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This document describes a location-based voice reminder application created by students for Android devices. It summarizes the key features and advantages of the app, which allows users to set reminders associated with specific locations that will provide both a text and voice notification when the user is near that location. The app uses the Google Maps and Text-to-Speech APIs to track the user's location and provide voice reminders. It stores reminder and user data in a Firebase database, allowing reminders to sync across devices. The document reviews several similar existing apps and their limitations addressed by the features of the new location-based voice reminder app.
![International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET) e-ISSN: 2395-0056
Volume: 07 Issue: 01 | Jan 2020 www.irjet.net p-ISSN: 2395-0072
© 2020, IRJET | Impact Factor value: 7.34 | ISO 9001:2008 Certified Journal | Page 1614
Location based Voice Reminder
Chirag Chopra1, Shubham Dilip Jain2, Harsh H Shah3, Adithya CS4, Mr. Sureshkumar M.5
1,2,3,4Student, Dept. of Information Science and Engineering, Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, Bangalore,
Karnataka, India
5Assistant Professor, Dept. of Information Science and Engineering, Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering,
Bangalore, Karnataka, India
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Abstract - Location based voice reminder is an android
application with an easy to use user interface that enables the
user to set reminders with respect to a location. Google maps
API and text to speech API are used to capture live location of
the user and to give them a voice reminder with a default text
notification respectively when the user is present at the
location where reminder was set.
Key Words: Android, Kotlin, GPS, TTS, API
1. INTRODUCTION
There are many instances in the everyday hustle where
people pass through a particular location where they could
perform a certain task but forget to do so and would want an
application to remind you about a task/activity when they
are in close vicinity to the location where the task/activity
could be performed. Another issue in traditional reminder
apps is that reminders are given out using text notification
which the user misses out on if they aredriving/ridingorthe
text is too much to read at a glance. To solve these two
issues, we propose our app “A Location Based Voice
Reminder”.
There is a wide variety of applications that are available on
various platforms that help us set reminders with respect to
time and date only. Some applications do providefeaturesto
set reminders with respect to location, but do not provide
voice based reminders to the user at the same time. To
counter this problem, we use the google TTS (Text-to-
speech) API (application programming interface) in our
application to provide the user a voicereminderalong witha
text notification. Additionally,theGoogleMapsAPIisusedto
track the user’s current location and when the user is in the
vicinity of the location where the reminder was set, the app
triggers the voice and text notification. Our app providesthe
user with the feature of setting multiple location options for
the same reminder. The reminder and user account
information is stored in an integrated firebase database
which also allows users to synchronize their reminders
across multiple devices.
2. OVERVIEW
Several applications are available on the web and mobile
platforms that allow users to set time and date based
reminders. These applications rely on the user’s foresight to
set reminders rather than reminding them whenever it is
convenient to the user. An application that reminds the user
of an uncompleted task when he/she is in proximity of
certain locations and at specified time intervals would be
substantially more useful to users. Most of the applications
available in the market today rely on standard text based
push notifications to remind users of their tasks however
these cannot convey large amounts of detailed information
and require the user to manually navigate to the application
where more information can be displayed. Voice based
reminders could do away with this problem by quickly
intimating the user with all the task related information
without the need for explicit manual actions by the user.
3. LITERATURE SURVEY
[1] This paper describes an android applicationandusesthe
Google Maps API. The main objective was to develop a GPS
based application to handle the following requirements- To
alert the users through an alarm, a user not only gets
reminded (notification) but also the application performs
some tasks on behalf of the person when he/she arrivesis in
the proximity of the location. The drawbacks include less
reliability, single reminders at one location, no
customizations available and less ease of access to the
application and location.
[2] This paper targets an android application for location
based reminders and friendly suggestions. When a friend is
in a proximity of 1 kilometer area, the user receives a
notification alert. The drawbacksincludenotask reminder,a
maximum proximity is set to 1 kilo-meter and no voice
reminders.
[3] This paper has social network capability proposed with
the Alert Me Please (AMP) application on Android operating
system. AMP is designed to be an easy-to-use application
with the main goal of helping users to manage their
schedule. The interface design is not intuitive and easy to
use.
