FW: [ILAT] WeSay: software that helps people to build a dictionary

[Dave Pearson]

Dear Natalie,

 

You'll see below that Ross Webb, who ran the Vanuatu workshop, doesn't have
much to offer in the way of workshop documentation. There is a WeSay
discussion group at http://groups.google.com/group/wesay/topics. At first
glance it seems to be mostly about the software itself rather than how to
use it in a workshop. It might be worth browsing further, and you could join
it and ask if anybody in the group has any suggestions.

 

Dave

 

From: Director (Vanuatu) [mailto:director_vanuatu at sil.org] 
Sent: 16 November 2010 22:04
To: 'Dave Pearson'
Subject: RE: [ILAT] WeSay: software that helps people to build a dictionary

 

Dear Dave,

 

No, I'm sorry I don't have any prepared course material for running a WeSay
workshop. My approach was very low key. Every participant had a computer
with WeSay pre-installed, including sample clipart for use in their
to-be-started dictionary. I used a data projector to demonstrate the use of
the program and merely followed the good documentation that came with WeSay.

 

The idea of online/digital dictionaries has crossed my mind so I would love
to hear other ideas on that. I have in mind a collaborative effort for
building a dictionary online by members of a particular language community
that has access. How it would be moderated, and whether in the end it would
be useful because of all the variant spelling, duplicated contribution etc,
I'm not sure, but I'd sure love to listen in on other's conversations in
that regard. That is about as far as my own thinking has come!

 

Sorry I don't have more to offer,

 

Ross

 

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From: Dave Pearson [mailto:dave_pearson at sil.org] 
Sent: Tuesday, 16 November 2010 4:52 AM
To: Ross Webb
Subject: FW: [ILAT] WeSay: software that helps people to build a dictionary

Dear Ross,

 

Do you have any documentation that might help Natalie run a dictionary
workshop?

 

Dave

 

From: Indigenous Languages and Technology [mailto:ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU]
On Behalf Of FMLRP
Sent: 15 November 2010 15:32
To: ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
Subject: Re: [ILAT] WeSay: software that helps people to build a dictionary

 

Dear Dave,

 

Are there any workshop notes or links available? We at Fort Mojave are
exploring the possibility of online or digital dictionaries for our
community. It would be great to have some of the information that was
covered there. 

 

Natalie Diaz


Sent from my iPhone


On Nov 14, 2010, at 10:18 PM, Dave Pearson <dave_pearson at SIL.ORG> wrote:

The University of the South Pacific in Vanuatu and SIL celebrated UNESCO's
International Literacy Day in September with a dictionary making workshop
<http://www.sil.org/sil/news/2010/intl-literacy-day-celebrations.htm> .
Seventeen participants learned how to use WeSay
<http://www.wesay.org/wiki/Main_Page> : software that helps people with no
linguistic training to build a dictionary in their own language.

 

Dave Pearson

SIL International

 

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