September 17, 2006
We're getting close
Dear beloved
friends,
Fieldworks Language
Explorer (FLEx) is approaching version
1.0. Thanks to all for your support, FLEx, our lexicon and
grammar tool, is entering into its final test phase. We're planning to
finish testing by mid-October so that we can deliver version 1.0 in time for our
upcoming Computer Technical
Conference (CTC). We've made great progress over the summer getting in
our final features and improvements, and eradicating major bugs that would
prevent field workers from effectively doing their language
projects with the tool. Continue to pray that we'll be able to sufficiently test
the application's functionality and that we'll have wisdom for fixing any "show
stoppers."
Test
volunteers are needed. If you know of anyone who would be willing to volunteer
some time to help us test the software, let me know! Knowledge of
linguistics is helpful but not required for many parts of the
program. In fact, we recently asked a group of high school students to come for
a few hours (for free pizza). They were very productive!
Check-IT-Out in
Seattle, our information technology conference in
June, drew attention from several techies residing in one
of our country's most important technical sectors. Visit http://EricPyle.shutterfly.com for more
pictures from my Seattle trip.
Seminary class starts up
again this week (Sep 22). I'm planning to take another three
hour biblical counseling class: Problems and Procedures by Ed Welch. Only 10
hours remaining for a master's degree at $360/hr. I would appreciate
prayers for time, finances, and wisdom to finish
well!
I have a few
upcoming opportunities to share about my software work for
Wycliffe in October, including Christ the King OPC in
Longview, TX (Oct 1), and a missions conference at Eagle Heights Church in Oklahoma
City (Oct 11-15). Pray that it will be a blessing for
all.
More encouraging user
feedback:
I've had a dream--lexicography software with tools specifically designed to easily and efficiently collect data and develop a database. FieldWorks Language Explorer (FLEx) is the realization of that dream. With tens of thousands of lexemes in a language, efficiency is not a luxury. The Bulk Edit tools in FLEx efficiently handle massive amounts of data. For the first time I have an easy to use tool that eliminates much of the tedium. Now I can concentrate on analysis and decision making. -- Ron Moe, SIL Lexicographer.
I've had a dream--lexicography software with tools specifically designed to easily and efficiently collect data and develop a database. FieldWorks Language Explorer (FLEx) is the realization of that dream. With tens of thousands of lexemes in a language, efficiency is not a luxury. The Bulk Edit tools in FLEx efficiently handle massive amounts of data. For the first time I have an easy to use tool that eliminates much of the tedium. Now I can concentrate on analysis and decision making. -- Ron Moe, SIL Lexicographer.
Yours in
Christ the Lord,
Eric D.
Pyle
Webpage : http://www.opcNorman.org/Wycliffe/EricPyle/
Personal Address : 1520 Bradford St, Irving, TX 75061 (469-222-2865)
Wycliffe Bible Translators : P.O. Box 628200, Orlando, Florida 32862-8200
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