Toll bypass in IsiXhosa Supervisor: Prof. W.D Tucker

Brief Recap Why? Solution! Expensive global system for mobile communication (GSM) call rates Solution! Toll bypass communication infrastructure for IsiXhosa

Overall Solution Convert to text (Sphinx4) Text/Data Voice (Input/Output) Convert text to Voice (Speect)

User Interface Specification

High Level Design

Low Level Design

Project Plan

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