Pollit and Verboice Tools to conduct mobile surveys April 2015

WFP calling

http://www.wfp.org/videos/wfp-calling

Mobile surveys

InSTEDDNon-profit

organization

PollitPollit is a free, open-source tool for

conducting surveys using text messages.

VerboiceVerboice is a free, open-source tool to

create and run projects that interact via voice, through recorded messages.

SMS

IVR

Tools for automating remote surveys

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Pollit is a free, open-source tool for conducting surveys using text messages. Step-by-step, Pollit guides participants through surveys and collects real-time results.

What is Pollit?

How does it work?

Pollit requirementsPollit is easily accessible with an internet connection and requires only minimal hardware to function: • a computer, • a mobile phone with a specific “Gateway” installed,

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Verboice is a free and open-source tool to create and run projects that interact via voice, allowing users to record voice messages in the desired language and dialect and to respondents to answer questions with a phone keypad.

What is Verboice?

How does it work?

Record the questions of your survey

Call a group of people

Interaction between respondents and Verboice

Respondents type their answers in the keypad

Visualize the resultsCreate a questionnaire

(call flow)

Verboice requirements

Verboice is easily accessible with an internet connection and it requires only minimal hardware to function: • a computer, • a specific modem with SIM cards installed.

Analysis and reporting

World Food Programme

mVAM team, Rome

April 2015