1. Supervisor: Prof. W.D. Tucker

2. Requirements Analysis Project Plan References Questions
Introduction
User Requirements
Requirements Analysis
Project Plan
References
Questions
Overview

3. I’m not talking about
Nor this

4. Basic Language Resource Kit Resource Management Agency
Toll bypass
Basic Language Resource Kit
Resource Management Agency
Why in isiXhosa?
Introduction

5. What else is already out there?
Skype
Viber
Vonage
Works both Smartphone and PC
PC to PC calls free (incl. Video and Chat)
Local call costs
In South Africa:
Call landlines from
4.5¢/min (R0.66)
Call mobiles from
7.5¢/min (R1.10)
Free VoIP with Smartphone
No registration (integrates with contact list)
250 KB per minute of call
3.9¢/min (R0.57)
Cheaper phone calls
(aims for 30% lower
than Skype)
No Video
Higher than Average monthly fees
What else is already out there?

6. GSM Rates in South Africa

7. GSM Rates in South Africa
1 character = 1 byte
Calling to say a “Mama, kunjani?” which asks, “Mother, how are you?”, the sentence has 14 characters which is equivalent to 14bytes = MB when comparing with the Vodacom in bundle rate in the above picture and when out of bundle which is very little, almost free.

8. What sets Masincokole out?
IsiXhosa
Free, very very cheap
What sets Masincokole out?
Can call any number
Mobile App
RMA and BLARKS

9. Who will use the software?
Anyone who wants to learn or understands isiXhosa
Specifications
Incoming call notification
Smart Phone (Android Compatible)
Cost less (be very cheap)
Provide guideline
User Requirements

10. What is Expected from the software?
Notification of incoming call.
Voice chat
Text chat (converted to speech to the receiver)
Presence awareness
Platform dependent
Options to choose from the 11 official languages given by BLARKS (if time permits)

11. What is not expected from the software?
Voice Quality
Group calling
Speaking in one language and expecting the output to be in another language (language conversions)

12. Speect (TTS)
Java
Google Speech Recognizer
CMU Sphinx
Tools used

13. Term 2 – Project Design and Development13
Term 2 – Project Design and Development
User Interface Specification with the guide of the API and GUI
Prototype of the Application
The Design stages
Object-Oriented Analysis (OOA)
High Level Design
Low Level Design
Project Plan

14. [1]S. Krauwer, The Basic Language Resource Kit (BLARK) as the First Milestone for the Language Resources Roadmap, 1st ed
[2]C. Rey-Moreno, "Zenzeleni Networks Ltd Building Community Telcos", [Online]. Available: [Accessed: 08- Apr- 2016].
[3]"VoIP services overview: Defining VoIP terms", SearchUnifiedCommunications. [Online]. Available: [Accessed: 13- Apr- 2016].
[4]R. BENNETT and J. ROSENBERG, INTEGRATING PRESENCE WITH MULTI-MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS, 1st ed. .
[5]Understanding Latency in IP Telephony, 1st ed
References