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This guide will walk you through setting up and executing a survey using NikaField. You will learn how to leverage on-device AI for seamless voice-to-form auto-population while tracking your movement with integrated GPS.

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Prerequisites

  • NikaField Application installed on your mobile device.
  • Pre-configured survey plans and schemas on your Nika dashboard.

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Step 1: Selecting the Survey

When you arrive at the survey site, open NikaField. You’ll land on your Survey List.
  1. Locate the correct site from your synchronized plans.
  2. Tap on the desired survey to view the designated target nodes and tasks.
Survey List

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Step 2: Utilizing the GPS Trail

It’s critical for methodologies like Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) walks and bat transects to have proof-of-coverage.
  1. Within the survey view, switch to the map tab to see your GPS Trail.
  2. Start walking your transect or plot. NikaField logs your pathway, allowing you to easily view the exact coverage you’ve completed for QA evidence.
GPS Trail

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Step 3: Entering a Session and Using Voice AI

Instead of manually navigating through 15+ form fields, you can use NikaField’s offline, on-device AI to transcribe and organize your observations automatically.
  1. Create a new Survey Session for the current subplot or feature.
  2. Tap the Audio Mode button to begin recording.
  3. Simply speak your observations naturally. For example: “The broad habitat is grassland, specifically poor semi-improved. Scattered scrub covers about 15% of the area…”
Survey Session

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On-Device Transcription

Once you stop recording, NikaField immediately processes your speech into text. Because this uses an on-device model, no internet connection is required. Audio Transcript

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Step 4: AI Auto-Fill

After the transcription is complete, click the AI Auto-Fill action.
  1. The built-in AI assistant automatically maps your spoken sentences to the corresponding fields in your compliance schema.
  2. Review the structured data—habitat type, coverage percentage, species counts, etc. have all been placed in their correct fields.
  3. Make any minor adjustments if necessary, then save the session.
AI Auto-Fill

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Summary

By leveraging Voice-to-Form AI and offline speech-to-text, you drastically reduce time spent typing on small screens. NikaField ensures your data stays organized, compliant, and spatially accurate with full GPS transparency.