[Reader-list] Needed: Gujarati to English translators/transcribers

[Chandni Parekh]

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From: Neil Patel <neilpatel at gmail.com>
Date: 2009/6/18
Subject: Gujarati translation/transcription

Dear Chandni,

I was given your contact by Samir who suggested I get in touch with you
about some transcription work I need done.

To give you some background on the work, I am a PhD student at Stanford,
doing research in rural India on mobile information systems. Last summer, I
designed and deployed a voice-based question and answer forum for farmers in
Gujarat to get agricultural advice over the phone. I deployed the system in
partnership with IBM Research India and Development Support
Center<http://www.dscindia.org>in Ahmedabad.

The system was launched as a 5-month pilot starting this January. Over that
time, there were over 600 questions and 400 answers recorded to the system
by 50 farmers. This summer, I want to analyze the questions and answers to
understand how the system was used so that we can re-design it to better fit
the needs of farmers. DSC is planning a full launch of the system for
thousands of farmers later this year.

In order to do the analysis, I want to have all of the questions and answers
translated and transcribed from Gujarati to English.

I estimate there is 15-20 hours of content in total. I have a budget to pay
for the services, and I want a high-quality job done. I would like the work
completed by July 31st. I would appreciate your suggestions for getting it
done.

Take care and thanks in advance for your help.

Best,
Neil