Technology for Society
Swecha was founded in 2005 as an organisation to support the Swecha project, it is now a vibrant community of software users, students, academicians and software professionals/developers determined to provide quality software built on the guidelines of free software development model. Swecha is part of Free Software Movement of India
Our Flagship Projects
Swecha Voice
స్వేఛ్ఛ గోంతుక (Swecha Voice) is a Swecha initiative to build voice-enabled interaction systems in Telugu. The proposed model explicitly considers enabling the voice oriented dialogue systems with the need for incorporating diverse dialectical tones of the language. The need for such dialect inclusion signifies the commitment of the Swecha/Free Software to improve the voice based systems and enabling its use for diverse communities, to bridge the digital gap.
Medical Camp
Free Software is transforming HealthCare with its radical transparency and ethos, making healthcare software more affordable and responsive to the communities it serves.
FSMI Android Distro
Majority of modern day digital devices, be it Smartphones, Smart TVs, Smartwatches etc., comes with pre-installed spyware, which is difficult to remove for common users.
Android has more than 95% of India’s mobile OS market share, in which Google exploits the “network effect” within various markets such as OS, App Store, Web Search, Browsers and Video Hosting. FSMI gave a call to 'de-googlify your android device' and now we are on path to build custom ROM with no bloatware and packed with free software alternatives.
Project Categories
Agri Tech
Building Free Software based tools to further enhance agriculture through drones and other robotic automation, weather and crop information dashboards, IoT-based intelligent farm management.
Edu Tech
Learning Management Suite designed for Tech-Aided education, assisted by Free Software. Building Free Software tools fuelled innovation in teaching and learning, to reduce digital divide and help educational institutes to adopt hybrid learning model.
Health Tech
Free Software is transforming HealthCare with its radical transparency and ethos, making healthcare software more affordable and responsive to the communities it serves.
Civic Tech
Building Free Software powered infrastructure and platforms that enable civic participation and engagement, enhancing citizen communications and public decision, improving government delivery of services.
Language Tech
Building tools and platforms used to manage the localization(l10n) and translation of Applications. Language tech encompasses everything from maintaining multilingual glossaries, machine translation, to translation memory and term bases, as well as quality assurance automation tools.
Assistive Tech
Accessibility to digital technology is increasingly critical for all aspects of life from education to employment to daily living, health and almost all types of participation. Digital accessibility(a11y) can be achieved in its full form only with Free Software.