Language revitalization project

[Dan Harvey]

Thanks Richard for your kind words. It is really encouraging.

dan

On Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at 8:15 AM, Richard Zane Smith <rzs at wildblue.net> wrote:

> 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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Dr. Dan Harvey
Professor of Computer Science
Southern Oregon University
harveyd at sou.edu
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