<div dir="ltr"><div>Ruth and others</div><div>At the recent ALW there was some discussion about a company that associates sound to a printed document. The sound is heard by swiping a special pen-like instrument over particular spots on the page. Not sure if this process would be suitable for academic documents but it might be worth investigating. Here is the linkk: <a href="http://www.printingasia.com/">http://www.printingasia.com/</a></div>
<div>Colleen Hattersley</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 2:02 PM, Ruth Singer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ruth.singer@gmail.com" target="_blank">ruth.singer@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi Steffen and others,<br>
<br>
So we've got the technological know-how and we've got archives that<br>
will store these sound files in a way that we can link to. The problem<br>
is how to publish documents with linked audio files in way that will<br>
receive the same academic recognition as a print publication without<br>
linked audio. Mouton de Gruyter has gone backwards in their policy<br>
regards audio files. The latest information I received is that they<br>
will not include CDs in their linguistics books or host audio files<br>
without obtaining intellectual property over the sound files.<br>
<br>
I am interested in publishing descriptive work on an endangered<br>
language with linked audio files. At the moment I'm hoping that the<br>
OALI initiative will produce academically recognised way to publish<br>
this:<br>
<a href="http://hpsg.fu-berlin.de/OALI/" target="_blank">http://hpsg.fu-berlin.de/OALI/</a><br>
<br>
Here's a bit pasted from their website:<br>
OALI is an Open Access initiative of Stefan Müller (and other<br>
linguists at FU Berlin) and Martin Haspelmath that was started in<br>
August 2012 and quickly found many prominent supporters (more<br>
than 100 by now). Please refer to background and motivation to<br>
learn more about the serious problems that we see with the<br>
traditional practice of book publication in our field. An<br>
extended version of this document including detailed numbers<br>
and case studies can be found in Müller, 2012.<br>
Our proposed solution is open-access publication in which the<br>
(freely available) electronic book is the primary entity.<br>
Printed copies are available through print-on-demand services.<br>
We are planning to set up a publication unit at the FU Berlin,<br>
coordinated by Stefan Müller and Martin Haspelmath, that<br>
publishes high-quality book-length work from any subfield of<br>
linguistics.<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
<br>
Ruth<br>
<br>
On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 12:59 PM, Mat Bettinson <<a href="mailto:mat@plothatching.com">mat@plothatching.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> On 8 March 2013 13:25, Doug Cooper <<a href="mailto:doug.cooper.thailand@gmail.com">doug.cooper.thailand@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
>> Yes, this states the server solution exactly. This does not pose any<br>
>> technical barrier (it's just a matter of providing a wrapper for<br>
>> something like sox or mp3splt).<br>
><br>
><br>
> I recently knocked up something that did exactly what John described. I<br>
> implemented it as a Python CGI script running on a web server. You pass a<br>
> filename and the start/end time periods and it uses the Python Wave library<br>
> to simply generate a new wave file and then sends that to the web browser as<br>
> Content-Type: audio/wav.<br>
><br>
> As you say if you're working on mp3 data it would need to be more<br>
> sophisticated, piping to mp3splt etc.<br>
><br>
> --<br>
> Regards,<br>
><br>
> Mat Bettinson<br>
><br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
--<br>
Ruth Singer<br>
ARC Research Fellow<br>
Linguistics Program<br>
School of Languages and Linguistics<br>
Faculty of Arts<br>
University of Melbourne 3010<br>
Tel. <a href="tel:%2B61%203%2090353774" value="+61390353774">+61 3 90353774</a><br>
<a href="http://languages-linguistics.unimelb.edu.au/academic-staff/ruth-singer" target="_blank">http://languages-linguistics.unimelb.edu.au/academic-staff/ruth-singer</a><br>
</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div><em><font face="times new roman,serif">Colleen<span></span></font></em><span></span></div>
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