ressources of this kind. however, i expected to find a website where people can upload their audio clips that others can in turn download and use, in full or in parts, in their own shows. instead: 1. i was not able to download any of the clips on the website. maybe i am missing something but it seems that you can only listen to clips and not actually download them. if this is the case, then the whole idea of "exchange" that is announced in the site gets a different flavour. 2. there is no indication of the language of the clips. it would be nice and useful if the language was clearly indicated (all descriptions are in english). 3. no technical details available for the clips (duration, audio quality, audio encoding, etc...). 4. there is no mention of the author of the clips and the licence under which the clip is distributed (can the clip be used in other programs? under which conditions?). the way the "exchange bank" is implemented right now does not allow a real exchange but reduces to a sort meta-radio built with clips coming from different sources. this is surely useful but, in my opinion, it should be extended to a more flexible - and *really* sharing - model. regards p. - -- Satish Nagaraji Coordinator - Community Media OneWorld South Asia C-5, Qutab Inst. Area, New Delhi 110016 Telephone: +91 11 41689000 (Ext:114) Mobile: 0-9313913309/0-9884172240 http//southasia.oneworld.net - ------------------------------------------- Connecting Communities, Empowering People - -------------------------------------------
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