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The following information maybe suitable for people wishing to make an eBook for the web:
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Monday, October 25th, 2010 by daryn
The following information maybe suitable for people wishing to make an eBook for the web:
This could be a great way to produce online Aboriginal Language Resources
ADOBE InDesign for production
The site says the following : Adobe offers a comprehensive eBooks software platform for authoring, managing, and securely distributing digital books on your computer and a wide variety of reading devices such as the Barnes and Noble nook, Amazon Kindle, Sony Reader, and iPhone (and the iPad when it becomes available). Learn how to publish eBooks for reading anytime, anywhere using Adobe® Creative Suite® Design Premium and Digital Editions software. Here are some resources to show you how.
Adobe Edition
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About Edition: Adobe® Digital Editions software offers an engaging way to view and manage eBooks and other digital publications. Use it to download and purchase digital content, which can be read both online and offline. Transfer copy-protected eBooks from your personal computer to other computers or devices. Organize your eBooks into a custom library and annotate pages. Digital Editions also supports industry-standard eBook formats, including PDF/A and EPUB.
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Wednesday, April 29th, 2009 by daryn
Received an email today from Des Crump who has made us aware of this new multimedia resource which has just been made available as a download from the web, here are the details:
Website http://lah.soas.ac.uk/projects/gw/
Excerpt from website:
Gayarragi, Winangali is an interactive multimedia resource for Gamilaraay and Yuwaalaraay, languages of northern New South Wales, Australia (see pop-up maps). Gayarragi, Winangali was produced as a CD-ROM but is also available by download (about 200MB, Win XP/Vista).
Gayarragi, Winangali is a resource for language learners at all levels, and for anyone interested in the Gamilaraay and Yuwaalaraay languages. It contains extensive language resources, including audio:
- a searchable Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Dictionary with over 2,600 entries, all including audio
- 957 spoken sentences from traditional speakers, all transcribed, and hyperlinked to the dictionary
- 30 songs and 14 stories, all transcribed, and hyperlinked to the dictionary
- games, including crosswords and memory/matching games
- other language resources as pdf and text files
So go and have a look, it looks like a great resource to have for learners of this language but also a good example of using technology as a language learning tool.
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Friday, May 16th, 2008 by admin
Well its been a month since my last post and I am sorry that I have not been able to keep people up to date with happenings in the world of Aboriginal Languages and Technology, so I have some time to make up.
At the end of April I was very fortunate to attend the 15th Stabilizing Indigenous Languages conference in Flagstff, Arizona, and what a conference it was. I learnt so much from this in many ways I’m still taking it all in. So expect more news of it soon.
Currently I am in Melbourne at the “Openroad - Multilinguism and the Information Society” conference held at the State Library of Victoria, hosted by VicNet. I think I have that right. Well this conference is a bit daunting as I am the only Aboriginal person at it, but neverless our issues, challenges and successes are not just limited to our own languages but thers as well, so it is here as well that I am gaining more knowledge to help share with others and to assist in supporting our work further language maintenance.
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Tuesday, March 4th, 2008 by admin
Straight from the ILI website
As part of LingFest 2008, the Indigenous Languages Institute will run for 3 days: Tues 8 – Thurs 10 July 2008 at the Koori Centre of the University of Sydney. The Indigenous Languages Institute will be a useful forum for a wide range of people working in the area of the revival and maintenance of Australian Indigenous languages.
The Indigenous Languages Institute will have a few focus areas, including:
· language policy and planning
· languages and music
· Aboriginal languages phonology
· grammatical aspects of Aboriginal languages
· issues of language revival and maintenance.
The audience for the Indigenous Languages Institute will include:
· Indigenous tertiary students in education, languages, linguistics
· Aboriginal community language teachers
· Language and culture centre workers and other community organisations
· Teachers, including languages teachers, Aboriginal teachers and teacher students
· Postgraduates and potential postgraduates in education, languages, linguistics
· Linguists and other interested academics.
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