Voice Enabled Android Application for Traffic Complaint and Pothole Notification System Using GPS and GSM-GPRS Technology

Abstract: Commuters in India face a lot of vehicular problems which usually go unreported and thus, unattended. Malfunctioning traffic lights, potholes and roads in bad conditions are only a few of the innumerable common thoroughfare problems that occasionally contribute to traffic chaos. People tend to ignore reporting those issues as the channels for making a complaint is inconvenient. Accuracy of complaints is also at doubt as it tends to be general e.g. Potholes at NIBM Road, in front SBI bank. This paper presents the architecture of a Global Positioning System (GPS) based approach for reporting thoroughfare problems via Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) for road maintenance management environment. To increase accuracy and efficiency, GPS can be used as it enables the tracking and tracing of the three figures of a GPS receiver’s coordinates namely longitude, latitude and altitude. Data like location, date and time will be optimizes by mapping the site of where the thoroughfare problem exists in a map, with the intention that the relevant authorities could identify the spot and have the problems resolved responsively. Since the proposed system is voice enabled and Android based on the complainant side, it will serve as a handier and convenient alternative means for Indian road users to send complaints to the relevant authorities, so that these issues could be addressed in a timely manner.

Keywords: Android, Complaint management system, Global Positioning System, GSM, Speech recognition, Pothol