ACORNS Linguistic Project

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ACORNS Linguistic Project

• ACquisition
• Of
• Restored
• Native
• Speech
• ACORNS hopes to support tribal language
  revitalization and archival programs
• ACORNS is a long term software development
  project involving students, faculty, and local
  tribal members
• Note The Acorn is sacred to many Native American
  tribes of Northern California and Southern Oregon

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Acknowledge Tribal Participation

• Karuk
• Susan Gehr, Karuk Language Director
• Elly and Nisha Supahan, SOU commencement speakers
• Sarah Supahan, Language workshop coordinator
• Homer Bennett III, Language teacher
• Jim Ferrara (Salmon Jim), Teacher and researcher
  
• Hupa
• Melody George, Language Teacher
• Ginger Rogers, SOU student
• Yurok - Bessie Shorty, Yurok Tribe HeadStart
• Tolowa - Marva Scott, Language Director
• Grande Ronde Reservation
• Arlen Ford, IT department Grande Ronde
  reservation
• SOU Native American Studies Department
• Brent Florendo and David West

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Acknowledge Student Participation

• Joe Caron - Pronunciation Tool
• Dan Harvey Jr. - New Lesson Type
• Neil Hedgepeth - User and Web-Based Interfaces
• Scott McLeod
• Non-Latin Keyboard Interface
• Sound Editing Facility
• Ginger Rogers - Create Hupa Language Lessons,
  Lessons Sound
• Linda Sturgeon - Multimedia, Lessons Artwork,
  Pronunciation Lesson
• Rich Vigorito - Speech Recognition Capabilities
• David Wofford - Digital Speech Conversation
• Our Goal Encourage much more student
  participation

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Outline for this Talk

• Motivation for this project
• Demo of ACORNS
• Where do we go from here?
• Minor enhancements in the works
• Major Long Term Enhancements
• Language Archival and Best Practices
• Conclusion
• Questions

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What is Computer Science?
The science that analyzes how to solve problems
using digital technology

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