Merge pull request #359 from kobotoolbox/update-intro-articles

Update intro articles

source/about_kobotoolbox.md

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+# About KoboToolbox: Accessible data collection for everyone
+**Last updated:** <a href="https://github.com/kobotoolbox/docs/blob/eccdb7afac11e7af0ce548f7025dad6399a85fe2/source/about_kobotoolbox.md" class="reference">6 Feb 2024</a>
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+KoboToolbox makes high quality data accessible to social impact organizations worldwide. Designed by data collection practitioners specifically for challenging settings, KoboToolbox is easy to use, adaptable, and resource efficient. 
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+![image](images/about_kobotoolbox/2022-kobotoolbox-users.png)
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+## Why KoboToolbox is unique 
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+KoboToolbox is hosted and maintained by the international nonprofit organization [Kobo](https://www.kobotoolbox.org/about-us/the-organization/). Our mission is to empower individuals and organizations around the world with high quality data collection tools for creating data-driven social impact. 
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+Read more about [our mission →](https://www.kobotoolbox.org/about-us/our-mission/)
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+## Supporting global impact
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+KoboToolbox is the most widely used data collection tool for humanitarian action, development, peacebuilding, human rights, environmental protection, and other social impact initiatives. To support our nonprofit users, we provide our tools for free under the [Community Plan](https://www.kobotoolbox.org/pricing/#free). We also offer [advanced services](https://www.kobotoolbox.org/services/) and [upgrades](https://www.kobotoolbox.org/pricing/) for large organizations with high volume and complex data collection needs.
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+To learn more about how organizations around the world are using KoboToolbox, visit [our blog →](https://www.kobotoolbox.org/blog/)
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+## More resources
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+In addition to the [Help Center](https://support.kobotoolbox.org/), users can visit the [Community Forum](https://community.kobotoolbox.org/) to ask questions and share ideas. For a comprehensive introduction to data collection with KoboToolbox, users can enroll in our online [KoboToolbox Essentials Course](https://academy.kobotoolbox.org/courses/essentials). Online and in-person training sessions are also available for teams. 
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+Learn more about [our training services→](https://www.kobotoolbox.org/services/training/)

source/managing_permissions.md

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 # Sharing Your Project and Managing Permissions
-**Last updated:** <a href="https://github.com/kobotoolbox/docs/blob/4b02e01a48425b6aab6d98357b053036228a7e4d/source/managing_permissions.md" class="reference">6 Feb 2024</a>
+**Last updated:** <a href="https://github.com/kobotoolbox/docs/blob/7f83300443438195a50b1cfea0cdc45926d36fc5/source/managing_permissions.md" class="reference">6 Feb 2024</a>
 
 KoboToolbox allows you to give different levels of access to different users by
 setting flexible permission levels within each project. While most users may

source/qualitative_analysis.md

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 # Qualitative Analysis of Audio Responses
-**Last updated:** <a href="https://github.com/kobotoolbox/docs/blob/817ba6376b169153947bc5bf878c15bd1356b271/source/qualitative_analysis.md" class="reference">6 Feb 2024</a>
+**Last updated:** <a href="https://github.com/kobotoolbox/docs/blob/7f83300443438195a50b1cfea0cdc45926d36fc5/source/qualitative_analysis.md" class="reference">6 Feb 2024</a>
 
 Qualitative analysis can be crucial for research and emergency response, offering in-depth insights often missed in quantitative data collection. KoboToolbox’s qualitative analysis tools help users to efficiently process and understand complex information from open-ended audio responses. Using the qualitative analysis features, you can add new data fields for summarizing, categorizing, and describing audio responses.
 

source/recently_updated.md

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 # Recently updated Support Articles
 
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+1. [Basics of KoboToolbox](welcome.md) (6 Feb 2024)
 1. [Sharing Your Project and Managing Permissions](managing_permissions.md) (6 Feb 2024)
 1. [Qualitative Analysis of Audio Responses](qualitative_analysis.md) (6 Feb 2024)
+1. [About KoboToolbox: Accessible data collection for everyone](about_kobotoolbox.md) (6 Feb 2024)
+1. [Restricting Text Responses With Regular Expressions](restrict_responses.md) (6 Feb 2024)
 1. [Using the Question Library](question_library.md) (5 Jan 2024)
 1. [KoboToolbox Integration on monday.com](kobotoolbox_monday_integration.md) (10 Oct 2023)
 1. [Resetting Passwords](reset_password.md) (22 Sep 2023)
 1. [Data Collection on KoboCollect App (Older Version)](kobocollect-android.md) (21 Sep 2023)
 1. [Software Architecture](software_architecture.md) (21 Sep 2023)
-1. [Using the API](api.md) (21 Sep 2023)
-1. [What is KoboToolbox](welcome.md) (11 Sep 2023)
-1. ["Photo", "Audio", "Video" and "File" question types](photo_audio_video_file.md) (11 Sep 2023)

source/restrict_responses.md

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 # Restricting Text Responses With Regular Expressions
-**Last updated:** <a href="https://github.com/kobotoolbox/docs/blob/8e3556237cfd8cd779e6155c21d74c0db88a9c01/source/restrict_responses.md" class="reference">9 Mar 2023</a>
+**Last updated:** <a href="https://github.com/kobotoolbox/docs/blob/7f83300443438195a50b1cfea0cdc45926d36fc5/source/restrict_responses.md" class="reference">6 Feb 2024</a>
 
 A regular expression, or regex, is a search pattern used for matching specific
 characters and ranges of characters within a string. It is widely used to