Heard is a mobile messaging service directing constituent frustrations to the correct representative for the problem. The service synthesizes user concerns with actionable requests, providing a personalized script for a call to the local or state representative.
- Educate people on the different positions and responsibilities of their local/state representation
- Get people comfortable with reaching out to their representatives
- Increase civic awareness and involvement in local/state policy and politics
- A mobile texting service where users send texts describing everyday situations they run into that are systematically broken/running inefficiently
- The situations are analyzed and the representative or committee that has jurisdiction is identified
- The user receives back a text summarizing the event and an actionable request, alongside the phone number of the correct office
Only a small minority of people know who their reps are or who to go to with the everyday, mundane challenges they face.