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TOOLBOX
July 1-3, 2008
Instructor
Albert Bickford, Linguistic
consultant and SIL-UND Director
Summer Institute of Linguistics and University of North Dakota
Course Overview
An introduction to the Toolbox computer
program and its use for lexical databases and annotation of interlinear texts
in the documentation of lesser-studied languages. Classes will primarily
consist of lectures and demonstrations of Toolbox's capabilities, with
opportunities for student practice on standardized data sets or their own
data during optional supervised lab times. Will include general concepts and
principles applicable to use of computers for linguistic research and brief
mention of other related software. Some practical assistance in setting up
the software on students' own Windows NT/XP computers (or Mac/Linux computers
which can emulate Windows XP) will be provided. Participants should each have
their own computer or a USB memory drive with at least 30 MB of free storage
space. Some individual consultation will also be available to help students
who have already used Toolbox extensively on their own data and have
specialized questions.
Getting started
To get started using Toolbox in this course, do the following.
- Download and install the
Toolbox program on your computer. (This has already been done for you on
the computers in the lab). http://www.sil.org/computing/toolbox/InstallToolbox153.exe
- Download one or both of the
following sets of practice files to your own computer or to a thumb
drive that you can use on the lab computers. Unzip them to some
convenient place.
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If you want to practice first with some data from Seri,
download the Seri practice files.
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If you have your own data that you want to work with,
download the sample setup files for
starting a new project.
- If you need to display
special characters and do not have a Unicode font with the characters
that you need, download and install one or both of the following fonts
(both are free):
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Doulos
SIL: the font installed in the computer lab
·
Charis
SIL: a more refined font with the same characters as Doulos, but also
available in italic, bold, and bold italic.
- For keyboarding special
characters, there are basically three options:
·
Use the Windows Character Map utility (Start, Run: “charmap.exe”)
·
Use a standard Windows keyboard that has the characters
you need, or a custom Windows keyboard made with the Microsoft Keyboard
Layout Creator.
·
Use a custom keyboard with Tavultesoft Keyman, shareware program
that provides more flexibility than built-in Windows keyboards. There are
many such keyboards available for download
at the Tavultesoft website, including my own general-purpose BU
keyboard.
Other course materials
Relevant links elsewhere on the web
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