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[https://sloboda-studio.com] request a quote Services Back-End Development Services Front-end Development Services Project Management services Quality assurance Expertise Text Processing Marketplace Social media manager Event Platform Technologies Work Company Hire Ruby on Rails Developers Blog TikkTalk (Skiwo AS) Founded in January 2016, TikkTalk ( tikktalk.com ) is an open digital marketplace that offers interpretation services over video conference and phone conference on a number of platforms (web, Skype for Business, mobile apps). TikkTalk connects interpreters with businesses, governments and individuals, providing private meeting rooms with an in-person assignments. Anyone can sign up, prove their skills by uploading their certifications and get access to interpretation jobs worldwide. Governments and businesses can get direct access to a global pool of interpreters, sorted by language, certification levels, and ratings. TikkTalk is not just a booking system, it is a powerful platform that facilitates communication and business processes . Gautam Chandna CEO at Skiwo AS Oslo, Norway Working with Sloboda Studio has been a pleasure. Sloboda Studio's forward thinking approach has allowed us to plan both short and long term, while still ensuring regular releases with feature upgrades. Since February 2016, Sloboda Studio has passionately developed and delivered software to Skiwo AS, and we look forward to continuing our work with them. client’s goals Initially, the project was called Skiwo. Recently, it has been rebranded to TikkTalk. We developed the platform from scratch. We started from the development of layouts as a trial, and then the team was extended with backend developers. Our initial goal was to build a Minimum Viable Product that would allow showcasing the most important features to the first users and investors. As with any startup, time was of the essence. We started with 2 back-end, 1 front-end developers and 1 QA engineer, and got the MVP done very quickly, in three months. The application supports two types of users – Interpreters and Businesses. Working on TikkTalk project, we use Agile practices (standups, retrospective, demo, grouping tasks into sprints, sprint planning) to ensure timely and efficient implementation of all project’s features. We have daily stand-up meetings to better coordinate our efforts and respond to any possible changes, plus weekly calls, where customer discussed the project with the whole development team. In general, we adapt our management practices to the current development requirements, providing continuous delivery. our solutions The purpose The main challenge of the project was to make a user-friendly platform with simple and low time-consuming processes. We needed to take into account the many peculiarities of interpretation processes, so that interpreters could work from any place they liked. Solution we designed The main challenge of the project was to make a user-friendly platform with simple and low time-consuming processes. We needed to take into account the many peculiarities of interpretation processes, so that interpreters could work from any place they liked. Specific of the market Taking into account the nature of the business, we localized the project in two languages, Norwegian and English. Our steps After the MVP, we started Private Beta, adding more new details. At the same time, our customers had a lot of meetings with interpreters and government employees to know their needs and build TikkTalk to address them. project stages 1. MVP Analysis of customer’s business model Development of core features – creation of assignment and videocall Building a scalable architecture 2. Private Beta Design improvement Search through the interpreters Connection to Vianor API 3. Public Beta Mobile applications Calendar feature Arabic localization Public profiles 4. Live product Enterprise features Ad-hoc booking Multipost assignments Departments of enterprise Migration to the microservices TECHNOLOGIES Server-side ElasticSearch Grape I18N [2 languages] PostgreSQL Rack Rails Ruby Sidekiq Client-side CSS HTML5 JavaScript Node.js Vue.js Tools (hosting, monitoring etc.) Airbrake AWS S3 BrowserStack Codeship Confluence GitHub Heroku Slack Swagger Testrail Youtrack Integrations Brreg.no Intercom localise.biz PayPal Pexip SendGrid Stripe Twilio VideoNor Timeline February 2016 Now Team 4 Back-end developers | 3 Front-end developers | 2 QA Project Results Skiwo AS is now headquartered in startuplab.no, the biggest startup incubator in Norway. Skiwo AS and Sloboda Studio continue perfecting the marketplace in their ongoing partnership. We have gone live with our rebranded product TikkTalk in October 2016. SInce then we have been gathering feedback from our users to improve user experience and meet customers’ needs. Right now we have more than 1200 Interpreters ready to help with translations. Platform collaborates with the governmental healthcare organisations. We handle about 300 assignments per month, helping people to understand each other. TikkTalk team presented the product on techfugees.com . Contact the team, start like a rocket! Name * Email Address * Message * Please leave this field empty. Sloboda Studio alex@sloboda-studio.com OUR RATINGS: 94% 94% 4,9 total clients review our blog How to Build Data Processing Software How to launch a successful ICO? navigation Services Technologies Work Blog About us Contact us contact Kharkov, Ukraine Phone: +38 (099) 759-6995 Email: alex@sloboda-studio.com request a quote All rights reserved. 2018 sloboda-studio.com Phone First name... Last name... Contact Email... Project details... ×