SLEXIL: User-Centred Software for Community Language Documentation

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  • Author(s): David Beck (ORCID David Beck (ORCID 0000-0001-8422-7728); Paul Shannon
  • Language:
    English
  • Source:
    Language Documentation & Conservation. 2020 14:488-502.
  • Publication Date:
    2020
  • Document Type:
    Journal Articles
    Reports - Descriptive
  • Online Access:
    http://hdl.handle.net/10125/24948
  • Additional Information
    • Availability:
      National Foreign Language Resources Center at University of Hawaii. Department of Linguistics, UHM Moore Hall 569, 1890 East-West Road, Honolulu, HI 96822. Fax: 808-956-9166; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: https://nflrc.hawaii.edu/ldc/
    • Peer Reviewed:
      Y
    • Source:
      15
    • Subject Terms:
      Computer Software; Computational Linguistics; Language Minorities; Documentation; Language Research; Language Maintenance; Indigenous Populations; Activism; Transcripts (Written Records); Sustainability; Users (Information); Languages
    • ISSN:
      1934-5275
    • Abstract:
      SLEXIL (Software Linking ELAN XML to Illuminated Language) is a web application designed to allow users to create animated HTML files from time-aligned transcriptions made in ELAN. Unlike earlier projects with similar goals, SLEXIL is a zero-installation web app developed strictly on user-centred principles, designed with the goal of transferring as much of the technical expertise needed for the process away from the user and onto the maintainers and developers of the software. While SLEXIL itself is rather modest and built for a very specific purpose, we feel that its design is proof of concept for the next generation of user-centred software applications developed for linguists, community language activists, teachers, and others involved in Indigenous and Minority Language Sustainability.
    • Abstract:
      As Provided
    • Publication Date:
      2024
    • Accession Number:
      EJ1420629