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MOBI-TALK Group Members: 1. Meenakshi Zutshi 2. Swati Nirmale 3. Sohrab Kapoor 4. Satbir Singh Group No. 18 500533 500433 500524 500417 INTRODUCTION Oral communication becomes a problem for tourists visiting a foreign country/state. Mobi-Talk aims at solving this problem by allowing the tourists to convey their queries to the localites in the local language. This user friendly mobile based application converts text in form of words/phrases to voice files of any desired language. EXISTING SYSTEM 1. Online Translator. Translates words or phrases to selected language on a computer with internet connectivity. Eg. Google online translator. 2. Computerized Dictionary. Computer based Software to translate a word to the desired language. Eg. Everest dictionary. 3. Multi Lingual Communicator(MLC). Mobile based software to convert predefined words to voice files in some specific languages. DISADVANTAGES OF EXISTING SYSTEM Online translator requires: A computer which has to be carried along all the time. Internet connectivity which is difficult to maintain everywhere. Computerized Dictionary requires: A portable computer everywhere which is not convenient for a tourist. MLC does not provide a user friendly option to add new languages and to edit the existing list of words. PROPOSED SYSTEM Mobi-Talk is a mobile based application which will enable travelers/visitors to communicate in the local language of the country/state they visit. The users can: Convert words/phrases to voice files of desired language. Add new language. Add new words. Delete languages. Delete words/phrase. REQUIREMENTS Hardware Required: Java compatible mobile devices with speakerphone. Minimum PC configuration for software development: 50 MB hard disk space 128 MB system RAM 800 MHz Pentium III CPU Software required for application development: Java 2 Micro Edition (J2ME) with wireless toolkit. Windows XP/Vista operating system OR Linux. WHY J2ME? The Java motto of “Write one, Run Everywhere" holds true for mobile development. Virtually all mobile devices support J2ME applications. Hence, developers who use J2ME can write their code without worrying about cross-platform portability. MODULES Create words/phrases Linking word and Voice files Playing voice files Editing words Editing languages LINKING WORDS AND SOUNDS PLAYING VOICE FILES EDITING WORD LIST EDIT LANGUAGES CONCLUSION Mobi-Talk will be a user friendly software that will allow users to: Convey their queries in a language not known by them via a cell phone. Add or delete languages or words as required.