1. Annotation, Alignment and Transcription: An extremely brief and basic introduction to Elan and Transcriber OLAC Tutorial at the Linguist Society of America Annual Meeting 2007 – Anaheim 1 Annotation, Alignment and Transcription An extremely brief and basic introduction to Elan and Transcriber

2. Annotation, Alignment and Transcription: An extremely brief and basic introduction to Elan and Transcriber OLAC Tutorial at the Linguist Society of America Annual Meeting 2007 – Anaheim 2 Plan of talk A concise glossary The usefulness of tools Using Elan Using Transcriber Closing remarks

3. Annotation, Alignment and Transcription: An extremely brief and basic introduction to Elan and Transcriber OLAC Tutorial at the Linguist Society of America Annual Meeting 2007 – Anaheim 3 A concise glossary Annotation –Information, such as part of speech labels, added to a speech signal (signed or spoken). Alignment –Organization of multiple strings of data in a multi-linear format. Also, synchronization of text, audio and/or video files. Transcription –A representation of a speech signal (signed or spoken).

4. Annotation, Alignment and Transcription: An extremely brief and basic introduction to Elan and Transcriber OLAC Tutorial at the Linguist Society of America Annual Meeting 2007 – Anaheim 4 Plan of talk A concise glossary The usefulness of tools Using Elan Using Transcriber Closing remarks

5. Annotation, Alignment and Transcription: An extremely brief and basic introduction to Elan and Transcriber OLAC Tutorial at the Linguist Society of America Annual Meeting 2007 – Anaheim 5 The usefulness of tools What they offer –Facilitate gathering of media and linguistic information for annotation, alignment and transcription –Interoperability –Many export to decent XML Hurdles –(Somewhat) steep learning curve –Can easily tweak your way right out of best practice –A lot goes on under the hood

6. Annotation, Alignment and Transcription: An extremely brief and basic introduction to Elan and Transcriber OLAC Tutorial at the Linguist Society of America Annual Meeting 2007 – Anaheim 6 Plan of talk A concise glossary The usefulness of tools Using Elan Using Transcriber Closing remarks

7. Annotation, Alignment and Transcription: An extremely brief and basic introduction to Elan and Transcriber OLAC Tutorial at the Linguist Society of America Annual Meeting 2007 – Anaheim 7