Fieldworks or Toolbox?

[Daryn McKenny]

I would like to add Miromaa to this list of suggestions.

http://www.miromaa.com.au/
http://www.miromaa.com.au/about-miromaa/benefits.html

n.b All of our Miromaa exports have been easily imported into Fieldworks.

More than welcome to discuss at anytime to reasons why.

Regards
 
Daryn McKenny
 
Arwarbukarl Cultural Resource Association Inc. Trading as:
Miromaa Aboriginal Language and Technology Centre
 
P | 02 4927 8222    F | 02 4925 2185    E | daryn at acra.org.au    W | www.acra.org.au & www.miromaa.com.au

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From: nick.thieberger at gmail.com [mailto:nick.thieberger at gmail.com] On Behalf Of Nick Thieberger
Sent: Wednesday, 26 January 2011 2:05 PM
To: r-n-l-d
Subject: Re: Fieldworks or Toolbox?

Hi Jasmin,

If you are only working on a lexicon (and not linking to interlinear
texts) then there are various options (for example, Matapuna, Tshwanelex).  And you can also use LexiquePro, which works with Fieldworks too.

I think that Fieldworks is most likely your best option now if you do want to link to texts as Toolbox is getting long in the tooth.

Reviews of these have appeared in the journal Language Documentation and Conservation and are available for free download.
Tshwanelex - http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/1729
Matapuna - http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/4477
Fieldworks - http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/4471
LexiquePro - http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/1720

Hope this helps,

Nick



On 5 January 2011 16:29, Jasmin Laura Morley <jasmin.morley at adelaide.edu.au> wrote:
> Dear RNLDrs,
> I am planning a dictionary project for a local language and am 
> considering whether to use Toolbox or Fieldworks.
> Currently we have a number of files which had previously been imported 
> into Toolbox but which require a lot of editing (rewriting of 
> definitions, complete orthography rehaul, adding reversals, etc...). 
> The plan is to produce a printed dictionary and a CD with recordings 
> of pronunciations, which I had planned to create in LexiquePro.
> Can anyone comment on the desirability of transferring to Fieldworks 
> at this point? Some of the bulk editing features look like they would 
> be helpful in making the whole-of-data-base changes which are 
> required. Does anyone have experience in exporting a Fieldworks 
> dictionary to LexiquePro?
> I'd appreciate any comments or suggestions.
> Thanks,
> Jasmin Morley
> Mobile Language Team
> University of Adelaide
>