Computers in the Field

[Helen Faller]

I have a question about recording devices. I am very low-tech and have been
using a Sony Pro-Walkman to tape interviews and conversations. However,
even after being repaired, my tape recorder has electrical problems and a
chronic tendency to produce tapes recorded at too high speeds to be usable
upon playback. I don't want to make a huge investment and I don't need
particularly precise sound quality -- just something that will make tapes
from which I can transcribe whole words in languages that aren't native to
me. Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance.

Helen Faller

--On Friday, June 01, 2001, 2:04 PM +0000 Steven Bird
<sb at unagi.cis.upenn.edu> wrote:

>
> Alexandre Enkerli <aenkerli at indiana.edu> writes:
>> But it'd be interesting to know more about computer-use in the field in
>> general.
>
> Here are some resources people may find useful:
>
> Software for Doing Field Linguistics
>   http://www.sil.org/computing/routledge/antworth-valentine/
>
> SIL Software Catalog
>   http://www.sil.org/computing/catalog/
>
> New Methods for Creating, Exploring and Disseminating Linguistic Field
> Data (online proceedings of a workshop)
>   http://www.ldc.upenn.edu/exploration/LSA/
>
> Web-Based Language Documentation and Description
>   (online proceedings of a workshop)
>   http://www.ldc.upenn.edu/exploration/expl2000/
>
> Linguistic Exploration (page of annotated pointers)
>   http://www.ldc.upenn.edu/exploration/
>
> Steven Bird
>
> --
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> Assoc Director, LDC; Adj Assoc Prof, CIS & Linguistics
> Linguistic Data Consortium, University of Pennsylvania
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