Founder · Barta Bangladesh · Sep 2026 – present

Bartaবার্তা · AI answers. Just an SMS away.

AI answers, emergency help, blood donors and doctors for any phone in Bangladesh. All by SMS. No mobile data. No app. Ask on the phone you already have.

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Role
Founder
Status
Public pilot, experimental
Works on
Any phone with SMS, including button phones on 2G
Languages
Bangla, Banglish, English
Part of
Meera

Why Barta

What happens when access to useful technology depends on having a smartphone and a reliable internet connection? In Bangladesh, that isn't always something people can depend on.

That question led to Barta, a project under Meera that makes AI-powered information and essential digital services available through something as simple as a message. It is built for low-connectivity places: 2G networks and feature phones, over ordinary SMS.

Useful technology shouldn't stop working when the internet does.

Just text it

If you can send a text, you can ask Barta. Information shouldn't depend on a smartphone or a data pack.

  1. Open your messages. No new account or app needed.
  2. Ask in your own words. Bangla, Banglish or English.
  3. Read the reply. Send a follow-up any time.

Normal carrier SMS charges apply. Barta's gateway and AI service use the internet on your behalf; your phone only needs SMS service.

What Barta does

01

Ask anything

Learn something new, find the right words for a message, or get a simpler explanation of an everyday question. Anything that isn't a command goes to Barta's AI and comes back in the language you wrote in.

02

Emergency SOS

Text SOS, 999 or জরুরি, even with no data. Barta answers in milliseconds with the number to call, from a fixed list, never from AI.

  • Add what's happening: "SOS house on fire in Mirpur 10" carries the details along.
  • Your contacts are alerted, and it keeps escalating until a person responds.
  • Police, fire, ambulance, in Bangla, Banglish or English.
03

Find blood

Text BLOOD with a group and area. Barta replies with verified blood banks and volunteer donors nearby. Every number was entered and checked by a person, never generated by AI.

  • Compatible groups are labelled, so nobody arrives expecting an exact match.
  • Become a donor with DONOR B+ Dhaka. Your number is shared only because you opted in.
  • Alerts are capped, so helping never means being woken every night.
04

Book a doctor

Text DOCTOR Mirpur to see hospitals near you, then BOOK H3 to take the next free slot. It works from a village with no data.

  • A six-character reference you can read out and type easily on a keypad.
  • A reminder the day before. Cancel any time with CANCEL and the reference.
  • One booking everywhere: SMS, app and the hospital's front desk see the same appointment.
05

Barta app

Android and iOS. Falls back to SMS when there's no internet, and one phone number is your identity everywhere.

06

Barta Desk

For hospital front desks. Each desk sees only its own patients, and bookings made by SMS show up there.

07

Tutors Soon

Connecting learners and tutors, including people without regular internet.

08

Lost & found Soon

Helping a lost item find its way home through the local community.

Text these. Or just ask.

Keep this handy. Anything that isn't a code goes to Barta's AI.

SOS · 999 · জরুরি
Emergency number, instantly. Alerts your contacts.
FIRE · AMBULANCE · POLICE
The right emergency line. Bangla spellings work too.
BLOOD A+ Mirpur
Verified blood banks and donors near you.
DONOR B+ Dhaka
Join the volunteer donor list.
DOCTOR Mirpur
Hospitals near you, with their codes.
BOOK H3
Take the next free slot at that hospital.
CANCEL K7PM2Q
Cancel a booking with its reference.
Anything else
An AI answer by SMS. Follow up any time.

Built carefully

Ordinary SMS, thoughtfully connected.

No internet on your phone

You need mobile network coverage and SMS. The Barta gateway and server connect to AI services over the internet for you.

Button phones welcome

Designed around ordinary SMS, so no smartphone is needed. Write in Banglish or English if your phone can't type Bangla.

Safety first

Emergency numbers come from a fixed list, and blood contacts are checked by people. Barta can't call 999 for you, so it always points you to the official line.

Honest about limits

SMS doesn't share GPS, so you describe where you are for directions. Barta can make mistakes; check important information.

The Meera family

Meera powers more than one product. Each one brings the same idea to a different place.

Meera AIOne assistant, routed across every major AI model.Meera POSSales terminal, inventory, বাকি and end-of-day reports for growing shops.

Inside the product

A question asked in Banglish on a button phone, answered in Bangla by SMS.