VoiceInfo is a mobile, location-based social media service enabling: voice communication between end users, location-based audio information distribution from 3rd party service providers, and crowdsourcing of mobility related data by utilizing audio messages.

1. VoiceInfo
Location-based social voice media
Olli Pihlajamaa & Timo Laakko
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
VoiceInfo is a mobile, location-based social
media service enabling:
• voice communication between end users,
• location-based audio information distribution
from 3rd party service providers, and
• crowdsourcing of mobility related data
by utilizing audio messages.
Case: traffic information sharing
[Border control:]
Additional border control
gates opened
Contacts
Olli Pihlajamaa
Tel. +358 40 506 9153
olli.pihlajamaa@vtt.fi
Is there something
happening in the front of
this jam?
Photo: “Saturday” by Flickr user Mikhail Petrov used under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 license (CC-BY), modified from the original photo
Hold on, cars are starting
to get through again…
Maiju
Kake
Roadrunner
Map by Google Maps
Architectural view
Highlights
• Browser-based application frontend (native
clients possible)
• Can be embedded in any web page
• Realizes numerous use cases (not only traffic)
• Location/context awareness
• Rule based server side intelligence
• Easy integration of 3rd party services and
content providers (well-defined APIs)
• Scalable and resistant to network capacity
changes
• Anonymous mobility information collection
from the users of the service (with permission)
Example of the VoiceInfo ecosystem