Hello Mary,<br><br>That sounds very interesting, I know a few tribes that would be very interested in getting something started in educating their members of the language. I'm Navajo, but the lack of interest in the younger generation in wanting to know the language is disheartening, so finding a way that is accessible to all would be great. In my case, I want to be able to do that and work with other tribes as well. Great outline, I was trying to figure out if I should go for a BS in Computer Science in order to develop software or even improve on others (freeware).<br>
<br>Donovan<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 1:15 PM, Mary Hermes <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mhermes@umn.edu">mhermes@umn.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Glad I did not delete this too quick.<br>
We have been using Transparent Language Software for authoring our generating content.<br>
We did Ojibwe, and Kevin Roach is finishing a shorter Menominee version.<br>
<a href="http://www.grassrootindigenousmultimedia.org" target="_blank">www.grassrootindigenousmultimedia.org</a>,<br>
way cheaper, with community learning to do the stuff and owning it all in the end.<br>
Now getting into APP and shorter projects that are tied to documentation and bigger resources. SO not, linguistic software, we use ELAN for transcribing - but learning materials coupled with documentation, for revitalization.<br>
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So, Donovan and guy posting on in the forum, like to talk with you both, lots of work to do!!<br>
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Mary<br>
Grassroots Indigenous Multimedia<br>
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Mary Hermes, PhD<br>
Associate and Visiting Professor, 2011-12<br>
Curriculum and Instruction<br>
University of Minnesota<br>
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On Feb 23, 2012, at 1:37 PM, Donovan Pete wrote:<br>
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> I was actually trying to figure out how I could go about creating language software, my plan was to create something that could be used for all tribes and not having to buck up $200-$500 to invest in RS or not having to wait a long time to get RS involved. I'm in a LIS program but I am looking to preserve and revitalize indigenous languages.<br>
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> Donovan<br>
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> On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 12:28 PM, Dale McCreery <<a href="mailto:mccreery@uvic.ca">mccreery@uvic.ca</a>> wrote:<br>
> I just noticed this post of a guy looking for a gap in linguistic software<br>
> to fill for a senior project. He sounds like an opportunity to be<br>
> exploited :D.<br>
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> Dale<br>
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> <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/linguistics/comments/q20ye/fieldworkers_what_technology_do_you_lack_what_do/" target="_blank">http://www.reddit.com/r/linguistics/comments/q20ye/fieldworkers_what_technology_do_you_lack_what_do/</a><br>
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> --<br>
> Donovan Pete<br>
> Graduate Candidate, Information Resources & Library Science<br>
> Portfolio: <a href="http://donovanpete.com" target="_blank">http://donovanpete.com</a><br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Donovan Pete<br>Graduate Candidate, Information Resources & Library Science<br>Portfolio: <a href="http://donovanpete.com/" target="_blank">http://donovanpete.com</a><br>
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