FieldWorks

Software tools for language and cultural data, with support for complex scripts.

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FieldWorks Language Explorer™: Dictionary Creation Software

Welcome to FieldWorks, the dictionary creation software designed for you to document your language, understand it better, and publish what you learn!

FieldWorks Language Explorer™ (FLEx) is a comprehensive tool that allows you to create a dictionary for your language by collecting texts, words, and cultural information. It is widely used for documenting and preserving low-resource languages and cultures. With FieldWorks, you can compile texts, analyze grammar, and incorporate cultural details, creating a robust dictionary database that supports multiple languages and scripts. The software simplifies the task of interlinearizing text and analyzing grammar, and it has built-in features for publishing your dictionary or grammatical analysis. The WYSIWYG Dictionary view shows your formatted dictionary entries just as they will appear in a publication.

Why Choose FieldWorks?

FieldWorks isn’t just a dictionary tool; it’s a comprehensive language solution designed to foster communication, preserve cultural heritage, and support language development in your community.

Tour of FieldWorks

Beyond research, FieldWorks enables you to publish your dictionary in both electronic and print formats, to exchange data with ELAN, and to export data in a range of formats. You can build and broaden your dictionary with tools like Rapid Word Collection, and even assist in creating spell-checking databases. Collaboration is built-in, allowing multiple users to contribute to a shared lexicon.

Best of all, FLEx is offered under an open-source license, ensuring it’s free for anyone to use, with the added benefit of a supportive community for any assistance you might need.

Analyze Texts

Equip yourself with powerful tools to analyze language data efficiently. The software understands linguistic intricacies like prefixes, suffixes, and infixes, allowing you to manually or automatically parse words.

Describe Grammar

Utilize built-in terminology to describe the building blocks of words and sentences, generating a full grammar description based on your input.

Word Collection

Rapidly develop a semantically categorized glossary with the support for Rapid Word Collection, helping you build a thesaurus, and later a full dictionary!

More about Rapid Word Collection

Common questions

Where can I get help using FieldWorks??

Problems with the program should be sent to flex_errors@sil.org. We also have a Google Group of experienced FLEx users who are glad to help. For more information, go to the Help and Training page

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