[4] This paper describes an applicationsystemthatsavesthe
reminders with respect to both time and location. The
reminder can be activated with respect to location, time or
both and public facilities can be found on the map by
foursquare API but there are no repeated reminders and no
intelligent system to set autonomous reminders based on
user’s previous preferences.](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/irjet-v7i1283-201031092626/85/IRJET-Location-based-Voice-Reminder-1-320.jpg)
![International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET) e-ISSN: 2395-0056
Volume: 07 Issue: 01 | Jan 2020 www.irjet.net p-ISSN: 2395-0072
© 2020, IRJET | Impact Factor value: 7.34 | ISO 9001:2008 Certified Journal | Page 1615
[5] This paper shows the usage of google maps, places API
and Amazon web services. It has a uniquefeaturethatallows
users to join groups and create reminders for the group.
Preferences can be set and suggestions of nearby places is
given by Google Places API. A few drawbacks include high
battery consumption, no recommendations of reminders
based on user’s preferences or past reminders
[6] This system fetches the user’s current location using
Google Map, GPS and allow them to set reminder about that
task on that specified location. In this way, users can add
multiple task reminders at multiple locations. However,
there is less reliability, lower location accuracy and no voice
based reminders.
[7] This paper implements a location-based task
management application for Android-based smartphones
and tablets. Compared to existing applications, the main
feature of this application is that users can be reminded of
his/her tasks at both indoor and outdoor locations, with the
aid of the built-in GPS receiver and the WLAN network
interface. However, the main drawback of this technique
includes low accuracy on maps, high battery consumption
and reliance of network connections.
[8] This paper explains a method that allows users to create
reminders based on location, not only time, and to notify
users with those reminders automatically when the user is
close to the location specified. It is beneficial if the notifying
alarm triggers when the user is actually present near or at
that specific location. However, if a user is never in the 5
kilo-meter proximity where the task is to be done, the
application reminds the user every second day.
[9] The main purpose of this application is to allow users to
create reminders based on the location besides time and to
notify users with those reminders automatically. The
application consists of three major components namely
location tagging manager, reminder manager and
notification manager. The drawbacks of this technique are
high battery consumption, low accuracy and no reminder
customizability
[10] A built-in global positioning system (GPS) receiver
receives signal from GPS servers to perform Geolocationing.
If task to be reminded is available in the database, it
performs a comparison of the location,iftheapplicationuser
is physically near to the defined location,a remindingalertis
given to the user about the task. There are no voice
reminders and continuous pulling of the user’s current
location wastes system resources.
4. CONCLUSION
Through this application we intend to improvise and bridge
the major gaps of existing systems asaddressedaboveinour
literature survey, by implementing a “Location Based Voice
Reminder” that gives a voice reminder option along with a
text notification. Our application also addresses the major
concern of privacy by storing the data in encrypted from.
This application does not continuously pull users location
hence, there is optimal usage of battery and memory
resources. Further, this application also provides an easy to
use interface to create a task by allowing users to choose
from an assortment of common reminder types and marks
them on the map for user convenience
REFERENCES
[1] Task trigger: reminder application based on location:
Prachit Patil, Kaustubh Sawant, Suraj Desai, Aditya
Shinde, Mr. Manish Bhelande. International research
journal of engineering and technology (IRJET) e-ISSN:
2395-0056 volume: 05 issue: 03 | mar-2018
[2] Location based notification system: Mohit M. Kanfade,
Sukriya D. Ambade and Amol P Bhagat. 978-1-5386-
2599-6/18/$31.00 ©2018 IEEE
[3] Alert me please: the implementation of an intelligent
time-managementsocial application:papattarananSinnj
akroth, Varisa Sarasuk, Pasachol Musikasintorn,
TamonwanThumrongsuttipanandApirak Hoonlor.978-
1-4799-5573-2/14/$31.00 ©2014 IEEE
[4] Location and Time Based Reminder System on Android
mobile device: Nur Rokhman, Lubab Saifuddin 2016
978-1-5090-1721-8/16/ ©2016 IEEE
[5] iDoRemind: A location-based reminder application for
android: Srihari Reddy Pamulapati,LongzhuangLi2017
IEEE 978-1-5386-2074-8/17 $31.00 ©2017 IEEE
[6] Location based task reminder system using android:
Neha S Gouranna, Arpita A Chitragar, Kumar Byakod,
Gururaj L Kulkarni. International research journal of
engineering and technology (IRJET) e-ISSN:2395-0056
volume: 04 issue: 04 | apr -2017
[7] A location-based personal task managementapplication
for indoor and outdoor environments: Chi-Yi Lin, Ming-
Tze Hung, and Wei-Hsun Huang. 2012 15th
international conference on network-basedinformation
systems
[8] Location based task reminder android application:
Nethra.V, Varshini.C, Vishmitha.S, S.Jansi Rani.
