4.0239 Qs: Spanish; Cyrillic; Saxe; SW Admin; FTP; (5/134)

Elaine Brennan & Allen Renear (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Mon, 2 Jul 90 20:37:51 EDT

Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 4, No. 0239. Monday, 2 Jul 1990.


(1) Date: Sun, 1 Jul 90 14:25:52 EDT (35 lines)
From: Pamela Trittin <trittin@dorothy.asel.UDEL.EDU>
Subject: Spanish Dictionary and Corpus [eds]

(2) Date: Thu, 28 Jun 90 22:43:08 CDT (33 lines)
From: "Jim Y." <UD131000@NDSUVM1.BITNET>
Subject: Russian(Cyrillic) WordProcessor
Forwarded by: Kevin Berland <BCJ@PSUVM>

(3) Date: Thu, 28 Jun 90 16:36:31 PDT (18 lines)
From: Rich Mitchell <MITCHELR@ORSTVM>
Subject: Elephants and Blind Men

(4) Date: Fri, 29 Jun 90 16:22:31 PDT (30 lines)
From: Gerald Barnett <OTT@UWAVM.ACS.WASHINGTON.EDU>
Subject: SOFTWARE ADMINISTRATION

(5) Date: 2 July 90, 14:49:25 EST (22 lines)
From: U245 at ITOCSIVM
Subject: using server containing beta-versions of CCAT software

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Date: Sun, 1 Jul 90 14:25:52 EDT
From: Pamela Trittin <trittin@dorothy.asel.UDEL.EDU>
Subject: Spanish Dictionary and Corpus [eds]

I am a graduate student at the University of Delaware doing research in
speech synthesis for the Spanish language and am looking for the
following:

(1) An off-line Spanish dictionary in either ASCII or EBCDIC in order to
test my text-to-speech program.

(2) A Spanish corpus which contains words that are most frequently used
in the Spanish language (a more contemporary piece of work would be
most appropriate for our applications).

Any information, leads or contacts pertaining to the above inquiries
will be greatly appreciated. I can be reached at the following email
address:

TRITTIN@ASEL.UDEL.EDU

or the following surface mail address:

Alfred I. duPont Institute
Applied Science and Engineering Laboratories
P.O. Box 269
Wilmington, DE 19899

Thank you for your time attending to this inquiry.


Sincerely,

Pamela J. Trittin


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Date: Thu, 28 Jun 90 22:43:08 CDT
From: "Jim Y." <UD131000@NDSUVM1.BITNET>
Subject: Russian(Cyrillic) WordProcessor

[Forwarded by: Kevin Berland <BCJ@PSUVM>
Posted on: International Intercultural Newsletter <XCULT-L@PSUVM>
Please reply directly to UD131000@NDSUVM1]

Hi,

Maybe this isn't the right plae to ask, but:

Recently I've been writing a *simple* (and Free!) English/Russian
WordProcessor for IBM PC (and compatiables). My goal is to be able
to display Russian(Cyrillic) and English characters at the same time,
and print them using a standard (Epson brand) printer.

Does anyone have a book reference on the Russian keyboard Layout ?
I've sent Air-mail to my family, but it takes 6-8 weeks.

Thanks....
Jimbo
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Date: Thu, 28 Jun 90 16:36:31 PDT
From: Rich Mitchell <MITCHELR@ORSTVM>
Subject: Elephants and Blind Men

The John Saxe poem "The Blind Men and the Elephant" is familiar to many
North American school children. I would like to use this piece in
introduction to a book in which a social movement, so called
survivalism, is considered from a variety of perspectives. Can any
HUMANIST help with the origins of Saxe's poem? It is rumored to be
derived from a Sufi poem circa 1200, something about an "Elephant in a
dark house." Author Rumi? I suspect the implied presence of an
external, objective reality will not be present in earlier versions. Any
help much appreciated.

Richard Mitchell
Department of Sociology
Oregon State University
MITCHLER@ORSTVM.BITNET
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Date: Fri, 29 Jun 90 16:22:31 PDT
From: Gerald Barnett <OTT@UWAVM.ACS.WASHINGTON.EDU>
Subject: SOFTWARE ADMINISTRATION

The University of Washington participated in the EDUCOM survey and
received a copy of the report written by Dawson et al. in November 1989.
The material we received is directed primarily at college-wide support
polices and services such as how to classify levels of support for
software packages used broadly on campus and what percentage of schools
publish their software support policies.

My concern, however, is with the (often) non-commercial software
developed on campuses, often with federal or corporate grant funding, and
with what happens to that software once it has reached a useful, working
state. Examples: Data acquisition software developed as part of a grant
in a biochemist's research lab. Instructional software specific to an
introductory Russian course. Whose responsibility--if it is anyone's--is
it to assist academic software developers in maintaining and distributing
the software?

Along these lines, I would be interested to hear from people who have
used academic software distribution centers such as Wisconsin's
Wisc-Ware, Duke's National Collegiate Software, and Iowa's National
Clearinghouse for Academic Software. Have these centers adequately
served your needs? When you need a specialized software package for
research or instruction, do you consider checking these sources, or do
their ads in the Chronicle and Academic Computing go for naught?

--Gerald Barnett/OTT@UWAVM.ACS.WASHINGTON.EDU

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Date: 2 July 90, 14:49:25 EST
From: U245 at ITOCSIVM
Subject: using server containing beta-versions of CCAT software

Some weeks ago I received a message from Jack Abercrombie. I don't
understand what must I do to access the server containing beta-versions
of CCAT software. Here is his message: anyone can help me?

>... I have set up an account on a remote server. This account you can
>access over internet and remove off any and all material for your
>perusal.
>The account is on this machine:
> xxxxxserve.sas.upenn.edu
> account is: xxxxx
> password is: xxxxxxx.
> You may copy any of the material there using FTP.

I have access to a 3270 terminal, running VM; at home I have a modem
running at 2400 baud. If you can help, please write to my personal email
address. Thank you. (I don't write directly to Jack because he has too
much to do|).
Maurizio Lana