Tech Shout!

One of the biggest headlines surrounding all news channels and internet sites is that Indonesia escaped tsunami again as quake took toll. At such a time imagine if there was some kind of a device that could actually alert you about the approaching Tsunami could perhaps be a blessing in disguise.

Bangalore-based Geneva Software Technologies Limited has developed a Tsunami Disaster Information Alert System, which sends alert messages to mobile phones in 14 Indian languages to the area where the Tsunami is going to strike. The alert message will be sent in less than 50 seconds time from the second the Met. Department receives the alert.

The latest product is essentially an extension of the Geneva National Disaster Information System which is a way of sending disaster alerts in multilingual SMS that reaches 95% of mobile phones. In addition it is also a way of Automated Voice Alerts reachable to 100% of mobiles and landlines and in a case where there are no mobile and landlines Standalone Public Address Systems to provide direct Audio Alerts

This product is based on Geneva’s patented technology called Natural Language Frame-work (NLF), which is a system and method for product migration in multi-lingual Languages. NLF has the ability to migrate a given software application from its source language to the target language extrinsically or intrinsically with reference to the User Interface, Data Services, Internationalization features, personalization and cultural data.

Geneva’s alert system is under active implementation in the major coastal states which are prone for Tsunami, floods, etc. Once the system is fully put into practice, anyone and everyone who are outside home or office can get alert in their local language on their mobile phones about the Tsunami. The local language feature is an added advantage since it can be used by anyone and everyone with no barriers of language.

Speaking about the product, T Murali Krishna Reddy, Managing Director of Geneva Software Technologies Ltd. maintained, “This is the fastest mode of communication in the present world. Designed to reach the maximum people in minimum time it can especially help the rural people and fisherman community to get messages in their local language. Comprehensible public alert on time can save lives of several human who could otherwise be caught unaware in a calamity.”

The National Disaster Information System (NDIS) works on the below mentioned principles:-

LBLMS – Location Based Language Message Service

Automatic Message Translation into 14+ Indian Languages
Dynamic Message Formatting for SMS, EMS, CBS etc.
Dynamic Location Identification based on Area (or BTS)
Automatic Tagging of language SMS

DVTS – Dynamic Voice Translation System

Automatic Text to Speech conversion within a few seconds for 14 Indian languages
Accent Matching for Indian dialects
Speech Engine with highest degree of phonetics specially built for Indian languages
Audio Streaming compatible to all Telecom Networks

WPAS – Wireless Public Address System

Delivers Wireless Audio to Remote Areas
Automatic Activation
Remote Diagnosis & Maintenance
Minimal Battery Usage, Supplemented by Solar Power