<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><O:SMARTTAGTYPE namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceName"><O:SMARTTAGTYPE namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceType"><O:SMARTTAGTYPE namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"><O:SMARTTAGTYPE namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PersonName"><DIV class="Section1"><DIV><DIV><DIV><P class="MsoNormal"><B style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; "><FONT size="1" face="Helvetica"><SPAN style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Helvetica;font-weight:bold"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">ACORNS Language Software - Release 3.0 available for free</SPAN><SPAN class="apple-tab-span"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">download</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></B><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "></O:P></P></DIV><DIV style="min-height: 14px"><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="3" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "> </SPAN></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV><DIV><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="3" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">Hi All,</SPAN><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV><DIV style="min-height: 14px"><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="3" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "> </SPAN></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV><DIV><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="3" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">I just completed the new release of the ACORNS software. This software is freely downloaded. It's purpose is to support tribal language revitalization programs. The software can be effectively used with any language. You can visit </SPAN><A href="http://cs.sou.edu/~harveyd"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">http://cs.sou.edu/~harveyd</SPAN></A><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "> and click on the ACORNS language project for more information.</SPAN><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV><DIV style="min-height: 14px"><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="3" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "> </SPAN></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV><DIV><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="3" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">Version 2.0 had two types of language lessons. Picture and Sound lessons allows you to attach sound recordings to places on a picture. When the student clicks on that places in the pictures, the recorded sound is heard. Multiple Choice lessons work much like those of the commercial Rosetta Stone product. This kind of lesson attaches a group of recorded sounds to a series of pictures. The student hears a sound clip and then clicks on the appropriate picture. This kind of lesson has proven successful in training our country's diplomats.</SPAN><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV><DIV style="min-height: 14px"><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="3" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "> </SPAN></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV><DIV><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="3" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">Version 3.0 now adds a third lesson type. This lesson, called Hear and Respond, annotates a sound recording with translation phrases and words. The student hears the recording (which could be a story for example) and sees the transcription, either in English or in the indigenous language. The program randomly leaves words blank which the student fills in. The program gives audible feedback as to whether the student is correct, if they are</SPAN><SPAN class="apple-converted-space"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">close. This kind of lesson is useful to improve comprehension and helps the student learn correct spelling.</SPAN><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV><DIV style="min-height: 14px"><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="3" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "> </SPAN></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV><DIV><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="3" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">Version 3.0 also integrates our Sound Editor directly into the ACORNS application. This feature enables you to edit recordings. For example, you might want to delete the parts of the recording that have 'ahs' or other sounds that don't relate to the language. Our Sound Editor also includes the</SPAN><SPAN class="apple-converted-space"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">'front end' of portion of a speech recognition system. We intend to use this as a tool for research as this project matures. Our long term plan is to create games where indigenous speakers can interact with the computer in their native tongues.</SPAN><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV><DIV style="min-height: 14px"><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="3" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "> </SPAN></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV><DIV><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="3" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">Version 3.0 now supports both the Cherokee and Chinook keyboard fonts. It is easy to add others, so let us know if you have needs for this feature.</SPAN><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV><DIV style="min-height: 14px"><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="3" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "> </SPAN></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV><DIV><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="3" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">We are still working on the ability to import dictionaries created by linguists. With this capability, we can create an indigenous scrabble game, magnet games, flash card lessons, and other neat features. This feature will also provide user a friendly interface that allows you to update and maintain the dictionary.</SPAN><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV><DIV style="min-height: 14px"><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="3" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "> </SPAN></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV><DIV><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="3" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">Please let us know if you have any problems. I don't have a quality support department, so I can only find out about problems if you let me know. I have added a forum to the ACORNS web page for easy posting of any problems that you come across.</SPAN><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV><DIV style="min-height: 14px"><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="3" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "> </SPAN></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV><DIV><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="3" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">Thanks for your interest. My goal is for ACORNS to become a useful tool for restoring culture and language.</SPAN><SPAN class="apple-converted-space"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "></SPAN></SPAN><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV><DIV style="min-height: 14px"><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="3" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "> </SPAN></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV><DIV><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="3" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">Have a great day,</SPAN><SPAN class="apple-converted-space"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "></SPAN></SPAN><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV><DIV><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="3" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">Dan Harvey, Associate Professor, Southern </SPAN><ST1:PLACE w:st="on"><ST1:PLACENAME w:st="on"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">Oregon</SPAN></ST1:PLACENAME><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "> </SPAN><ST1:PLACETYPE w:st="on"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">University</SPAN></ST1:PLACETYPE></ST1:PLACE><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV><DIV><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="3" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">(541) 552-6149, </SPAN><A href="mailto:harveyd@sou.edu"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">harveyd@sou.edu</SPAN></A><SPAN class="apple-converted-space"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "></SPAN></SPAN><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></DIV><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="3" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "> </SPAN></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></DIV></O:SMARTTAGTYPE></O:SMARTTAGTYPE></O:SMARTTAGTYPE></O:SMARTTAGTYPE><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN></DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>