For our Linguistics 580 project, my sister and I attempted to design a Java-based distributed Foreign Language Recognition System. Our original hope was to create a telephone-like IP Multicast system, in which a client connected to the network and began talking and a number of operators would compete with each other by a series of bids to recognize the client's language. The winning operator would then forward the client's call to someone capable of talking with the client.

As it turns out, this project was overly ambitious. The recognition system produced inconclusive results at best, and we did not have enough time to re-evaluate our strategy and make appropriate changes. The report below details our approach.

The code, though well-organized, is complicated and therefore I have not attempted to make it more presentable to a website. Feel free to look through it yourself:

• Report
• Foreign Language Recognition System Code

Secondly, we completed a basic framework for the IP Multicast system, complete with API and protocol specifications. However, it has not yet been integrated with the language processing system. Click here for details.