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Computing Resources for Indigenous CommunitiesIndigenous communities and language advocates who engage in Language Revitalization or Language Documentation activities can benefit from the large number of free or open source software that exists on the internet. Freely available software can be extremely useful, especially for those who sometimes lack the necessary resources to acquire software programs for basic computing and other projects. Listed below are a number well known software programs that can used for most any computing need. Many can also be used for both PC and Macintosh computers. In addition, supported file formats are interpolable meaning that have the capability to be used across many different software environments. Office Suites Office suites are software intended for basic work environments and usually include a word processor, a presentational program, a database program, and a graphics program. Many also include a communications tool for email. Openoffice.org OpenOffice.org Portable Krita - The KOffice Project NeoOffice Desktop Publishing Scribus Word Processors and Text Editors AbiWord EditPad Lite Bean - An OS X Word Processor Text Wrangler PDF (Portable Document Format) PrimoPDF Skim - a PDF reader and note-taker for OS X Audio Recording and Editing Audacity The Levelator Graphics and Image Editing Inkscape GIMP Paint.NET Pencil Video Players and Editing celtx - Media Pre-production software VideoLAN - VLC media player Avidemux StoryBoard Pro Software Wax 3D Authoring Alice Blender Documentation, Annotation, and Learning Linguists and educators have developed a wide range of software that allows language data to be organized in a systematic manner for purposes of language documentation, language learning, and linguistic analysis. A common term used for organizing language data in this manner is annotation which simply means for adding notations or descriptions to the data being used. The listing below is not meant to be comprehensive rather it identifies the more commonly known software used by linguists and educators. Language Learning Tools MaxAuthor - a free multimedia authoring system for language instruction Online Learning Enviroment (OLE) Electronic Dictionaries Lexique Pro Note: Lexique Pro is an electronic interface for language data Multi-Dictionary Formatter (MDF) Language Documentation and Annotation Tools ELAN - a professional tool for the creation of complex annotations on video and audio resources. Transcriber - transcribe your language data! SIL FieldWorks Interlinear Text Editor Linguistic Audio Analysis Praat (main site) Praat (download at Softpedia) Praat Language Lab To explore additional resources, take a look at the following link: FreeSMUG (Free Open Source Mac User Group)
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