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ODK Summit 2025�Tyler Depke

Designing for Monolingual Non-Literate Users

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Farm Mission

Provide rural farming families with high-quality plants to grow nutritious food year-round.

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ODK (Current) – Scion Bank Evaluation

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ODK (Current) – Scion Bank Evaluation

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ODK (Current) – Pest Observations

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ODK (Current) – Nursery Management

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Challenges

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  • Remote, Rural Location

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  • Unreliable Internet

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  • Multilingual/ Monolingual Paradox

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  • Low (Tech) Literacy Levels

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Mamadi

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David

Pierre

Brittany

Gaspard

Mamadi

Moses

Toma

Kpelle

Konyanka

English

Spanish

Maninka

French

Tyler

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ODK (Future)- CEBs

Manufacturing Compressed Earth Bricks

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    • Quality Control
    • Live Cost of Production

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ODK (Future)- CEBs

Order Request Web Form

    • Users Input House Details
      • Dimensions
      • # of Rooms
    • Calculates Brick Quantity & Total Costs by Brick Type

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Forum Help

  • Post for Problems with the last 10%
  • Focus:
    • Multilingual
    • Audio/Images for Non-Literate Users

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https://inkbotdesign.com/consumer-research-insights/

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Human Centered�Design

https://inkbotdesign.com/consumer-research-insights/

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Physical

Cultural

Linguistic

Economic

Distance ?

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Questions?

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Bonus Materials

https://Ilad.ngo/D2002

International Literacy and Development

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Tyler

Brittany

David

Gaspard

Moses

Mamadi

Pierre

Toma

Kpelle

Konyanka

English

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Pierre

Brittany

Gaspard

Mamadi

Moses

Toma

Kpelle

Konyanka

English

Spanish

Maninka

French

Tyler

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Pierre

Brittany

Gaspard

Mamadi

Moses

Toma

Kpelle

Konyanka

English

Spanish

Maninka

French

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ODK (Future)- Tree Distribution

  • Order Request Web Form
  • Identify Communities/Individuals interested in:
    • Demonstration Farm Visit
      • Feedback Web Form
    • Start Planting Forest Gardens
    • Obtaining Local Language Literacy Materials/Training
  • Tracking Distributed Trees

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International Literacy and Development

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https://ourworldindata.org/how-is-literacy-measured

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International Literacy and Development

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Literacy - Skills vs Rates

  • “…literacy skills are complex and span over a range of proficiency shades, while literacy rates assume a sharp, binary distinction between those who are and aren’t ‘literate’.

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https://docs.getodk.org/form-question-types

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ILAD: About Us

  • International Literacy and Development creates sustainable change by meeting physical needs, promoting local language literacy, and collaborating with communities to create business, social, and educational development.

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ILAD: Mission Statement

ILAD partners to develop local language literacy coupled with sustainable economic development.

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ILAD: Vision Statement

Lives transformed in marginalized language communities through literacy and development.

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ILAD: Core Competencies

  • Local Language Literacy
  • Agribusiness
  • Human Language Technology
  • Business Development Centers

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ILAD: Key Areas

  • Food Insecurity
  • Illiteracy
  • Limited Access to Global Information
  • Undervalued Languages and Cultures
  • Limited Access to Clean Water
  • Limited Access to Education
  • Unsafe Schools

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Local Solutions to Local Problems

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International Literacy and Development

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