SOS App

An emergency SOS application to alert the emergency contacts and/or police with live location sharing. App demo [here]: https://youtu.be/M00BPB6yHPQ.

Table of Contents

• General Info
• Technologies Used
• Features
• Usage
• Room for Improvement

General Information

• Using the SOS App, the people in distress will be able to seamlessly alert their emergency contacts and/or the patrol police personnel with minimal interaction using their phones.
• The purpose of this project is to reduce the time in calling and providing the necessary information about the problem and location to the necessary person(s)/organization.
• This project is done as a part of SMART CITY HACKATHON 2021

Technologies Used

• Android Studio - 2020.3.1.25
• Java 8
• Firebase
• Google Maps API

Features

• Custom trigger phrase.
• See live location of contacts who are in a distress.
• View contacts who given you as an emergency contact.

Usage

-Install the application. -Register and login with phone and email. -Set a trigger phrase. -Add emergency contacts. -To activate the trigger

• Shake the device.
• Speak the trigger phrase.

All the contacts you have set as emergency contacts will be notified of your SOS call and your live location will be shared to them.

Note : UserID and Password for S3(Meenambakam),S5(Pallavaram),S7(Madipakkam) and S9(Palavanthangal) police stations are, s3@chennaipolice.com, s5@chennaipolice.com, s7@chennaipolice.com and s9@chennaipolice.com respectively.

Room for Improvement

Room for improvement:

• Different trigger alerts
• Notification/Ringtone alert
• UI improvements

To do:

• Seperate App for Police and other organisations
• Add authorization to prevent fake accounts