DARPA’s LORELEI for All language Real-time intelligence Analysis to support Disaster Relief and worldwide Military operations

U.S. Government operates globally and Understanding local languages is essential for effective situational awareness in military operations, and particularly in humanitarian assistance and disaster relief efforts that require immediate and close coordination with local communities.

“In Nigeria, foreign troops hunt Boko Haram terrorists through areas using as many as 44 distinct languages. Ebola aid workers must try to treat patients in 19 distinct African languages. Even in the United States, Central American refugee children have been found to speak more than 20 languages,” says Graham Templeton in Motherboard.