Voice alert methods, systems and processor-readable media

A system for automatically providing instant emergency voice alerts automatically to wireless hand held device users in a specified region, said system comprising:

• a processor;
• a data bus coupled to said processor;
• and
• a computer-usable medium embodying computer program code, said computer-usable medium being coupled to said data bus, said computer program code comprising instructions executable by said processor and configured for:
• determining an emergency situation affecting a specified region and requiring emergency notification of said emergency situation to wireless hand held device users in said specified region;
• generating and converting a text message indicative of said emergency situation into a digitized voice alert;
• converting said digitized voice alert into more than one language from among a plurality of languages for broadcast of said digitized voice alert in consecutively different languages through said at least one wireless hand held device;
• and
• transmitting said digitized voice alert through specific towers of a cellular communications network in said specified region for distribution of an emergency announcement about said emergency situation provided by said digitized voice alert to at least one wireless hand held device in communication with said specific towers of said cellular communications network in said specified region.

A processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions to cause a processor to perform a process to automatically provide instant voice alerts to wireless hand held device users in a specified region, said code comprising code to:

• determine an emergency situation affecting a specified region and requiring emergency notification of said emergency situation to wireless hand held device users in said specified region;
• generate and convert a text message indicative of said emergency situation into a digitized voice alert;
• convert said digitized voice alert into more than one language from among a plurality of languages for broadcast of said digitized voice alert in consecutively different languages through said at least one wireless hand held device;
• and
• transmit said digitized voice alert through specific towers of a cellular communications network in said specified region for distribution of an automatic emergency announcement about said emergency situation provided by said digitized voice alert to at least one wireless hand held device in communication with said specific towers of said cellular communications network said specified region.