Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
WordSpinner: Developing a Tool to Convert Plain-Text Lexicon Files into Dictionary Webpages |
| Language: |
English |
| Authors: |
Caroline Jones (ORCID 0000-0001-6277-8262), Jesse Tran (ORCID 0000-0001-5865-067X), Eleanor Jorgensen (ORCID 0000-0001-6703-094X), Romi Hill (ORCID 0009-0009-6180-6685), Patricia Ellis, Jane Simpson (ORCID 0000-0002-7487-1234), Felicity Meakins (ORCID 0000-0003-4487-4351), Ben Foley, Marcel Reverter-Rambaldi (ORCID 0000-0002-4116-5376), Gari Tudor-Smith (ORCID 0000-0002-9664-6150), Paul Williams (ORCID 0000-0002-8137-8085), Clair Hill (ORCID 0000-0002-3937-0813), Mark Richards (ORCID 0000-0002-8630-9097) |
| Source: |
Language Documentation & Conservation. 2024 18:109-131. |
| 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: ldc@hawaii.edu; Web site: https://nflrc.hawaii.edu/ldc/ |
| Peer Reviewed: |
Y |
| Page Count: |
23 |
| Publication Date: |
2024 |
| Document Type: |
Journal Articles
Reports - Descriptive |
| Descriptors: |
Foreign Countries, Computer Software, Programming, Dictionaries, Language Maintenance, Language Minorities, Austro Asiatic Languages, Electronic Publishing, Web Sites |
| Geographic Terms: |
Australia |
| ISSN: |
1934-5275 |
| Abstract: |
Dictionaries for under-resourced languages are, like other dictionaries, traditionally in hard-copy form. Electronic online formats can improve access to dictionaries for under-resourced languages. To make it easier to create online dictionaries with linked sound and image files, starting from a Toolbox file or similar backslash-formatted dictionary text file, a new online tool, WordSpinner, was created. It was used and iteratively improved over several years in order to convert backslash lexicon text files into formatted dictionary output pages, with five Indigenous languages of Australia. In various stages of dictionary creation, checking, and formatting, the online tool was revised to meet user needs. The resulting version of WordSpinner is another free option now available to users for creating online dictionaries. |
| Abstractor: |
As Provided |
| Entry Date: |
2025 |
| Access URL: |
https://hdl.handle.net/10125/74788 |
| Accession Number: |
EJ1458182 |
| Database: |
ERIC |
