1. LemGen (Linguistic EMulation and Generation ENgine) CS491 Project Chris Lemcke

2. Goals To create a random “word” generator that:  Follows English pronunciation restrictions  Uses standard English spellings for sounds  Has an intuitive user interface.  Can be expanded and customized based upon the needs of the end user.

3. Implementation To ensure flexibility and extensibility, the language is:  Stored independent of the source code  Object-modeled  Fully editable through user interface

4. Technology All of the core technologies used were from Microsoft Visual Studio 2005  C# Object Oriented Language.NET Framework (GUI, Xml)  Visual Studio IDE Graphical Class and UI editors Intellisense and code-generation The Run-time Debugger (wow!)

5. Implementation To ensure flexibility and extensibility, the language is:  Stored independent of the source code  Object-modeled  Fully editable through user interface

6. Xml Data Storage All of the data created in the LemGen framework is stored in an Xml file so:  The language data is stored in a consistent, standard format  The language data is human-readable  The data can be ported easily to other applications if the need arises

7. Object Framework

8. Sound Object

9. Spelling Object

10. Rule Object

11. Implementation To ensure flexibility and extensibility, the language is:  Stored independent of the source code  Object-modeled  Fully editable through user interface

12. The User Interface Show Demo

13. Conclusion Lessons learned:  The importance of good planning  Research, research, research  Do something you care about!

14. Possible Future Ideas Speech recognition Non-English languages A video game