For those of you, who may not know who Ujjwal Singh is, he’s the guy who played an important role in giving voice to thousands of Egyptians, despite of the country’s boycott against the internet. During those days, Egypt was going through a tough time; we all know that. 

Mubarak may have severed the communications lines, but where there’s Google, there’s always a solution. When Ujjwal Singh joined Google, he had this sense of passion to utilize the company’s plethora of technological advancements for the betterment of common people. Since Egypt was the hot issue and not a lot of Egyptians were able to connect to the internet, or make or receive calls on their cellphones, Singh decided to do something unusual.

The 38 year old ambitious guy started an online service, which helped people to share voice messages. It was launched on January 25, not a long while ago, and already people were hooked to it. Known as “Speak2Tweet”, the service enables people to place calls on different phone numbers and leave a message. The link to the message is posted on Twitter later on.

This way, the Egyptian population was able to carry on with its communication protocols despite of the limitations that were imposed by Hosni Mubarak. Google staff is overwhelmed by Ujjwal Singh’s achievements. Steve Crossan, Google’s Product Manager had to say this, “He designed, built and launched his first product before he started at Google, which is now our all-time record.”

As of now, thousands of spoken tweets have been up and running on the Twitter account (@Speak2Tweet). The account experienced a heavy traffic ever since Egypt’s communication lines and internet connection was forced to shut down. The good news is that since those Tweets were in the voice format, they weren’t limited to the 140 Character limit.

This is why; people took their time to hurl obscenities towards Mubarak, his 30 Decade rule and everything that irritated them. They’re quite happy about this new invention, but here’s the big question:

If there’s No Internet Connection, How Did Egyptians Get to Know about Speak2Tweet Service?

Even though this service was a communication bridge between Egypt and the rest of the world, an internet connection was needed to access it. For that very purpose, different companies and activists, with the help of Steve Crossan, started pondering the service availability. Their objective was to make Speak2Tweet available, without having the need of Text Messaging Service or the Internet Connection.

Crossan dialed a few numbers, got connected to a former Google colleague (Katie Stanton), and they started brainstorming with a couple of Twitter employees. Several ideas later Singh decided that they could build a Voice to Tweet technology the same way as “SayNow” did earlier. Google contacted its employees in Australia and Switzerland, the idea was now stepping out of its infancy timeline.

The company’s bosses gave a nod of approval and both Singh and Crossan dedicated a couple of Saturday nights to the coding stuff. At first, “Speak2Tweet” didn’t attract a lot of people but Google stepped in and made an introductory announcement at its Blog. Both Crossan and Ujjwal Singh are hoping that this service will be there to serve mankind, long after the Egypt debacle is over.