RE: [AfricanLanguages] Re: Recordings with Transciption

[Don Osborn]

I should add that by musing in this way (below) I certainly don’t intend or pretend to write the script for Africa, or any other part of the world for that matter. Just trying to think through practical and imaginative scenarios.   Africa happens to be last on so many lists, but in a rapidly changing environment that can sometimes be turned to advantage and the last can be first in some ways. What new concepts for use of information and communication technology (ICT) will Africa, based on its linguistic and cultural heritage bring to the world? Language is a key because we use human language in computer interfaces, and computers can manipulate language in many ways, and in all of that we can choose which languages to use for what and how. In terms of language, ICT is really “additive” (adding one does not lessen or take away another) and arguably “synergistic” (it lets you do some things with pairs or groups of languages that would be difficult or impossible to do without computers). Multilingual societies such as those in Africa stand to benefit the most from these aspects of the technology, but can’t wait for others to make all the afvances or know the best ways to apply them. . .   Don         From: AfricanLanguages@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Don Osborn Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 8:42 PM To: AfricanLanguages@yahoogroups.com Subject: [AfricanLanguages] Re: Recordings with Transciption   . . . It's been a long day and this is off the top of my head, but some of us like Tunde Adegbola have chatted about how ICT can make possible literate + neo-oral civilization in Africa. Not sure what this might mean, or if it's even practical, but the possibilities opened by ICT are not, of course, limited to repeating what others have done with it. All the best. Don --- In AfricanLanguages@yahoogroups.com, "paa kwesi imbeah" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Forward march towards ubiquitous spellchecking ability... > ... __._,_.___ SPONSORED LINKS Creative writing Creative writing course Creative writing class Creative writing program Teaching creative writing Your email settings: Individual Email|Traditional Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch to Fully Featured Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe __,_._,___

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