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Text-based services may require intermediaries where users lack independent reading or phone capability.

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Caryl FeldackerSenior Program Officer, Data and Technology Adoption, Gender Equality Division · Gates FoundationSpeaking in a personal capacityLinkedIn ↗

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Caryl FeldackerSenior Program Officer, Data and Technology Adoption, Gender Equality Division · Gates FoundationSpeaking in a personal capacityLinkedIn ↗

Text-based services may require intermediaries where users lack independent reading or phone capability.

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Attributed contributors: Caryl Feldacker. “Text-based services may require intermediaries where users lack independent reading or phone capability..” Connected ≠ Ready: Getting to a Ground-Level View of AI Readiness for Women and Vulnerable Populations. ECOSYSTEM Summit, Barcelona, 16 September 2026. Session time 58:18–59:42. https://cs-ecosystem.commonshare.workers.dev/evidence/E-d98b4a8405a5

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Text-based services may require intermediaries where users lack independent reading or phone capability.

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Caryl FeldackerSenior Program Officer, Data and Technology Adoption, Gender Equality Division · Gates FoundationSpeaking in a personal capacityLinkedIn ↗

Proposed mechanism: Mediated channels can reach people excluded by direct text delivery.

Conditions: Appropriate trusted intermediaries and context-sensitive design.

Limit: Mediation does not automatically preserve privacy or agency.

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