33.870, FYI: Tool Gallery 8.1. Spoken Corpus Linguistics and Open Access: Usability and Technology of VOICE 3.0 Online, 28-29 April 2022

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Subject: 33.870, FYI: Tool Gallery 8.1. Spoken Corpus Linguistics and Open Access: Usability and Technology of VOICE 3.0 Online, 28-29 April 2022

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Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2022 15:59:36
From: Marie-Luise Pitzl [marie-luise.pitzl at oeaw.ac.at]
Subject: Tool Gallery 8.1. Spoken Corpus Linguistics and Open Access: Usability and Technology of VOICE 3.0 Online, 28-29 April 2022

 
Dear colleagues,

we would like to welcome you at the next virtual ACDH-CH Tool Gallery 8.1.:
Spoken Corpus Linguistics and Open Access: Usability and Technology of VOICE
3.0 Online on 28 April 2022 and 29 April 2022.

Open access (OA) is a gold standard for any language corpus. Yet, after a
project’s completion, it is often challenging to keep open-access web
applications ‘alive’ long-term, despite the fact that the compilation of
(spoken) corpora is time- and cost-intensive. The Tool Gallery 8.1. addresses
this challenge by sharing insights of the development and usability of the new
web application for the Vienna-Oxford International Corpus of English (VOICE,
first released in 2009), developed recently in the VOICE CLARIAH project
(2020-2021).

The first day of the Tool Gallery is targeted at researchers, PhD candidates
and advanced students interested in working with and analyzing transcribed
spoken data. We will introduce VOICE, a one-million-word corpus of spoken
English as a lingua franca (ELF) interactions, and then engage with its
usability as an open-access tool for linguistic research. We will discuss
specific properties of spoken corpora (such as field work, data collection,
detailed transcription, conversational mark-up, and metadata) and provide an
in-depth introduction of the new VOICE 3.0 Online OA web interface and its
functionalities through numerous hands-on activities.

The second day of this ACDH-CH Tool Gallery takes a look behind the scenes: it
focuses on the OA technologies used and developed for the new VOICE 3.0 Online
web interface. We introduce key properties of VOICE 3.0 XML, outline the
process of setting up a local NoSketch Engine to run queries, and provide
details on technology stacks and OA software packages. The second day of this
Tool Gallery is targeted primarily at researchers, PhD candidates, advanced
students and programmers with an interest in building OA web applications for
language corpora and related resources. Some technological expertise in corpus
linguistics, web design, XML technologies or software development may be
advantageous, but is not a prerequisite. The ACDH-CH Tool Gallery will end
with a closing panel on Day 2 where core members of the VOICE CLARIAH project
team will answer questions related to project management and implementation,
interdisciplinary collaboration and the challenges of planning for long-term
OA availability.

Prospective participants can register for either Day 1 or Day 2, or
participate in both days (two registrations required).

Please register via our ACDH-CH Event site:
https://www.oeaw.ac.at/acdh/events/event-series/acdh-ch-tool-gallery-81

Preliminary Programme:

Thursday, 28 April:
14.00-14.10 Welcoming words
14.10-14.40 Spoken corpora and the challenge of long-term open access: The
case of VOICE
14.40-15.00 Introducing VOICE: Corpus structure and text properties
15.00-15.10 The VOICE CLARIAH project: Developing VOICE 3.0 Online
15.10-15.30 Coffee break
15.30-16.00 Introducing VOICE 3.0 Online
16.00-17.00 Hands-on activities for using VOICE 3.0: Queries, sub-corpora,
etc.
17.00-17.15 Closing discussion

Friday, 29 April:
10.00-10.15 Welcome and Summary Day 1
10.15-10.45 VOICE 3.0 XML and NoSketch Engine
10.45-11.15 The technological infrastructure behind VOICE 3.0 Online
11:15-11.25 Demonstration: Applying VOICE technologies to other data
11.25–11.45 Discussion: OA technologies of VOICE and re-usability/further
applications
11.45-12.15 Coffee break
12.15-13.00 Q&A and closing panel: Challenges of long-term OA for corpora,
project management & interdisciplinarity
13.00 Farewell and closing

We look forward to welcoming you!

Feel free to forward this message to interested students.

For questions, please contact Susanne Zhanial (Susanne.zhanial at oeaw.ac.at) or
myself (marie-luise.pitzl at oeaw.ac.at).

Best regards,
Marie-Luise Pitzl
 



Linguistic Field(s): Text/Corpus Linguistics





 



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