Language revitalization project

[Richard Zane Smith]

Thanks Dan,
I use your ACORNS program all the time...atleast the old one :-) ....and
you were so helpful as i set it up.

I  have a VERY difficult time when I upload a program and there are 40,000
words of information, much that doesn't seem to apply to my needs.
I can get a literal headache and begin to feel like i must be stupid or
something. I know i can't be the only one who feels this way.
When i begin to shut down I begin to think maybe i can't DO language
revitalization...its disabilitating ! (wow, thats an actual word?)
You have proved that you will work with a person to get a program working
to satisfy what we need it for.
 I appreciate that and know you do it out of sheer generosity and a desire
to really help FN people in language recovery.
tižamęh!
Richard Zane Smith (Wyandot)
Working with our Wandat language


On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 1:59 PM, Mark Oppenneer <mark at ethnosproject.org>
wrote:

> Hi Dan,
>
> I have shared your release announcement on the Ethnos Project blog (
> http://www.ethnosproject.org). Please let me know if you'd like to
> add/change anything. Thanks for sharing this with us.
>
> Cheers,
> Mark
>
>
>
> [image: Ethnos Project]
>
> Mark D. Oppenneer
> Ethnos Project
>   <http://www.ethnosproject.org/>
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 11:28 AM, Dan Harvey <harveyd at sou.edu> wrote:
>
>> We are pleased to announce the release of ACORNS version 8.0 and the
>> Sound Editor version 2. Both of these applications are available for free
>> download from http://cs.sou.edu/~harveyd/acorns
>>
>>
>>
>> The ACORNS project’s goal is to support tribal programs to revitalize
>> indigenous languages and cultures. Its audience includes language teachers
>> who, with their students, create digital lessons for practice outside of
>> class. The ACORNS application supports ten categories of language learning
>> lessons.
>>
>>
>>
>> The new release provides a mobile player application for Android
>> compatible devices. It maintains a gallery of ACORNS lessons. These
>> lessons, created from version 8.0, can be distributed to the device by
>> email, by cloud-based services (ex. Drop Box), or by web-based hyperlinks.
>>
>>
>> This version also integrates language independent speech recognition into
>> the question and answer lesson. Namely, students can respond verbally to
>> questions posed by the creator of the lesson. If their answer matches one
>> of the legitimate sentences, the program responds with a positive feedback
>> audio.
>>
>>
>> The Sound Editor version 2 can encode audio recordings in mp3 format. It
>> also provides a third audio work area (instead of two) and incorporates a
>> pitch algorithm that enables audio to be sped up (or slowed down) while
>> maintaining the pitch.
>>
>>
>> Please feel free to contact me (harveyd at sou.edu) if you have questions
>> or comments. Our goal is for this software to be a useful tool in the
>> effort to revitalize indigenous languages.
>>
>>
>> Thanks for listening, dan
>>
>>
>> --
>> Dr. Dan Harvey
>> Professor of Computer Science
>> Southern Oregon University
>> harveyd at sou.edu
>>
>
>


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