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[Koontz John E]

Here's something I got from Dan Jurafsky at the U of Colorado.

> From: Ronald Sprouse <ronald at uclink.berkeley.edu>
> Subject: interlinearizing texts
> Cc: johanna at uclink.berkeley.edu
>
> Fellow linguists,
>
> If you collect and interlinearize linguistic texts and might be
> interested in doing that through a web browser (this is especially
> useful if you are collaborating with a group), read on.
>
> As part of the Ingush project (P.I. Johanna Nichols) I have
> written software for creating interlinear texts. It covers
> most of the same basic functions as IT/Shoebox from SIL, including
> semi-automatic glossing of texts. Unlike IT/Shoebox, however, it
> is designed for group collaboration (e.g. field methods class
> or your favorite language project). Once a group has set up the
> interlinearizer on a central server (like socrates), all members
> of the group can work on texts through any forms-capable web browser,
> so you can collaborate from continents away, if you want.
> Every gloss entered by any member of the group automatically becomes
> part of the central dictionary used by all for automatic glossing.
> Powerful search capabilities for dictionary lookup are also provided.
>
> As I see no benefit in hoarding this software, I am offering it
> for use to anyone who wants it. I do this with the hope that...
>
> 1. you will find it useful.
> 2. you will be inspired to make it better -- by returning to me
>    feedback, suggested improvements, bug reports, or even some
>    fixes/code/improved documentation of your own.
> 3. you'll think of a good name -- my brain is stuck on
>    'the interlinearizer', and I don't really like that.
>
> You can try it out at:
>
>       http://socrates.berkeley.edu:7012/interlin.html
>       (Login as user 'guest', with password 'guest'.)
>
> Once there, click on '[HELP]' for assistance in navigating the
> interface and a more detailed description of features. (A few
> features aren't yet documented.) Feel free to create and/or edit
> as many files as you want. You won't harm any of the Ingush project
> files.
>
> Contact me if you are interested in using the interlinearizer
> in your own research, and I'll provide more details.
>
> ronald
>
>
> --------------------------
> Ronald Sprouse
> Dept. of Linguistics
> UC Berkeley
> ronald at uclink.berkeley.edu
>
>