International research journal of engineering and
technology (IRJET) e-ISSN:2395-0056volume:06issue:
03 | mar 2019
[9] RemindMe: an enhanced mobile location-based
reminder application:Ali Mert Ertugrul,ItirOnal.978-1-
4799-4357-9/14 $31.00 © 2014 IEEE
[10] Location based reminder android application using
google maps api: Pradnya Battin, Dr. S.D.Markande978-
1-5090-2080-5/16/$31.00](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/irjet-v7i1283-201031092626/85/IRJET-Location-based-Voice-Reminder-2-320.jpg)
IRJET- Location based Voice Reminder
- 1. International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET) e-ISSN: 2395-0056 Volume: 07 Issue: 01 | Jan 2020 www.irjet.net p-ISSN: 2395-0072 © 2020, IRJET | Impact Factor value: 7.34 | ISO 9001:2008 Certified Journal | Page 1614 Location based Voice Reminder Chirag Chopra1, Shubham Dilip Jain2, Harsh H Shah3, Adithya CS4, Mr. Sureshkumar M.5 1,2,3,4Student, Dept. of Information Science and Engineering, Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, Bangalore, Karnataka, India 5Assistant Professor, Dept. of Information Science and Engineering, Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, Bangalore, Karnataka, India ---------------------------------------------------------------------***---------------------------------------------------------------------- Abstract - Location based voice reminder is an android application with an easy to use user interface that enables the user to set reminders with respect to a location. Google maps API and text to speech API are used to capture live location of the user and to give them a voice reminder with a default text notification respectively when the user is present at the location where reminder was set. Key Words: Android, Kotlin, GPS, TTS, API 1. INTRODUCTION There are many instances in the everyday hustle where people pass through a particular location where they could perform a certain task but forget to do so and would want an application to remind you about a task/activity when they are in close vicinity to the location where the task/activity could be performed. Another issue in traditional reminder apps is that reminders are given out using text notification which the user misses out on if they aredriving/ridingorthe text is too much to read at a glance. To solve these two issues, we propose our app “A Location Based Voice Reminder”. There is a wide variety of applications that are available on various platforms that help us set reminders with respect to time and date only. Some applications do providefeaturesto set reminders with respect to location, but do not provide voice based reminders to the user at the same time. To counter this problem, we use the google TTS (Text-to- speech) API (application programming interface) in our application to provide the user a voicereminderalong witha text notification. Additionally,theGoogleMapsAPIisusedto track the user’s current location and when the user is in the vicinity of the location where the reminder was set, the app triggers the voice and text notification. Our app providesthe user with the feature of setting multiple location options for the same reminder. The reminder and user account information is stored in an integrated firebase database which also allows users to synchronize their reminders across multiple devices. 2. OVERVIEW Several applications are available on the web and mobile platforms that allow users to set time and date based reminders. These applications rely on the user’s foresight to set reminders rather than reminding them whenever it is convenient to the user. An application that reminds the user of an uncompleted task when he/she is in proximity of certain locations and at specified time intervals would be substantially more useful to users. Most of the applications available in the market today rely on standard text based push notifications to remind users of their tasks however these cannot convey large amounts of detailed information and require the user to manually navigate to the application where more information can be displayed. Voice based reminders could do away with this problem by quickly intimating the user with all the task related information without the need for explicit manual actions by the user. 3. LITERATURE SURVEY [1] This paper describes an android applicationandusesthe Google Maps API. The main objective was to develop a GPS based application to handle the following requirements- To alert the users through an alarm, a user not only gets reminded (notification) but also the application performs some tasks on behalf of the person when he/she arrivesis in the proximity of the location. The drawbacks include less reliability, single reminders at one location, no customizations available and less ease of access to the application and location. [2] This paper targets an android application for location based reminders and friendly suggestions. When a friend is in a proximity of 1 kilometer area, the user receives a notification alert. The drawbacksincludenotask reminder,a maximum proximity is set to 1 kilo-meter and no voice reminders. [3] This paper has social network capability proposed with the Alert Me Please (AMP) application on Android operating system. AMP is designed to be an easy-to-use application with the main goal of helping users to manage their schedule. The interface design is not intuitive and easy to use. [4] This paper describes an applicationsystemthatsavesthe reminders with respect to both time and location. The reminder can be activated with respect to location, time or both and public facilities can be found on the map by foursquare API but there are no repeated reminders and no intelligent system to set autonomous reminders based on user’s previous preferences.
