TOURIST INFORMATION VOICE SYSTEM USER MANUAL 2.0
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1. SUSTAINABLE TOURISM Sustainable Tourism An Australian Government Cooperative Research Centre initiative TOURIST INFORMATION VOICE SYSTEM USER MANUAL 2 0 Installation and Data Entry for Bus Tour Version Pramod Sharma Devon Wilson and Stephen Kelly Introduction This report is the user manual for the Tourist Information Voice System TIVS which is a location aware and feature triggered commentary system for tour vehicles boats buses and pedestrians TIVS uses Geographic Information System GIS Global Positioning System GPS and wireless technology in order to support the traveller in the on tour phase of their activity This application allows tourism organisations and Small and Medium Sized Tourist Enterprises SMTEs offering guided tours to improve their services through the delivery of location aware and feature triggered commentary to tourists on the move TIVS supports the delivery of audio commentary to tour groups and individuals in a local environment e g Brisbane Tourists receive audio commentary on Points of Interest POIs e g Parliament House based on their interests e g history architecture sport location travel speed and direction The POls mentioned and the commentary on them will vary for each group user depending on their interests route travel speed and direction Travellers can also receive real time up to date information commentary on POls e g the tiger exhibit at Dreamworld is clo2. eue according to tour type location bearing speed and distance Hardware The hardware required for TIVS is as follows e Computer laptop for the bus vehicle e AGP amp S receiver Bluetooth or USB e Computer for data entry e Bus sound system e LCD screen TV in vehicle Other Requirements Net framework 2 e GPRS data plan recommended but optional e Bluetooth required for Bluetooth GPS only Software on DVD e TIVS e Data entry application e MapWinGIS
3. sed today via General Packet Radio Service GPRS When there are no POls to be mentioned TIVS either plays music or provides a general interest commentary on the region e g the Gold Coast While travellers are on tour they can also view their current location on a map the location of POls already mentioned the location of the current POI featuring in the commentary and the location of the next POI to be mentioned in the commentary They can also view commentary as text view images on POls while they are being commented on and view videos at any time This user manual guides tourism organisations and SMTEs through the installation and data entry process When TIVS is purchased such organisations receive a DVD containing the TIVS application the data entry application and map data The POI data however must be entered using the data entry application Significance TIVS is a unique application for the tourism industry as e t is a geography smart tour guide for tour groups and individuals e It delivers audio text and graphics via mobile devices e It is a multi lingual tour guide commentary can be delivered in any language provided the information is recorded in the database in the appropriate language e _ It allows for the delivery of ad hoc commentary e t allows for on the fly updates synchronisation via GPRS e The Look Ahead Algorithm for POI detection detects and arranges POls and items in a qu
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