Text Engine

Text Engine

Text Engine

Contact Solution Provider

Text Engine
Bedminster, NJ
United States
+1 (908) 251-9087
gnosisarts@gmail.com

Solution Overview & Benefits

Text Engine allows people in emerging communities around the world, as well as low-income communities in the United States, to search the Web just by sending simple text messages. A web browser, app or internet access is not required to use Text Engine. As long as users can send and receive text messages, they can search Google, Wikipedia, get world news and more. With Text Engine you can get weather, news, yellow pages, movies, flight status, and more - by just sending a text message.

History & Development

Having worked in one of the poorest school districts in the United States, Text Engine Co-Founder Shari Sloane saw firsthand how poverty prevented her students from owning smartphones (and many even from having internet access at home).

Text Engine connects the offline world to the Internet. Many people do not have a smartphone or internet access, but virtually every family, even in the poorest communities, has a mobile phone that can send and receive text messages.

Availability

Publicly available: yes
Countries where available: Philippines, Uganda, Botswana, Kenya, Mongolia, Uruguay, Romania, Australia, United States.
Price range (USD): Free
Available online: yes
Offered or can be licensed for local manufacture: Yes

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