The goal is to address the 'frustration' illiterate people feel with technology that requires them to be able to read or write or spell effectively, said Cerco president Alain Capo-Chichi, a Benin national. — Image by mamewmy on Freepik
ABIDJAN: Voice-operated smartphones are aiming at a vast yet widely overlooked market in sub-Saharan Africa - the tens of millions of people who face huge challenges in life because they cannot read or write.
In Ivory Coast, a so-called "Superphone" using a vocal assistant that responds to commands in a local language is being pitched to the large segment of the population – as many as 40% – who are illiterate.
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