AUDIO STREAMING THE WEB CONNECTS ALL 8 BILLION OF US
SARACONNECTS
When billions of telephone handsets can’t connect to the Internet, the problem isn’t the handsets. How many decades will it take for remote developing regions to build out wireless broadband and deploy smartphones to engage this emerging consumer class? SARACONNECTS can connect everybody in the world right now with a simple platform optimized for friendly, familiar pervasive-everywhere PSTN telephone technology they already own.
Meet SARA™, SMART AUDIO RECOGNITION AGENT, a mobile streaming service and web browser accessed via simple voice call or text and compatible with every telephone on earth. The intelligent SARA cloud is optimized not for smartphones but for ALL phones. With SARA anybody with a phone can connect to the Internet and personalized audio from anyplace voice service is present. Everywhere on Earth.
ANY PHONE
ANYWHERE
ANYONE
We challenge an absurdity in the strategy to connect the world. Convention deems information access requires hi-res display, QWERTY, local processor and memory – connected to high speed Internet. The presumed mandate for broadband data and screen-centric devices has blinded most to exploration and deployment of nearer-term solutions to immediately benefit billions within their own lifetimes.
Harnessing existing PSTN POTS infrastructure to reinvent commercial radio; connect, inform and educate the unconnected, and bank the unbanked. SARA supports mobile e-commerce and peer-to-peer transactions. Like Android and iOS, SARA creates a complete mobile ecosystem supporting a viable, secure trade and education platform all can easily access for health services, personal records, consumer purchasing and sales – even if they don’t possess a bank account or credit card or smartphone.
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WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING
“SaraConnects & InfoView partnership closes the communication gap between parents and schools. Especially government schools that have the mandate to provide information to parents at the lower end of the economic pyramid.” – Jeffrey Bamba, President & Founder, InfoView
WHO SARACONNECTS
DEVELOPED WORLD
EVERY PHONE A smartphone. no data plan, No broadband Required.
Compatible with all devices & Infrastructure
A phone call or text connects to SARA
Affordable access to mobile services
Double-to-triple the size of your current mobile audience
Your audio content on a dedicated to audio platform
Personalized and On-demand
Piracy-proof
DEVELOPING WORLD
universal browser brings THE web to all phones.
No Waiting – Deploy with Today’s Infrastructure
Any Device – Nothing New To Buy
No Data Plan Or Broadband Required
Literacy Optional – Audio, Voice & Touch
Qwerty Not Required
Display Not Required
Familiar User Experience
Personalized news, education & information
WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING
“In the 21st century, countries cannot be successful unless their citizens have access to the internet” – Barak Obama, 44th President of the United States
ABOUT SARACONNECTS
Interactive
Voice Recognition
Personalized
Keypad Optional
On-demand
Display not Required
SARA enables Interactive Radio to a class of technology even more ubiquitous and pervasive than radio – the telephone. She is also at the same time a humanity monitoring service that continually gathers and mines data to measure progress against the United Nations Sustainable Development Initiatives to Eradicate Poverty, End Hunger, Improve Wellness and Education, Innovation and Infrastructure. We are collaborating with organizations like Pfizer, Georgia Tech, Not Impossible Labs and InfoView to change the world.
No intelligence is required at the device. No need for local processor, memory, display or device data plan. Literacy is not required to access and use SARA; vision is optional. SARA is instantly compatible with every handset on earth and able to deliver a personalized experience to any device they already have in their pocket. Those 3.9 billion disconnected people – a vast emerging consumer class – many possess their own basic mobile handset or live in a region serviced by basic 2G/3G mobile service. SARA is designed to easily and affordably connect anyone and everyone. Anywhere. Worldwide. SARA learns with every interaction to deliver an increasingly personalized experience to each individual user.
SARACONNECTS is a White Plains New York based startup intent on changing humanity by making the world’s information, education and audio entertainment available to anybody with any telephone. We own the underlying patents.
TEAM SARA
Robert Sztybel
CEO, Founder
Robert Sztybel’s career has been devoted to harnessing technology to enhance humanity and mobile lifestyle. He was part of the original IBM team that brought ThinkPad into the world. His product designs transformed Targus from carrying case maker to mobile accessories leader. Robert holds two degrees from Penn’s Management & Technology program and authored the patents underlying SARA. He is also founder of Second Skin, a skunkworks venture soon to launch.
Kwame Marfo
CFO
Kwame Marfo is Managing Partner at Africa Empowerment Fund and founder of West Africa-focused Diaspora Capital LLP . He is International Executive Producer of the award-winning documentary When Elephants Fight and sits on the boards of Nuku Health, BirthRight Africa and the Business Center for New Americans. He has a BS (Hons) from Binghamton University, an MBA from the Ross School of Business (Michigan) and an MSc from the London School of Economics.
Milena Schaefer
Advisor
Milena Schaefer is a senior strategy and operations executive in the retail industry, setting strategy and optimizing operations for top brands like Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, Brooks Brothers. She sits on the board of MSBF Financial (NASDQ: MSBF) and mentors young women interested in STEM related fields. Her passion lies in solving complex problems plaguing today’s society. She holds an MS in Management and Systems from NYU and is a graduate of Harvard’s Business Analytics program.
SARACONNECTS
White Plains, NY, USA
Voice: +1 (914) 997-5040
Fax: +1 (914) 997-0434
Email: sara@saraconnects.world
SARANEWS
SARA’s Resolution for 2021: Frictionless Access to Information for Every Person On Earth
November 19, 2020 – White Plains NY – SARAConnects declares 2021 the year planet Earth achieves Frictionless Access to Information. Explains CEO Robert Sztybel, “frictionless access occurs when any person of any educational background living in any geography can readily access the information they need, at that moment, using whatever device they have available to them. In devising SARA we’ve removed all barriers of technology and infrastructure by creating an interface to the web that can be delivered to the ubiquitous telephone of any technology, no matter the nature of the connection, anywhere on earth.” SARA is an intelligent cloud-based interface specifically optimized for these devices using voice and standard telephone keypad.
SaraConnects Joint Venture with InfoView to Change Educational Outcomes Across Africa
July 18, 2018 – White Plains NY and Accra, Ghana – SaraConnects, in partnership with InfoView Data Solutions Ltd, will design, develop and deploy the gCall SARA smart cloud platform for integration into the InfoView SIMS School Information Management Solution. gCall™ Powered by SARA™ will be the feature phone compatible universal portal to SIMS optimized for all telephones to guarantee access for all parents and families regardless their device, their income or their own literacy.
Georgia Tech Seniors Design Wireless Amplifier for SaraConnects
April 24, 2018 – Atlanta, GA – The Vaccine Not Impossible Consortium of Pfizer, SaraConnects and Not Impossible convened here to attend as Georgia Tech hosted its Spring Capstone Expo where nearly two hundred student teams unveiled their inventions to the public. The brilliantly simple Reach: Not Impossible solution sponsored by SaraConnects was advanced to address education and bring people to vaccines. It features a ruggedized dual loudspeaker upon which any handset could be placed, producing volumes in excess of 90 dB while allowing access to and use of the telephone keypad and microphone for interactivity with programs.