This workshop provides a hands-on introduction to ELAN, one of the standard software tools in language documentation and revitalization for creating time-aligned transcripts that associate text with audio and video. During this week, participants are introduced to the basic functions of ELAN, learning how to create time-aligned transcripts that cover a range of common situations, like transcribing, translating, and glossing audio and video. Students will also learn how to customize ELAN transcripts to meet their own linguistic needs

Methods and Materials

• Syllabus: Students will receive a syllabus on the first day of class.
• Methods: Time in the workshop will be split between slide-show based short lectures and ample hands-on practice time. Students are encouraged to work together and help one another so that nobody is left behind.
• Materials: Sample recordings and transcripts, as well as a complete course-pack with step-by-step instructions will be made available online throughout the course.
• Links: Links to relevant websites will be made available on the workshop page.

Requirements

Students must have their own laptop and a pair of inexpensive stereo headphones or earbuds; instructors will bring a few pairs of unused earbuds to class in case someone forgets theirs. Please bring your laptop and headphones/earbuds every day.

Facilitation Team

N. Ha'alilio Solomon & Martin Kohlberger