SIL FieldWorks Language Explorer
Last corporate release: version 2.0, released December 2007.
FieldWorks Language Explorer is the lexical and text tools component of SIL FieldWorks. It is an open source desktop application designed to help field linguists perform many common tasks. It can help you:
- elicit and record lexical information
- create dictionaries
- interlinearize texts
- study morphology
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Current Status
Version 1 of FieldWorks Language Explorer was released in October 2006. Prior to that, in the development and testing phase, numerous people tried it, and some submittted their feedback. Over 45 people around the world have confirmed that they are now relying on Language Explorer for their work.
Language Explorer is a component of SIL FieldWorks and is available under the SIL Open Source License. Because this license is granted to the user for no cost, the user is not entitled to free technical support from SIL. Please send bug reports to .
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Future
We have put a lot of work into creating a powerful framework upon which to build integrated linguistics, anthropology, and translation tools. Future versions of the application may well support other tasks, such as
- phonology study
- syntax study
- discourse study
- spell-checking
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Technical Details
If you are involved in supporting others who are using Language Explorer, you may want see the Technical Support Documents.
Materials are available for software developers and testers who might be interested in subsequent Alpha and Beta versions and open-source development.