- 2. International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET) e-ISSN: 2395-0056 Volume: 07 Issue: 01 | Jan 2020 www.irjet.net p-ISSN: 2395-0072 © 2020, IRJET | Impact Factor value: 7.34 | ISO 9001:2008 Certified Journal | Page 1615 [5] This paper shows the usage of google maps, places API and Amazon web services. It has a uniquefeaturethatallows users to join groups and create reminders for the group. Preferences can be set and suggestions of nearby places is given by Google Places API. A few drawbacks include high battery consumption, no recommendations of reminders based on user’s preferences or past reminders [6] This system fetches the user’s current location using Google Map, GPS and allow them to set reminder about that task on that specified location. In this way, users can add multiple task reminders at multiple locations. However, there is less reliability, lower location accuracy and no voice based reminders. [7] This paper implements a location-based task management application for Android-based smartphones and tablets. Compared to existing applications, the main feature of this application is that users can be reminded of his/her tasks at both indoor and outdoor locations, with the aid of the built-in GPS receiver and the WLAN network interface. However, the main drawback of this technique includes low accuracy on maps, high battery consumption and reliance of network connections. [8] This paper explains a method that allows users to create reminders based on location, not only time, and to notify users with those reminders automatically when the user is close to the location specified. It is beneficial if the notifying alarm triggers when the user is actually present near or at that specific location. However, if a user is never in the 5 kilo-meter proximity where the task is to be done, the application reminds the user every second day. [9] The main purpose of this application is to allow users to create reminders based on the location besides time and to notify users with those reminders automatically. The application consists of three major components namely location tagging manager, reminder manager and notification manager. The drawbacks of this technique are high battery consumption, low accuracy and no reminder customizability [10] A built-in global positioning system (GPS) receiver receives signal from GPS servers to perform Geolocationing. If task to be reminded is available in the database, it performs a comparison of the location,iftheapplicationuser is physically near to the defined location,a remindingalertis given to the user about the task. There are no voice reminders and continuous pulling of the user’s current location wastes system resources. 4. CONCLUSION Through this application we intend to improvise and bridge the major gaps of existing systems asaddressedaboveinour literature survey, by implementing a “Location Based Voice Reminder” that gives a voice reminder option along with a text notification. Our application also addresses the major concern of privacy by storing the data in encrypted from. This application does not continuously pull users location hence, there is optimal usage of battery and memory resources. Further, this application also provides an easy to use interface to create a task by allowing users to choose from an assortment of common reminder types and marks them on the map for user convenience REFERENCES [1] Task trigger: reminder application based on location: Prachit Patil, Kaustubh Sawant, Suraj Desai, Aditya Shinde, Mr. Manish Bhelande. International research journal of engineering and technology (IRJET) e-ISSN: 2395-0056 volume: 05 issue: 03 | mar-2018 [2] Location based notification system: Mohit M. Kanfade, Sukriya D. Ambade and Amol P Bhagat. 978-1-5386- 2599-6/18/$31.00 ©2018 IEEE [3] Alert me please: the implementation of an intelligent time-managementsocial application:papattarananSinnj akroth, Varisa Sarasuk, Pasachol Musikasintorn, TamonwanThumrongsuttipanandApirak Hoonlor.978- 1-4799-5573-2/14/$31.00 ©2014 IEEE [4] Location and Time Based Reminder System on Android mobile device: Nur Rokhman, Lubab Saifuddin 2016 978-1-5090-1721-8/16/ ©2016 IEEE [5] iDoRemind: A location-based reminder application for android: Srihari Reddy Pamulapati,LongzhuangLi2017 IEEE 978-1-5386-2074-8/17 $31.00 ©2017 IEEE [6] Location based task reminder system using android: Neha S Gouranna, Arpita A Chitragar, Kumar Byakod, Gururaj L Kulkarni. International research journal of engineering and technology (IRJET) e-ISSN:2395-0056 volume: 04 issue: 04 | apr -2017 [7] A location-based personal task managementapplication for indoor and outdoor environments: Chi-Yi Lin, Ming- Tze Hung, and Wei-Hsun Huang. 2012 15th international conference on network-basedinformation systems [8] Location based task reminder android application: Nethra.V, Varshini.C, Vishmitha.S, S.Jansi Rani. International research journal of engineering and technology (IRJET) e-ISSN:2395-0056volume:06issue: 03 | mar 2019 [9] RemindMe: an enhanced mobile location-based reminder application:Ali Mert Ertugrul,ItirOnal.978-1- 4799-4357-9/14 $31.00 © 2014 IEEE [10] Location based reminder android application using google maps api: Pradnya Battin, Dr. S.D.Markande978- 1-5090-2080-5/16/$31.00