r/techforlife

Hi everyone! I’m a final-year Information Technology student in Sierra Leone currently looking for a dissertation topic.
I’m interested in identifying real-world problems in Sierra Leone or any where possible that could realistically be improved or solved through an IT-based solution such as a software/web/mobile system, database, IoT, networking, automation, or potentially AI.
I’m not necessarily looking for AI-specific ideas. I’m more interested in genuine problems that organizations, institutions, businesses, communities, or individuals in Sierra Leone currently face, where there is a clear gap that technology could help address.
Ideally, the problem should be realistic for a group of final-year IT students to research, design, and potentially develop a prototype/system for.
What are some real problems you’ve personally noticed in Sierra Leone that you think could be solved or improved through technology?
I’d especially appreciate specific examples rather than generic ideas like “build an app for X.”

Al is everywhere now.

Some people use it every day.

Some barely touch it.

Some think it will completely change their career.

But beyond the hype, I'm curious about the actual experience.

Has Al genuinely made your life easier, or has it mostly created more noise?

What do you actually use it for?

I’m one of the founders of OLVA, and we recently shipped something I’ve wanted in meeting assistants for a while: live translation while the meeting is actually happening.

The idea is pretty simple.

You can be in an English meeting, for example, keep the original live transcript in English, and have OLVA translate the conversation into French, Spanish, Persian, German, or another preferred language as people speak.

There are two ways to use it:

• Automatic live translation: OLVA continuously translates the meeting into your selected language.
• Manual translation: if you don’t want everything translated, you can select a specific part of the conversation and translate only that section.

OLVA currently supports 87 languages and regional variants.

What makes this especially useful for us is that translation isn’t isolated from the rest of the meeting assistant. The translated conversation sits alongside OLVA’s other real-time features, such as automatic question detection, contextual answers, Live Q&A, definitions, suggestions, and meeting insights.

It also works without adding a visible bot to Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, etc., and the same approach can be used for in-person conversations.

We built this mainly for situations where someone understands the general language of a meeting but occasionally loses context because people are speaking quickly, using unfamiliar terminology, or switching into a language they’re less comfortable with.

I’d really like to hear from people who regularly work in a second language or with international teams.

If you try it, I’d especially love feedback on:

• Is continuous translation actually useful, or do you prefer translating only selected parts?
• How much translation delay feels acceptable in a live conversation?
• Should the original transcript and translation always stay visible together?
• How should we handle meetings where people switch languages mid-conversation?
• What would make live meeting translation genuinely useful for your workflow?

I’m one of the people building it, so feel free to be critical. I’m particularly interested in the things that feel awkward or missing rather than just whether the translation works.

I wanna buy a tablet for daily use, for notes, gaming, and to replace my laptop as well , i don’t have much clue regarding specs and more technical things, this will be my first tablet, i want something with more storage and smooth, i don’t really have a budget it should be good and also for long term but i want it on a cheaper scale only, can you guys please recommend, can be apple too but i want the better options so if the apple is better or the android is, can you guys please suggest??

I want to buy a keyboard worth of max 3000 any suggestions 🤘