{"id":992,"date":"2016-10-06T18:45:29","date_gmt":"2016-10-06T18:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/software.sil.org\/fieldworks\/?page_id=992"},"modified":"2026-01-06T18:20:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T23:20:39","slug":"companion-tools","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/fieldworks\/help\/companion-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"Companion Tools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These companion tools for <a href=\"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/fieldworks\/\">FLEx<\/a> help you import \/ export, back up, publish, and archive your data.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Automated Backup<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/myworksafe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MyWorkSafe<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ramp.sil.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RAMP<\/a> SIL Archives<\/p>\n<p><strong>Import-related<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/sheetswiper\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SheetSwiper<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/solid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SOLID<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/rulingants.github.io\/FlexText-Excel-Import\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FlexText-Excel-Import<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Text transcription and time-alignment<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/saymore\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SayMore<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.mpi.nl\/tla\/elan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ELAN<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Phonology<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/phonologyassistant\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Phonology Assistant<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Publishing<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.webonary.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Webonary<\/a>. With a few clicks you can publish an online Dictionary from your FieldWorks data.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/xlingpaper\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">XLingPaper<\/a> brings your beautifully structured FieldWorks data into a beautifully structured linguistic article or grammatical description.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/libreofficetools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LibreOffice Linguistic Tools (for OpenOffice and LibreOffice)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/pdfdroplet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PDFDroplet<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/pathway\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pathway<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kratylos.org\/~kratylos\/home.cgi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kratylos<\/a> Publishes LIFT (dictionary) and FlexText (interlinear) on a website with links and queries between them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Simpler user interface for entering lexical data<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/thecombine.app\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Combine<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/wesay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WeSay<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/sillsdev\/FLExAllomorphGenerator\/blob\/master\/InstallerVarGen\/Output\/VariantGeneratorDllSetup.exe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Variant Generator<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/sillsdev\/FLExAllomorphGenerator\/blob\/master\/Installer\/Output\/AllomorphGeneratorDllSetup.exe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Allomorph Generator<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Web based interface for lexical data<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/languageforge.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Language Forge<\/a> holds a working copy of your FieldWorks data, serving as both an archive and a web interface so that a team can work together on a FieldWorks project.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Send\/Receive<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/chorushub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ChorusHub<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rule-base machine translation based on FLEx<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/flextrans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FLExTrans<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Various uses<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/cdfarrow\/FLExTools\/wiki\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FLExTools<\/a> An application for running Python scripts against a FieldWorks database<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These companion tools for FLEx help you import \/ export, back up, publish, and archive your data. Automated Backup MyWorkSafe RAMP SIL Archives Import-related SheetSwiper SOLID FlexText-Excel-Import Text transcription and time-alignment SayMore ELAN Phonology Phonology Assistant Publishing Webonary. With a few clicks you can publish an online Dictionary from your FieldWorks data. 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