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SIL Software Catalog

SIL has developed more than 60 pieces of software to support the work of its fieldworkers; most available to the public for free download. This on-line catalog contains product descriptions, download or purchasing instructions, and technical support information, including the latest SIL software Service Bulletins.

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Windows

• Abyssinica SIL Font
  Unicode font for Ethiopic characters
• Adapt It
  Machine Assisted Translation tool
• Andika Font
  Sans serif, Unicode-compliant font for literacy use
• Apparatus SIL
  Symbols used for Biblical text apparatus
• Bantu Literacy Tool (BLT)
  Helps the literacy worker write a high quality primer quickly
• CARLAStudio
  CARLAStudio is a suite of tools that are integrated to allow adaptation of texts from one language to another related language using rules that are based on the parsing of the original data
• Charis SIL Font
  A serif, proportionally-spaced Unicode font optimized for readability in long printed documents
• Consistent Changes Program and User’s Guide
  Consistent Changes stream editor
• Dai Banna SIL Fonts
  Unicode fonts for the New Tai Lue (Xishuangbanna Dai) script.
• Dictionary Development Process
  Designed to facilitate the development of dictionaries for minority languages
• Doulos SIL Font
  A Unicode font with a comprehensive set of characters needed for almost any Roman- or Cyrillic-based writing system (including IPA), whether for phonetic or orthographic needs.
• EasyBackup and Bdec
  Backup data to a USB stick
• FontUtils
  Toolkit for font developers
• Gentium
  A Unicode font that supports a wide range of Latin-based alphabets and includes glyphs that correspond to all the Latin ranges of Unicode.
• IPA Help
  A computer program for learning to recognize, transcribe, and produce the sounds of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)
• IPA Unicode Keyboards
  Unicode keyboards created for typing in IPA data
• ITF
  Interlinear Text Formatter
• Keyman
  Keyboard enhancer
• Ktagger
  Tag words with PC-KIMMO parser
• Ktext
  Text analysis with PC-KIMMO parser
• Lateef
  An extended Unicode Arabic script font for OpenType™ and AAT systems
• Lexique Pro
  Interactive lexicon viewer
• LinguaLinks Library
  Electronic helps for language field work
• LinguaLinks Workshops
  Managing text and lexical data
• Linguistic Tree Constructor
  A tool for drawing syntax trees
• Namdhinggo SIL L Font
  This custom-encoded font has been designed to support literacy and materials development work in the Limbu language.
• Nuosu SIL
  Yi Unicode Font
• Padauk SIL Font
  A Unicode font capable of rendering Burmese and the Myanmar script
• PAWS starter kit
  Parser and Writer for Syntax
• PC-KIMMO
  Two-level morphological analyzer
• PC-Parse
  PC parsing programs (AMPLE, STAMP, PC-KIMMO, PC-PATR, etc.)
• PC-PARSE documentation
  Formatted documentation for PC-PARSE (AMPLE, STAMP, PC-Kimmo, PC-PATR, etc.)
• PC-PARSE source code
  Sources for the PC-PARSE programs (AMPLE, STAMP, PC-KIMMO, PC-PATR, etc.)
• PC-PATR
  Syntactic parser
• PhoneBox
  Utility for phonological analysis using language data structured by Standard Format Markers.
• Phonology Assistant
  Phonetic database system using IPA
• Phonology Template Editor and Search Tool (PTEST)
  Developed to assist with the phonological analysis of a Bantu language
• RTF2SFM
  Converts a styled Word .RTF file to UTF8-encoded SFM
• Scheherazade
  An extended Unicode Arabic script font for OpenType™ and AAT systems
• SF Converter
  For printing language data using a word processor
• Shoebox (The Linguist’s Shoebox)
  Integrated data management and analysis for the field linguist
• SIL Apparatus Fonts
  A custom-encoded font used for Biblical text apparatus
• SIL Converters
  An interface making it possible to convert any file (e.g., SFM texts, lexicons, and Word documents) to a different encoding
• SIL Dai Banna Fonts
  Custom-encoded Xishuangbanna Dai (New Tai Lue) fonts for Windows and Macintosh
• SIL Encore Fonts
  Library of phonetic characters and linguistic symbols
• SIL Encore IPA Fonts
  Custom-encoded Phonetic fonts
• SIL FieldWorks BTE
  Data management tool for language and cultural fieldwork. Adds FieldWorks Translation Editor to Standard Edition.
• SIL FieldWorks SE
  Data management tool for language and cultural fieldwork.
• SIL FRED (Friendly Right-to-Left Editor)
  SIL FRED is a utility which allows right-to-left typing with SIL Ezra font.
• SIL Greek Font System (Galatia)
  Custom-encoded Greek font package for Windows and Macintosh
• SIL Greek Unicode Font (Galatia SIL)
  Greek Unicode OpenType fonts
• SIL Hebrew Font System (Ezra)
  Custom-encoded Hebrew font package for Windows and Macintosh
• SIL Hebrew Unicode Font (Ezra SIL)
  Hebrew Unicode OpenType fonts
• SIL Language Freeware
  Software products recommended for language projects
• SIL Tai Dam Fonts
  Custom-encoded Tai Dam fonts for Windows and Macintosh
• SIL Vai Fonts
  Custom-encoded font for the African Vai script
• SIL Xishuang Banna Fonts
  Xishuangbanna Dai (New Tai Lue) fonts for Windows and Macintosh
• Sophia Nubian Font
  A sans serif, Unicode-compliant font based on the SIL Sophia typeface.
• Speech Analyzer
  For acoustic analysis of speech sounds
• STAMP
  Morphological transfer and synthesis for adapting text to a related language
• Tai Heritage Pro
  A Unicode font reflecting the traditional hand-written style of the Tai Viet script
• TECkit
  A toolkit for Text Encoding Conversion
• Toolbox (The Field Linguist’s Toolbox)
  Data management, parsing and text analysis
• Toolbox/Shoebox Utilities
  Command-line utilities for Shoebox and Toolbox
• Unicode Ccount
  Unicode-aware character count utility
• Vocabulary Manager
  Multimedia flash card system for vocabulary learning
• WinCecil
  Speech analysis software
• WordCorr
  Automates the process of tabulating and managing the sound correspondences used in working out the historical development of natural languages
• WordSurv
  A linguistics computer program designed to aid in the collection and analysis of word lists
• WorldPad
  WorldPad is a text editor that can display text in complex scripts using Graphite.
• XeTeX
  A Unicode typesetting system based on TeX
• Zaghawa Beria Font
  Custom-encoded font developed for an alphabet which is based on camel branding marks in western Sudan and eastern Chad.

Software that can be built

These are software products that offer source code that can be compiled for other operating systems.

• AMPLE
  A morphological parser for linguistic exploration
• EasyBackup and Bdec
  Backup data to a USB stick
• Ktagger
  Tag words with PC-KIMMO parser
• Ktext
  Text analysis with PC-KIMMO parser
• PC-KIMMO
  Two-level morphological analyzer
• PC-Parse
  PC parsing programs (AMPLE, STAMP, PC-KIMMO, PC-PATR, etc.)
• PC-PARSE source code
  Sources for the PC-PARSE programs (AMPLE, STAMP, PC-KIMMO, PC-PATR, etc.)
• PC-PATR
  Syntactic parser
• STAMP
  Morphological transfer and synthesis for adapting text to a related language
• Toolbox/Shoebox Utilities
  Command-line utilities for Shoebox and Toolbox