#9: Offline (phone,post,fax) participation

Contents

1. Definitions
2. Motivation
3. Assumptions
4. Proposal
5. Implementation
6. Deliverables
7. Risks
8. Progress log
9. Participants

Proposed by

TFF

Proposal type

Architecture, Postal/Telephone/Fax

State

being-discussed

Definitions

!!! - a "must have" feature

!! - a requested feature

! - a less desired feature

? - desired feature, but can be discussed for smaller changes

?? - a feature open for discussion

??? - a feature fully open for discussion in behaviour, ui, architecture...

CF - Criticality Factor. It is the multiplier number for each feature, to be used when calculating penalties on deliverables, in case of bugs or delivery missing. The higher, the most critical the feature is.

Motivation

Help to bridge digital divide.

Assumptions

Proposal

• (draft) member can receive much extended and specially annotated email drafts digest - ??? CF 2
  

1) Each draft, on its creation, will have a field "abbreviation", where the user can set a 2-5 letter abbreviation for the document (as Mc for "Mark", Gn for "genesis", Hum for "Universal Declaration of Human Rights", and so on..."). It is by default automatically suggested by the system, and the user can change it later.
2) Bible "chapters and verses" notation would be used with very small adaptation for usability, to define section-subsection and pre-defined  text-fragments on the draft text. Some rules:

- A colon separates the chapter from the "verse" (e.g. Mark 12,2).
- Hyphen is used between follow on verses within a chapter (e.g. Lev 1,1-10)
- A semicolon with a space is used between chapters that do not follow one another (e.g. Luke 1,6; 3,4)
- A point without a space is used between verses that do not follow one another (e.g. Job 2,3.7.12; 4,1.3).
Some examples: Num 1,10  Numbers ch. 1, verse 10
Lev 1,1-10  Leviticus ch. 1, verses 1 up to 10
Lev 2,2.5  Leviticus ch. 2, verses 2 and 5
Josh 2,5–4,7  Joshua ch. 2, verse 5 up to ch. 4, verse 7
Josh 2,5.8–7,3  Joshua ch. 2, verse 5 and verse 8 up to ch. 7, verse 3
Job 2,3; 6,7  Job ch. 2, verse 3; ch. 6, verse 7

No punctuation should be used after abbreviations. Basically, after printing a draft, the user should be able to refer to any text-fragment by using this notation, the same way he was using the web interface to select the text-fragment and interact with the mouse.

Automatization of "chapter" and "verse" biblical notation on draft text can be done with some rules in mind:
    * a new "chapter" starts after every section or subsection (headlines)
    * a new "verse" will start
          - after a .
          - after a ...
          - after a ,
          - after a ;
          - after a :
          - after a !
          - after a ?
          - between enclosing " "
          - between enclosing (  )
          - between enclosing [  ]
          - between enclosing { }
          - between enclosing < >
          - between enclosing « »
          - before each bullet point (html LI element or others)

• (group) owner can Add/Remove Skype/PSTN Operator(s) - ??? CF 2
  
• Output ready-mailable PDF digests (with envelope addresses) - ??? CF 3
  
• (group) owner set max. pages and telephone minutes per user - ??? CF 1
  
• (draft) owner can send draft text via post to selected offline members. Draft owner will be billed per letter sent, the system will present him the total cost of all letters, in case he has selected more than one user to send the letter to - ? CF 3
  
• (draft) owner can send draft text via fax to selected offline members. Draft owner will be billed per fax sent, the system will present him the total cost of all faxes, in case he has selected more than one user to send the fax to - ? CF 3
  
• (draft) owner can enable/disable members to submit items via email using a special draft email address (i.e.: draft_id@plonegroups.org) - !! CF 3
  
• (draft) member can navigate through the audiocast of the current draft. While listening to the post via telephone, user can dial 4 to rewind to previous sentence, 6 to move to next sentence. Double 4 or double 6 moves by paragraphs - ??? CF 2
  
• (draft) member can submit comments/changes to text-fragments via telephone call, at any time, while listening to an audiocast of the Current Draft. User may receive a SMS number to call; user calls number to listen to draft; at any time user may dial a number to: a) call an operator to transcript his comment; b) leave a message (he can listen again, re-record or cancel). The message is attached either to all document or the current phrase. No audio file is published on the web, only text... - ??? CF 1
  
• (draft) owner can enable Phone Assistants to receive calls and transcribe live a post communicated by a user - ??? CF 2
  
• (draft) owner can enable a transcription service for Phone Posts, which pass required parameters (max length of audio, author has permit, quality of recording acceptable). Transcription may be enabled concurrently to Phone Assistants - ??? CF 2
  

Implementation

Deliverables

Risks

Progress log

Participants