SharePoint brought in to rescue Aboriginal language (fwd)

[phil cash cash]

I am looking forward to when Miromaa becomes available.  I would be glad to
give it a try for the communities with whom I work with.
Phil Cash Cash (Cayuse/Nez Perce)
UofA

Quoting phil cash cash :

> SharePoint brought in to rescue Aboriginal language
>
> 22 Aug 2007 09:28
>
> SharePoint and Access used to preserve the Awabakal indigenous dialect in
> digital form
>
> With some Australian Aboriginal languages facing extinction, the Arwarbukarl
> Cultural Resource Association (ACRA) has adopted Microsoft SharePoint and
> Access to help its work to preserve one indigenous dialect.
>
> Based on Access, ACRA has created its own program, Miromaa — meaning "saved"
> in Awabakal — to store data and research into the Awabakal language, and is
> using SharePoint Server 2007 to share its work with other Aboriginal groups
> to help the spread and restoration of the language.
>
> According to ACRA, the system can help archive "all evidences of language
> including, text, audio, images and video" as Word documents and
> spreadsheets.
>
> In the future, ACRA plans to make Miromaa available using a web-based
> platform to enable other groups to contribute to its research as well as
> enabling Aboriginal communities to use ACRA's work in their own language
> studies.
>
> Story URL: http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39288696,00.htm
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