4.0965 Notes and Queries (7/137)

Elaine Brennan & Allen Renear (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Thu, 31 Jan 91 16:25:47 EST

Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 4, No. 0965. Thursday, 31 Jan 1991.


(1) Date: Thu,31 Jan 91 10:27:35 GMT (9 lines)
From: DJT18@hull.ac.uk
Subject: Query: Scanner/OCR for Cyrillic?

(2) Date: Thu, 31 JAN 91 10:38:53 GMT (21 lines)
From: RGLYNN@VAX.OXFORD.AC.UK
Subject: Cyrillic screen fonts?

(3) Date: Thu, 31 Jan 91 11:31 EDT (13 lines)
From: John Lavagnino <LAV@brandeis.bitnet>
Subject: Amstrad query

(4) Date: Thu, 31 Jan 91 11:25 CST (18 lines)
From: <TBESTUL@UNLVAX1>
Subject: New List - Chaucer

(5) Date: Thu, 31 Jan 91 12:05:38 MST (33 lines)
From: koontz@alpha.bldr.nist.gov (John E. Koontz)
Subject: Exotic Language Word Processing

(6) Date: Wed, 30 Jan 91 14:00:42 -0500 (15 lines)
From: <joel@lambada.acs.unc.edu>
Subject: Query: Epson to Mac?

(7) Date: Wed, 30 Jan 91 14:42:52 MST (28 lines)
From: Peter Lafford <IDPAL@ASUACAD>
Subject: 2 Queries

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Date: Thu,31 Jan 91 10:27:35 GMT
From: DJT18@hull.ac.uk
Subject: Re: 4.0961 A Note from the Editors (1/22)

Can anyone help me with a query from a Russian scholar, using an IBM com-
patible PC? He is looking for a scanner and OCR software which will cope
happily with Cyrillic. Thanks in advance.

June Thompson, CTI Centre for Modern Languages,University of Hull, UK.
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Date: Thu, 31 JAN 91 10:38:53 GMT
From: Ruth Glynn <RGLYNN@VAX.OXFORD.AC.UK>
Subject: Cyrillic screen fonts

Does anyone know whether Cyrillic screen fonts are available in Windows
.FNT or .FON formats *or* in GEM, PCX, PostScript (other than the
Monotype Times Cyrillic font), or HP Laserjet Plus formats?

I am not interested in printing the Cyrillic, merely in good screen
display in a variety of sizes in a Windows 3.0 application. The font
must be proportional width.

THanks in advance.

Ruth Glynn
Electronic Publishing
Oxford University Press
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Date: Thu, 31 Jan 91 11:31 EDT
From: John Lavagnino <LAV@brandeis.bitnet>
Subject: Amstrad query

I have a colleague at the University of Birmingham who's using an
Amstrad computer to enter some texts for an edition we're doing, and he
tells me this machine will not do curly brackets. Is there an Amstrad
maven around who could advise me of possible ways around this, if it's
really so? Bonus question: how would an American read disks from such a
machine?

John Lavagnino, Brandeis University
Internet: lav@binah.cc.brandeis.edu Bitnet: lav@brandeis
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Date: Thu, 31 Jan 91 11:25 CST
From: <TBESTUL@UNLVAX1>
Subject: New List - Chaucer


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Date: Thu, 31 Jan 91 12:05:38 MST
From: koontz@alpha.bldr.nist.gov (John E. Koontz)
Subject: Exotic Language Word Processing

The following may interest persons who have been looking for an Arabic
word processor.

I have noticed in the current issue of Byte a brief announcement for a
new Windows 3.0 word processor called World View 1.0. It comes with a
keyboard configuration utility, and has standard support for the Latin
alphabet. You can add support for Greek, Russian, Hebrew and "other
languages." The accompanying picture seems to show an "Arabic"
newsletter on screen, so "Arabic" must be one of the "other" languages.
(I don't know how to distinguish visually among the various
orthographies that use Arabic script, so this could be Farsi or
something else.)

The package is $249, plus $100 for additional languages. (Given the
price, it sounds like the word processor might be fairly simple.)

Eastern Language Systems
39 West 300 North
Provo, UT 84601
USA

(801) 377-4558
(801) 377-2200 fax

++++

Any recommendation expressed is my own, and does not represent the
opinions or practice of my employers.

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Date: Wed, 30 Jan 91 14:00:42 -0500
From: <joel@lambada.acs.unc.edu>
Subject: Query: Epson to Mac?

Has anyone had success in inexpensively printing out ASCII and foreign
language characters from a Mac II-series computer (e.g., IIcx) to an
Epson LQ-series printer (e.g., LQ-1050)? Can one configure them simply
with an appropriate cable (mini 8-pin DIN to 6-pin DIN). I have the
serial driver(s) from Microsoft for use with "Word" for the Mac. Or
does one require the more expensive solution of "Freedom of Press"
postscript software plus the "Paralink" hardware (about $200 for the
two)?

Thanks,
Joel
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Date: Wed, 30 Jan 91 14:42:52 MST
From: Peter Lafford <IDPAL@ASUACAD>
Subject: 2 Queries

Two items:

1. I have seen ads for the "Languages of the World" CD-ROM
database (for PC; $889; Bureau of Electronic Publishing, Inc.
(800)828-4766), with dictionaries for 12 languages (Chinese
and most European languages excluding Russian). The user
enters a word in one language, and finds a list of
translations or definitions in another.
Is anyone aware of an similar but smaller program dealing with
individual languages (i.e., French and German). I have a
colleague who would be interested.

2. Another colleague wondered if anyone was doing research on
spelling theory and probabilities; i.e., given a "PH" at the
beginning of a word and "T" as the fourth letter, what is the
likelihood of the third letter being "O", another vowel,
rather than a consonant.

Thanks in advance for any leads or suggestions.

Peter Lafford Tel.(602) 965-2679
Manager, Humanities Computing Facility Lang. & Lit. Bldg.
Arizona State University (DEN-0302) Room LL-B 325
Tempe, AZ 85287-0302 IDPAL@ASUVM.INRE.ASU.EDU