Dispatch Monitor

[Joe]

Hey I thought I’d post this here in case anyone had any suggestions. I’m working on an app to monitor dispatcher calls. Right now I’m only pulling from a handful of sources. So at the moment, I have Washington & Oregon DOT sources mapping out their info, and I have local dispatch traffic being consumed and processed.
DOT Info:
Theoretically I can pull from their cameras and whatever else their API supports.
To be a good data consumer, I cache most of the info I’m receiving so I don’t overstay my welcome

Dispatch Traffic:
Utilizing Radio Reference, I’m consuming their feeds for radio traffic. I wanted to use PulsePoint but they went closed source.
Modes:
Live listen, I can listen to multiple feeds at once
“AI” listen. Using tools designed to convert Audio to Text, it spits out a text feed of what was said. Currently one of the largest issues I run into is AI misinterprets what is said.
The quality of the coms varies quite a bit and in many cases even I couldn’t tell what was being said. I also did my best to filter out Radio static; which also impacts AI’s ability to interpret what was said.

Goal:
I wanted something that could pull in from multiple sources to provde local intel about what’s going on in my community.

Other Items:
I could potentially create a web scraper or interact with other APIs to pull in relevant news and announcements to paint a clearer picture.
Yes, I can pull from other states provided their APIs are not closed. I was considering adding Idaho as my next DOT source

Why here?
I’m hoping for any community ideas that I haven’t considered

Monetization?
No I don’t plan on monetizing this. Right now this is just an after hours project to do for fun. I don’t think its ready for prime time yet. I keep fiddling with the audio processing to maximize text accuracy.
If I did put it out, I’d likely just fund it on my own provided it didn’t hit a couple hundred a month

[dangerousfreedom]

That’s a great project!

[G S]

That sounds Awesome

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