Jonathan Berke, creator of the famed Sigalert traffic system, to speak at ITS America’s Annual Meeting
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JONATHAN BERKE, CREATOR OF THE FAMED SIGALERT TRAFFIC SYSTEM, TO SPEAK AT ITS AMERICA’S ANNUAL MEETING LAUNCHING HIS NEW AUDIO-BASED INFORMATION SHARING SMARTPHONE APP “SHOUT TO ME.”
PITTSBURGH, PA (PittsburghNewsWire.com) —Jonathan Berke, a 25-year veteran of high tech industries and creator of Sigalert (now part of Clear Channel), will be one of the key speakers at the 25thAnnual ITS America Meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Mr. Berke will be part of an esteemed group of presenters sharing information and best practices in the areas of technology and traffic management.
A key part of Mr. Berke’s presentation will be to introduce Shout To Me, a revolutionary new audio-based smartphone application that is now available in the Apple App Store.
Shout To Me’s natural language technology enables drivers to hear and talk to people around them while keeping their hands and eyes on the wheel. For the first time, drivers can ‘shout’ about share-worthy topics such as news, weather, and traffic. Shout to Me turns users into roving reporters!
Shout To Me creates a hyperlocal community of users helping each other with meaningful information to ease their commute. Public transportation agencies can participate in this community both by listening to the user-generated shouts and by broadcasting shouts to mobile users, offering targeted assistance or querying for eyes-on information.
Key features of the Shout To Me app include a natural language voice interface allowing users to speak normally, as if having a simple conversation, a scanner that allows users to listen to shouts from other users around them, a convenient map showing the locations of shouts around the city and usage statistics indicating the number of shouts the user has recorded, how many of those shouts were heard by others and how many were played or mentioned on local TV or radio.
An Android version of Shout To Me will be available in the Google Play Store within a few weeks.
Look for Mr. Berke at the STSMO Technical Working Group Breakout Session 1 on the topic of Operations Strategies, Sunday May 31, 2015 at 10:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. at the Omni William Penn Hotel, Room A.
About Shout To Me:
Based in San Diego, California, Shout To Me has deep experience in technology and media related products and services. Jonathan Berke leads the Shout To Me team. Mr. Berke has more than 25 years experience in the high-tech field and is expert in user-interface design, programming and cloud computing. Mr. Berke is the founder of Sigalert, now part of Clear Channel, a service that displays up-to-the-minute traffic information on the web, mobile and television.
Also on the Shout To Me team is John Coulter who boasts a long and successful career in both traditional and digital media spanning areas including strategic planning, content creation, distribution and marketing. Companies Mr. Coulter has supported include ABC Sports, AOL, and Sporting News.
Rounding out the Shout To Me leadership team is Bill Greco a seasoned sales and management executive with over 20 years of experience in the mainstays of traffic information including positions at Traffic.com, Shadow Traffic and TrafficCast International.
A senior advisor to the firm is Dr. Richard Mudge. Dr. Mudge has been a leader in developing new sources of traffic information and has experience in other early-stage firms.
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