AutoWIKI

05/29/2024

I don't usually solicit donations on Facebook, but.. this Saturday, June 1 some fellow bicyclists and I will be embarking on a ride to raise money for the Pedal to Empower campaign sponsored by the World Bicycle Relief Organization.

From their About Page

What
Pedal to Empower is a global campaign to empower women and girls with life-changing bicycles!

When
In celebration of World Bicycle Day, join us anytime May-June to be part of the cause. You'll help raise awareness and funds to provide more women and girls with bikes so they can achieve their full potential.

Why
Not just a bike. It's a life-changer. Bicycles may seem like just two wheels and a frame, but in the hands of women and girls, they are a means of personal advancement.

Women and girls in rural regions of the world play a critical role in helping their communities thrive. Yet they face obstacles to accessing education, paid work, reproductive and maternal healthcare, and safety from gender-based violence. Walking long distances to reach services, attend a job training or go to a class requires daylight, time, and safety risks.

With bicycles, entrepreneurs can launch businesses, girls can commute to school, and women can leave roadside harassers in the dust.

For those around Tokyo who would like to ride with us, or for those who would like to contribute, please visit this link.

Thanks for your support.

I’m thrilled to join Bicycle Relief for its annual ride as we Pedal to Empower girls like Dilshani with life-changing bicycles. In 2005, Dilshani received one of the first Buffalo Bicycles in Sri Lanka after the Indian Ocean Tsunami. With her bike, Dilshani finished school and trained as a ...

05/20/2024

I traveled to New Brunswick on Saturday and activated AutoWIKI en route back - first time in a long time that I travelled a route that AutoWIKI and I hadn't covered before. It reminded me that New Brunswick is due for an election this year. And of the sink hole crisis in Oxford Nova Scotia back in 2018. When AutoWIKI can't find content nearby it will search the whole province. Except there's apparently a town called Brunswick in Maine, USA so AutoWIKI told me some interesting stuff about it. But my favourite was to hear about Mount Allison University in Sackville. I remember from my days as Director of Admissions at the Maritime School of Social work that "Mount A" was highly regarded. Now, more than 40 years later, my app tells me why. How cool is THAT?!

09/02/2023

We are excited to announce the release of a new version of our Android app today! 📍 This version now includes the standard play buttons that have been available on iOS for the past 2 years. Unfortunately, we haven't yet incorporated the map or story history features, but rest assured that new features are on the horizon.

You can download the latest version of our app from the Google Play Store using the following link:

08/30/2023

Nik has some words about our app in Western Japan, close to Korea.

03/31/2023

I love road trips and driving. Before the price of gas went through the roof I didn't charge for mileage to go see clients anywhere in Nova Scotia, because the travel was, to me, a bonus.

This same love of road trips gave rise to Nik Edmiidz and I going into business together to develop and promote our hands-free; eyes on the road office-based, location-aware travel app, . We started at the beginning of the COVID pandemic and now have confirmed usage in 54 countries. Based on feedback from our early adopters Nik and have fine-tuned the app to way beyond what I'd ever imagined. And now it looks like there are other opportunities in the combination of integrated features they designed and built, it's no longer just your chatty travel companion with loads of local stories. And of course with both of my sons' interest and early adoption of AI, AutoWIKI now also uses AI to source and generate fascinating new location-based stories.

And I'm telling you all this because a Johannesburg mosquito woke me and I happily discovered that the power is back on. I truly don't know how South Africans put up with this loadshedding insanity and the corruption that caused the abject failure of their power utility company, Eskom.

03/31/2023

We are very happy to see that someone else is validating this idea. We hope that our TTS and global approach will make our offering more interesting to users and investors alike.

Autio, a location-based audio entertainment app co-founded by Kevin Costner, has raised a $5.9 million seed extension led by iHeartMedia.

01/27/2023

One of our AutoWIKI founders is doing a road trip today from Halifax to Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. About a 5 hour trip all along the Eastern shore. What's different about today's trip is that AutoWIKI is now using AI to generate many of its stories. So she's looking forward to finding out new things about communities she often travels through.

01/16/2023

Great news! We've integrated AI for our story-telling on our location-aware audio travel guide app. If you haven't ever used AutoWIKI, it's time to try it. Link for free download from Apple Store or Google Play at

AutoWIKI™ is a location aware digital tour guide. It reads out loud local information from curated user submitted stories, government tourism articles and Wikipedia using text-to-speech technology. It also provides small businesses with local advertising.

11/06/2022

Brian in Tokyo with AutoWIKI

09/17/2022

When you are in the countryside, and are listening to a story, which map view would you prefer to see? Here are two screenshots showing a story being read from the same location. Which do you think looks better? 👍 for the first image and ❤️ for the second image

09/02/2022

Did you know that Peggy's Cove is on the traditional territory of the Mi'kma'ki nation?
Learn this and more with AutoWIKI.

09/01/2022

Hearing about bridge collapses moments before you cross it makes it a lot more real for you.

08/11/2022

04/10/2022

When you get one of these you can listen to your AutoWIKI location-aware audio tour guide app and discover things you maybe never knew about the places you travel through.

03/13/2022

Parks Canada is so much more than a government department.

Parks Canada works with more than 300 First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities across Canada. It is also important to acknowledge the broad participation a...

03/04/2022

Coming soon on our iOS version, you can sit back, travel and listen, like always, or pick and choose the points of interest near you….

03/01/2022

This would be a great AW narrated tour

The Group of Seven Driving Route will take you through Algoma and Lake Superior, experience the landscapes that inspired Canada's Group of Seven.

02/26/2022

Wouldn't it be fun to do this route with AutoWIKI? To learn more about the artists, their works and their lives, and about the nature and history of the area. It would be a special offer you could sign up for.

Where will you capture your moment? Use the driving tour map to discover your Moments of Algoma Group of Seven trip.

02/11/2022

Wouldn't it be cool if there was a way for Delphine to share her road trip experience using AutoWIKI with us in real time?

12/29/2021

Going to be testing AutoWIKI in Manhattan today...

12/11/2021

Although not as rich with content as Canada, the Dominican Republic can still be a great place to experience AutoWIKI, as it educates you about your surroundings. Listen to this story about kite Beach in Cabarete in the DR.

09/13/2021

Thanks to our Power User Brian Blake, for sharing his experience of Learning about Statue of David Lloyd George, Parliament Square. using AutoWIKI.

07/04/2021

Our Android version of the AutoWIKI app is back in the Google Play store thanks to Ayo our Nigerian developer (and she's working on upgrades to catch up to our iOS version).

Thanks to Joe, our Japanese assistant we've added a great deal of Maritimes content. I've added stories too, about native plants, birds and animals.

AND thanks to Julia M. Sidaway's friend Joan Dawson, for permission to base some of our stories on her books about Nova Scotia.

Have you tried AutoWIKI lately? We'd love you to share some stories with us.

03/19/2021

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02/26/2021

I visited my alma mater and former place of employment yesterday. AutoWIKI told me things about Dalhousie University I didn't know.

02/24/2021

One of our power users was in Greece last summer in recorded his visit to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rhodes.

02/12/2021

We've made it! AutoWIKI is in the Apple App Store for your travel-listening pleasure! Our huge thanks to everyone who volunteered as beta testers and PETER JACOBS, our iPhone app developer.

02/02/2021

Traveling to exotic places is fun, but learning about the city you live in and commute in can also enrich your experiences there.