I'm thrilled to announce that ODK Collect v1.1 has been released! You
can download it in the Android marketplace or at
http://code.google.com/p/open-data-kit. I've also put a demo video at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lo8LaFFSkV8 It's been only six months since we released v1.0 and we've added a lot
of functionality to the application. Some of the new features include
barcode scanning, image/audio/video capture and playback, editing of
saved forms, and device metadata (phone number, IMEI, IMSI) support.
We've also made GPS acquisition and form processing a lot faster, and
added a really cool way to review data entry. The user interface has
been field tested and reworked to make training and use much easier.
As always, we still support question grouping, repeats, constraints,
complex logic and multiple languages.
We are also growing our set of tools. We are actively adding to ODK
Aggregate for form and data hosting, ODK Manage for remote management
of phones, ODK Validate for form validation, and ODK Voice for
automated voice forms. A few weeks ago, we started a class at the
University of Washington (http://is.gd/4wOxi) to encourage students
(graduate and undergraduate) to build more ODK tools including a form
designer, SMS-based transport layer, workflow management, optical mark
recognition, and an phone-based OpenMRS portal.
Our list of partners is also growing. Some of our current deployments
include HIV counseling with AMPATH in Kenya, user feedback gathering
for Grameen's AppLab in Uganda, war crime documentation with the
Berkeley Human Rights Center in the Central African Republic, and even
forest monitoring with the Brazilian Forest Service.
As we grow, our tools and deployments, we are also growing our support
of the project. In addition to the mailing list and bug tracker, we
also added a chat (http://is.gd/3eBfu) for developers and
implementers. In addition to the wiki, we've added a slide deck and a
brochure describing the project which you can share and embed in your
website (http://is.gd/4wOUN). We've also put all our videos into a
YouTube playlist (http://is.gd/4wOHv).
Finally, ODK would not be possible without my fellow developers, Carl
Hartung, Waylon Brunette, Adam Lerer and our advisor, Gaetano
Borriello. An additional thanks to everyone (especially the OpenRosa,
Open Mobile and OpenMRS communities) who has contributed to making ODK
a better project. It is because of your help that we've made it so
far.
Yaw
