online transcript browser

[Brian MacWhinney]

Dear Jean,

Very good suggestion.  It may be a bit tricky to implement this, but  
the recent change in file format should make this easier.  What we did  
a few months ago was to introduce a header line declaring the exact  
nature of the video, thereby removing media names from the bullets and  
putting a single name up at the top.  So, perhaps a program can track  
this and construct the type of information you are suggesting.
      As you see, one of the things that pops up right away with  a  
facility like this is the contrast between being able to study child  
language interactions with and without media.  It makes a huge  
difference doesn't it?  All the more reason for us to try to link some  
of these great transcripts (such as the Gleason corpus) to the  
respective media, right?  :)

Best wishes,

-- Brian MacW

On May 3, 2009, at 12:28 AM, Jean Berko Gleason wrote:

>
> Brian, thanks for this.  It works really well, even on a not very fast
> dsl line. I notice that you can stop the proceedings by clicking on  
> the
> picture, and that it is easy to go back and forth in the transcript by
> clicking on individual lines.  All very good to have.  One  
> suggestion is
> that down the line it would be great if the navigation folders had  
> some
> indication if the files in them had attached media (perhaps a little
> media symbol of some sort), so that people looking for examples  
> could go
> right there.
>
> Jean Berko Gleason
>
>
>
>
> Brian MacWhinney wrote:
>> Dear Info-CHILDES,
>>
>>    Spencer Sugarman has built a new way of opening and playing back
>> CHILDES and TalkBank interactions over the web direct from your
>> browser.  The only catch is that, to play back the media, your  
>> browser
>> has to be Firefox and you have to have JavaScript enabled.  However,
>> if you can use Firefox on a broadband connection, then I think you
>> will find this facility really great.  To try it out, just go to http://childes.psy.cmu.edu
>>  and click on the second link on the right called Browser Access.
>> The browser plug-in will start up and you will get instructions on  
>> how
>> to proceed.  On the left you will see some navigation folders.  Let's
>> say you pick Biling, then YipMatthews, then AliciaEng and then any  
>> one
>> of the transcripts.  Once the transcript opens up, just double click
>> on a line and the video will play in sync.  The system will scroll
>> through the transcript and turn pages as you go.
>>     I really like this way of accessing and browsing the
>> interactions.  We are also developing a system within this facility
>> for commenting on the interactions.  More about that later.
>>
>> Best wishes and comments invited,
>>
>> -- Brian MacWhinney
>>
>>>
>
> >
>


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