Waldayu and Waldayu Mobile: Modern digital dictionary interfaces for endangered languages
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We introduce Waldayu and Waldayu Mobile, web and mobile front-ends for endangered language dictionaries. The Waldayu products are designed with the needs of novice users in mind – both novices in the language and technological novices – and work in tandem with existing lexicographic databases. We discuss some of the unique problems that endangeredlanguage dictionary software products face, and detail the choices we made in addressing them.
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تاریخ انتشار 2017