ManyChit: a note that works on any phone
Write a notice, invitation or message once and send it on WhatsApp. It opens with no app, shows who wrote it and when it runs out, and has buttons to call, find the place, add the date, pay and reply.
Begin from an example, or just start typing below
After this date the note opens with a red "Expired" warning, so old news stops misleading people.
This date has already passed, so the note will open as expired.
With it, replies come straight to you. Without it, people choose who to send their reply to. It is shown to everyone who gets the note.
The button always shows this UPI id, so people can see who gets the money. It disappears when the note expires.
Send a file
It stays in the chat and opens without internet. In WhatsApp, attach it as a Document.
Print it
A clean A4 page for a notice board.
When people answer your question, their replies come to you on WhatsApp. Copy them and paste them here. Replies in different languages add up, and if someone answers twice, the last answer counts. Nothing you paste leaves this page.
How to make a Chit
- Type who it is from: your name, your class, your shop. This goes at the top of the note every time.
- Choose the date it is valid until. Every Chit needs one. A notice about Tuesday is valid until Tuesday. A price list might be valid for a year.
- Choose the languages. You can write one note in English, Malayalam and Hindi, and the reader picks a language at the top of the note.
- Write the title and the message the way you would say them. Start a line with a dash to make a list.
- Turn on any buttons you want: a date, a place, a phone number or a UPI payment. Turn on the question to collect replies.
- Look at the preview, then send it.
What you type is kept in this browser, so you can come back to it. To change a note you already sent, use Open a Chit file, make your change and send it again.
Link, file or paper
- A link is the easy choice. It is one tap in WhatsApp and opens on any phone with internet. The whole note is inside the link, so it is not stored anywhere.
- A file is one small web page with the note and its reader inside it. It stays in the chat and opens without internet, and it does not depend on this website. In WhatsApp, attach it as a Document, not as a photo.
- Paper prints on one A4 sheet for a notice board. Answers become tick boxes. If the note is short enough, a QR code on the page opens the working note on a phone.
What the person who gets it sees
- A strip at the top with who wrote it, when, and until when it is valid. It is always in the same place, so people learn to look for it.
- Read aloud, using the voice already on their phone. It helps elders and anyone who reads slowly. Some phones have no voice for a language, and the note says so when that happens.
- Buttons that do the job: Add to calendar, Open map, Call and Pay.
- The question, with a box for their name. Tapping an answer opens WhatsApp with the reply ready to send.
When a note gets old
Old messages keep getting forwarded. "School closed tomorrow" from two years ago still says tomorrow. A Chit knows its own date: after the valid-until day it opens with a red band and an Expired stamp, says how long ago it was written, and hides its payment button. See an expired note.
A note needs a script to read today's date. Where a phone does not run scripts, for example in some file previews, the note cannot know the date, so it shows a warning with the last valid day instead, and shows every language one after another.
Counting replies
Replies arrive as ordinary WhatsApp messages, each with a small code at the end. Copy them and paste them into Count the replies above. You get the total for each answer and the names. Replies in different languages add up, and if someone answers twice, the last answer counts. Give your WhatsApp number when you make the note and replies come straight to you; your number is then visible to everyone who gets the note.
What a Chit cannot do
- It does not prove who wrote it. The name is what the writer typed, and nobody checks it. A note opened from a link says so at the top. Before you pay, read the UPI id on the button, and ask the person if you are not sure.
- It does not stop copying. Anyone can change a Chit and send it on. The valid-until date is a help for honest notes, not a lock.
- It holds words only. Pictures would make it too big to fit in a link.
- It does not collect replies by itself. There is no server. Replies come to your WhatsApp and you paste them in.
The format
A Chit is plain text, so it does not depend on this site. Open a Chit file in Notepad and the note is at the top, readable as it is. It starts with the line CHIT 1, then who wrote it and the dates, then a section for each language. If you want more control over a notice, the Invitation Maker and the Letterhead Maker make designed pages.
A Chit is a new kind of note for phones. A PDF is tiny on a phone, a screenshot cannot be tapped, and a forwarded message forgets who wrote it and when. A Chit keeps its writer and its dates on top, and turns its details into buttons.
What is a Chit?
A Chit is a one-page note made for phones. Its top strip always shows who wrote it, when it was written and until when it is valid. Phone numbers, places, dates and payments in it are buttons you can tap.
Does the person I send it to need an app?
No. A link opens in the phone's browser. A file opens in the browser too, because a Chit file is one self-contained web page with its reader inside it.
Should I send the link or the file?
Send the link in most cases: it is one tap, and it opens on any phone that has internet. Send the file when the note should stay in the chat and open without internet. In WhatsApp, attach it as a Document so that it is not changed.
What happens when a note is out of date?
After the valid-until date the note opens with a red band and an Expired stamp, says how old it is, and hides its payment button. If the phone does not run scripts, the note shows a warning to check the date instead, because without a script it cannot read the clock. See an expired note.
Does a Chit prove who wrote it?
No. The name is what the writer typed, and nobody checks it. A Chit tells you who claims to have written it and when; it does not prove it. Before you pay anyone, look at the UPI id shown on the button, and check with the person if you are not sure.
Is my note uploaded?
No. The note is made on your device and saved only in this browser. The whole note sits inside the link, in the part after the # sign, which a browser does not send to the website.
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