The Pennsylvania Turnpike

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Listen to your phone play Pennsylvania Turnpike travel advisories near you, in your direction of travel. As you travel, it will automatically keep you updated. You don't need to register, you don't need to sign up anywhere for anything. Launch the hands-free app before you put your car in drive. The app uses the phone's internal GPS to locate your position and direction of travel. TRIP Talk will sense when you are approaching a reported roadway condition on the PA Turnpike. It will start talking with streaming audio, telling you about active advisories that are ahead. How it Works Launch the hands-free TRIP Talk application before you put your car in drive. You will hear active PA Turnpike advisories that are near you. Now put down the phone and focus on driving. There’s nothing on your phone that you need to touch or read. Just listen for travel alerts. TRIP Talk will remain on while you drive, automatically activating when you approach an area impacted by a Turnpike advisory. The app will broadcast any travel alerts for reported conditions within a set mile-range (that you can set for yourself) of your current location. Conditions will be broadcast once, and then the broadcast stream will go quiet until there is an update to an advisory near you; or you have come within range of another advisory; or a set time period has elapsed (that you choose) and you want to re-hear all advisories that are still in range. If you get a call, or make a call while a travel alert is playing, the alert will pause, and will resume playing when the call has ended. User Modifications Features/Experience You can modify several options. These configurations are saved on your phone. the advisory replay interval the All Points advisory replay interval the range (in miles) for hearing advisories The application gives you audio player controls for Play, Pause, Stop, Skip, and Replay Current. At any time you can turn off your phone’s GPS. If you do, the app will try to estimate what advisories to broadcast. You can also turn off the GPS from within the app, and then advisories will stop playing. You do not need to register with the PA Turnpike, or subscribe for alerts to use this app. We don’t get or record any uniquely or personally identifying information about you or your phone. You will be automatically "opted-in" to send us back some anonymous travel information for statistical reporting, but it is not required. You may "opt-out" at the bottom of the main screen. The Technology The application is based upon Information Logistics' patent-pending "Open Microphone Platform" which is a queue-driven, voice-streaming technology used in combination with your phone's built-in GPS. The data for the system is the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission's travel advisory data. Click here to view the "TRIP Talk" application End User License Agreement (EULA).