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Language Software Consultant Training Course

October 12 - 30, Nairobi, Kenya

What challenges are you facing?
What do you want to learn to be better equipped to handle the computer use issues that come your way?
What software is in use in your area?
What tasks are the most difficult for language teams?

Break

Lunch

What happens when there are no standards for:

Answer: Chaos No private company or organization would ever work this way and expect to succeed.

You are the standard-setters for language software in your area.

By helping teams standardize on the best solutions, you will:

Result	Example
Prevent people from re-inventing the wheel.	How many purchase order systems exist? Probably one per entity.
Provide structure, enabling teams to work more efficiently.	If we promote a good antivirus, then teams are less likely to experiment with less effective ones. Sometimes people want direction, not choice.
Help best practises emerge, when many people work with the same standard.	Think of how many tools have been developed to work with USFM code.
Increase the sharing of knowledge between project and teams.	Teams can share tips and experiences in using the tools or standards when they meet.
Help teams to be more accountable for their progress	Progress is measurable, and failure is preventable when teams are working the way you trained them.
Enable teams to focus on the task instead of the tools.	Now the translation team can just hit print to output a draft for checking. No muss, no fuss. You've enabled them to spend more time doing what they do best.

For something to become a standard it needs to be:

Promoted
Accepted by the domain coordinators whose areas it influences (Literacy, Anthropology, Translation, etc.)
Taught in a workshop
Required as a data format

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If you are participating in the LingTranSoft course, these programs have all been provided for you on the thumbdrive. No need to download them.

Program	Link
Kaspersky Internet Security (optional)	http://www.kaspersky.com/kis_latest_versions
Panda USB Vaccine	http://download.cnet.com/Panda-USB-Vaccine/3000-2239_4-10909938.html
Adapt It 5	http://adapt-it.org/
Bantu Literacy Tool 1.1	http://www.sil.org/computing/catalog/show_software.asp?id=130
FieldWorks 6	http://www.sil.org/computing/fieldworks/index.html
Lexique Pro 3.2.3	http://www.lexiquepro.com/
Paratext 7	http://paratext.ubs-translations.org/about/pt7
Phonology Assistant 3.0.1	http://www.sil.org/computing/catalog/show_software.asp?id=58
PTEST 1.3	http://www.sil.org/computing/catalog/show_software.asp?id=116
Solid 0.9	http://palaso.org/solid
WeSay 0.6	http://www.wesay.org/wiki/Downloads
SIL Converters	http://scripts.sil.org/EncCnvtrs
Emeditor 8 Professional (trial)	http://www.emeditor.com/modules/download2/
For fun:
Stardock Objectdock	http://www.stardock.com/products/objectdock/
VLC Media Player	http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html