00:01Necessity is the mother of invention and this proverb has found new meaning in Mumbai.
00:08Amid curbs on the use of loudspeakers, half a dozen mosques in the city have turned to technology,
00:15registering on a dedicated mobile app that relays the Azaan or call to prayer
00:21directly to the people from the Muslim community in real time.
00:24The app, Online Azaan, developed by a Tamil Nadu based company, is available on both Android and iOS platforms.
00:36It streams the Azaan live through mobile phones exactly as it is delivered from the mosque.
00:42We have thought that a new way to use, which is technological driven.
00:49That is why Tamil Nadu is a company that has created an online Azaan name called Azaan,
00:55which you can register on your mosque and listen to Azaan live.
01:02We have registered on that app and that app is free on the iPhone and Android.
01:10The app also serves a wider community purpose by notifying users of prayer times, functioning much like a smart watch alert system.
01:31Once installed and configured, it runs automatically.
01:34Worshippers who can no longer hear the Azaan due to sound limits, can now stay connected through this digital solution.
01:43Before the loudspeaker, the decibel level was not defined by the government.
01:49The government has defined that it should be 45 and 55 decibel level at night.
01:55So, as we keep in mind, we have created this way.
02:00Worshippers have praised the initiative, saying that even when loudspeakers are silent,
02:04they can still stay connected to their neighborhood mosque's Azaan through their mobile phones.
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