Language revitalization project

[Dan Harvey]

We are pleased to announce the release of ACORNS version 8.0 and the Sound
Editor version 2. Both of these applications are available for free
download from http://cs.sou.edu/~harveyd/acorns



The ACORNS project’s goal is to support tribal programs to revitalize
indigenous languages and cultures. Its audience includes language teachers
who, with their students, create digital lessons for practice outside of
class. The ACORNS application supports ten categories of language learning
lessons.



The new release provides a mobile player application for Android compatible
devices. It maintains a gallery of ACORNS lessons. These lessons, created
from version 8.0, can be distributed to the device by email, by cloud-based
services (ex. Drop Box), or by web-based hyperlinks.


This version also integrates language independent speech recognition into
the question and answer lesson. Namely, students can respond verbally to
questions posed by the creator of the lesson. If their answer matches one
of the legitimate sentences, the program responds with a positive feedback
audio.


The Sound Editor version 2 can encode audio recordings in mp3 format. It
also provides a third audio work area (instead of two) and incorporates a
pitch algorithm that enables audio to be sped up (or slowed down) while
maintaining the pitch.


Please feel free to contact me (harveyd at sou.edu) if you have questions or
comments. Our goal is for this software to be a useful tool in the effort
to revitalize indigenous languages.


Thanks for listening, dan


-- 
Dr. Dan Harvey
Professor of Computer Science
Southern Oregon University
harveyd at sou.edu
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