Barangay Helpdesk System with SMS Features for Text Blast Announcements

Abstract

As the information is widely available on Facebook for announcements and such, not everybody, is still, has access to the social media. And there are tendencies that these announcements are not often visible. SMS based alternatives from a legitimate source could be also an effective way for information dissemination. The Barangay Helpdesk System with SMS Features for Text Blast Announcements goal show the possibility of increasing the reach of communication and dissemination using combined web-based and SMS solution. The proponent used several web technologies, along with integration with Globe Labs API, allowing the web application and the mobile device interact with each other via web browser to SMS. After successful integration, the methodology was tested first with individual subscriber before moving on to multiple recipients. Keyword based sending was also enabled, and data has been provided for preset replies in the system. Overall, the system is working on its initial version and such development in wider scale is feasible for future works.