Magnus through Java Web Start

On the Links section there is a link to execute Magnus through the Java Web Start (JWS) technology. JWS will automatically check against the server that the users have the latest release, downloading the necessary newer files in case they need them, and launching the application afterwards.

JWS makes easy the process of  installation since it makes it transparent to the users who wish to quickly run Magnus. It is ideal for having a try on the application.

Improvement guidelines (release 1)

In the Digital Signal Processing field:

• Speech Enhancement based on [Shankar Chanda, P. and Park, S., "Speech intelligibility enhancement using tunable equalization filter", ICASSP, 2007].

In the IT field:

• Client-server architecture migration.
• Language portability through Java I18N.
• Visual interface (SWING library instead of AWT).
• Java Web Start available.

Magnus 0.1.0

The first release of Magnus is available on the forge of the project.

It is still a beta version, many improvements are yet to be done, but to date, under noiseless or low noise environments, the program responds fairly well. There is though a high dependence on the ambient conditions and the quality of the microphone. This is the main flaw that will be prioritized for the next release. A better speech intelligibility is the goal to be obtained through signal processing techniques.