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> Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 22:42:15 +0200
> From: taliesin the storyteller <taliesin-conlang@...>
> Subject: Software for linguists and conlangers
>
> Turns out there is a free version of Shoebox 5 called "Toolbox". I'm
> currently having a look at it and it seems to be a worthy succesor to
> Shoebox 4. The only problem seems to be that it comes without
> databasetype-files (.typ) but these can be gotten from Shoebox 4 or the
> included "getting started"-package.
>
> You can find it at <
http://www.sil.org/computing/toolbox/>
>
>
> t., whose conlanging has basically been on hold until the disocvery of a
> working backup of a not that old version of *some* of the shoebox-
> files that used to reside on the disk that died last summer and
> that has not yet been sent to some disc-doctor for rescue of the tons
> of other stuff there was no backup for...
> Younglings, be warned by this grim tale ;)
>
Well, I'll say this... The tutorials are *COOL*! I can't remember when
I've seen tutorials as good on paid software, much less free. This
kicks butt! I only got through the first one and a fraction, but the
second one was basically showing you how to use Toolbox to decode a
language, that had translations, based on meaning and word frequency,
which it calculated.
Man, I really can't wait for that copy of _Describing Morphosyntax_ I
ordered to get in!!
Thanks,
Jim
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