6.0232 Software Information and Qs (5/111)

Elaine Brennan & Allen Renear (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Sun, 13 Sep 1992 21:48:15 EDT

Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 6, No. 0232. Sunday, 13 Sep 1992.


(1) Date: Sat, 05 Sep 92 17:25:43 EDT (26 lines)
From: Stephen Clausing <SCLAUS@YALEVM>
Subject: free academic software

(2) Date: Sun, 13 Sep 92 20:41:49 -0400 (34 lines)
From: dmacrae@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA (Donald C. MacRae)
Subject: test generators

(3) Date: Sun, 13 Sep 92 18:03:48 EST (17 lines)
From: Harold Sjursen <HSJURSEN@POLYVM>
Subject: Nota Bene, v.4

(4) Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 11:56:22 -0400 (18 lines)
From: kellys@code3.code3.com (Kelly Sorensen)
Subject: Camera-ready questions

(5) Date: Thu, 10 Sep 92 22:50:54 ITA (16 lines)
From: maurizio lana <LANA@ITOCSIVM>
Subject: keyboard layout in GreekKeys for Mac

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Date: Sat, 05 Sep 92 17:25:43 EDT
From: Stephen Clausing <SCLAUS@YALEVM>
Subject: free academic software

I am going to distribute free over the network a Macintosh program I recently
wrote called "Etaoin Shrdlu". This program will interest linguists who want to
do phonotactic studies of a language and literary specialists who need to
compile word lists from texts and determine the average word length, type to
token ratio, etc. The program is NOT a concordance generator however. The
program is fast and can handle texts of virtually any size. Documentation is
provided through extensive balloon help (requires system 7). Anyone who is
interested should send me e-mail and I will then send the materials in
binhex-stuffit format. This is the only way I will distribute this. Please
do not send me disks. There is one catch. I originally intended to publish
an article this summer based on the results of using the program to analyze
English, German, and Dutch. I completed the program and most of the groundwork
but a sudden change in my teaching schedule prevented me from finishing and
now I will probably not be able to complete this until next year. I am asking
therefore that anyone who uses the program refrain from publishing the
results until a period of one year from now so that my investment can be
protected. I would, however, consider exceptions to the rule if warranted,
and I am also interested in collaborative efforts involving other languages.

Stephen Clausing
Dept. of Computer Science, Yale University
e-mail: SClaus@Yalevm
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Date: Sun, 13 Sep 92 20:41:49 -0400
From: dmacrae@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA (Donald C. MacRae)
Subject: test generators


Does anyone have any experience with test generators for the IBM?

I am looking for a program which will allow me to create a bank of
questions for testing language skills, particularly at the beginners'
level, using true or false/multiple choice/fill-in-the-blank formats.

I want to be able to create a test to be taken on the computer itself
and not on paper. Ideally the test questions would be random
generated. I want the program to total the number of correct answers
and record this number to a student's name when s/he has finished.

I do not want the totals to appear on the screen as the student is
working on the test.

Since this is the kind of work a computer does best (to say nothing of
its absolute accuracy and speed), it will free up my time for more
useful pursuits such as the correction of translations and
compositions. In addition to this, I shall be able to give each student
an instant mark and immediate correction once the test has been
completed.

I would appreciate any comments colleagues who might have used this
sort of program might have.

Donald MacRae,
Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies,
Brock University, St Catharines, Ontario, Canada.
dmacrae@spartan.ac.brocku.ca

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Date: Sun, 13 Sep 92 18:03:48 EST
From: Harold Sjursen <HSJURSEN@POLYVM>
Subject: Nota Bene, v.4

I haven't seen any activity on this list for quite awhile, but I presume
all is well. I understand that version 4 of Nota Bene has come out. Is
anyone on this list using it? If so, what do you think? I am particularly
interested in multi language capabilities (is there any provision for
Chinese)? Any comments would be appreciated.

Also, isn't there a Nota Bene users group List?

Thanks in advance,

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Harold Sjursen, Philosophy, Polytechnic University, Brooklyn
<Hsjursen@polyvm> or <Hsjursen@vm.poly.edu>
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Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 11:56:22 -0400
From: kellys@code3.code3.com (Kelly Sorensen)
Subject: Camera-ready questions


I'm working as editorial assistant on a philosophical quarterly
journal that my department will be responsible for soon. The
university printers suggested that to cut costs, we provide
our own camera-ready pages to them.

Would anyone suggest a software package that is well-suited
to this task? Our equipment will probably be limited to a
386DX Super VGA machine with an 80 meg hard drive.

Thank you.

Kelly D. Sorensen
kellys@code3.com
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Date: Thu, 10 Sep 92 22:50:54 ITA
From: maurizio lana <LANA@ITOCSIVM>
Subject: keyboard layout in GreekKeys for Mac

I recently bought a MacII si, and a copy of SMK GreekKeys to type greek.
But GreekKeys has a strange keyboard layout, while I'm used to the TLG transcri
ption so that it would be easier for me to get theta pressing "q" key, omega pr
essing "w" key, and so on.
Does anyone know if it is some way possible to modify the keyboard layout of Gr
eekKeys in order to make it conformant to the TLG transcription?
I think of two ways: hacking the software; getting a new layout from SMK.
Thank you.
Maurizio Lana

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