chat with native speakers from around the world orf401 final project hillary ford, jon hezghia,...
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SpeechConnect
Chat with Native Speakers From Around the Worldhttp://orf467.princeton.edu/SpeechConnect/index.php
ORF401 Final ProjectHillary Ford, Jon Hezghia, Sookyung Kim, Nathan Keyes
Introduction About Us
◦ Connect via video with other users around the world
◦ Practice communicating fluency in your target language and help others do the same
Our Mission◦ Provide opportunities to
improve speaking and conversing skills
◦ Offer a more realistic and affordable way for users to practice foreign language skills
Create an account◦ Username◦ Email address◦ Password◦ First and last name◦ Birthday◦ Profile photo◦ City and country◦ Native language◦ Target language(s)◦ Topic(s) of interest
Data stored in MySQL database
Signup
Connect Now Choose langauge and
topic◦ Point system
Matching algorithm finds the optimal match
Video Chat◦ TokBox library◦ AJAX/JavaScript
Evaluation system◦ Thumbs-up / Thumbs-down◦ Report the user
Community User Statistics
◦ Pulled dynamically from the database
Map ◦ Google Maps API◦ Each user is displayed as a
Marker ◦ Different Marker for logged-in
users User Information Window
◦ User’s name◦ Location◦ Profile image◦ [Connect Later] button◦ Link to the user’s profile page
View Profile Public profile page
User rating Online status Native and target
languages Interests
[Connect Later] button Sends an email to both
parties Contains a link to TokBox
session
Connect Later List of registered users
whose native language is one of the user’s target languages
Click [Connect Later]
Self Study Provides material for
beginners Introductory-level courses
French Spanish Chinese German
Syllabus with links to the BBC Language Center