Conventions and AssociationsThe Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders: University of Wisconsin-MadisonA forum for the presentation of recent research and the discussion of current issues among established scholars and students in child language disorders. International Association for the Study of Child LanguageAn association promoting international and interdisciplinary cooperation in the study of child language. Other Language Analysis SoftwareThe Child Language Data Exchange System (CHILDES)The CHILDES system provides tools for studying conversational interactions. These tools include a database of transcripts, programs for computer analysis of transcripts, methods for linguistic coding, and systems for linking transcripts to digitized audio and video. Computerized Profiling: Steven Long, Marquette UniversityA set of programs designed to help you learn and carry out a broad range of language analysis procedures. CP can be used to analyze both language samples transcribed orthographically and phonological samples transcribed phonetically. Transcription ToolsStart-Stop Foot Pedal Transcription SystemsFoot pedal transcription systems to control playback of digital video or audio files. Use the foot pedal to control the playback while you type directly into the SALT editor. 2009 prices: $189 (audio) and $269 (audio and/or video). Sound Scriber: Eric Breck, University of MichiganSoftware to control playback of digital audio files with options for variable speed and a feature called "walking" which plays a small stretch of the file several times, then advances to a new piece, overlapping slightly with the previous one. Use the software to control the playback while you type directly into the SALT editor. 2009 price: free download Transana: David K. Woods, University of Wisconsin-MadisonSoftware to analyze digital video or audio data: transcribe it, identify analytically interesting clips, assign keywords to clips, arrange and rearrange clips, create complex collections of interrelated clips, explore relationships between applied keywords, and generate reports. 2009 price: $50 Procoder: Jon Tapp, Vanderbilt UniversitySoftware to control digital video or audio files: track and easily find and replay events, code events, output data into several formats including SALT format. 2009 price: $1,499 |
Mission StatementSALT Software is dedicated to improving language assessment by developing easy-to-use software for analyzing language samples and by collecting comparison data for a variety of ages, ethnicities, and elicitation contexts. CEOJon F. Miller |
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