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2018
7 December 2018SIL Transcriber (Alpha)
The SIL Transcriber Alpha 3 allows an individual or team to transcribe and upload multiple tasks from multiple projects to Paratext or other applications. The alpha 3 release adds the ability to creat… read more
4 December 2018Glyssen
We are pleased to announce the release of Glyssen 1.1. As announced in October, the major new feature in this version of Glyssen is the addition of support for direct access to data from live Paratext… read more
26 November 2018SIL Transcriber (Alpha)
The SIL Transcriber Alpha 2 allows an individual or team to transcribe and upload multiple tasks from multiple projects to Paratext or other applications. The program has been localized into 9 languag… read more
16 November 2018XLingPaper
Version 3.4.0 / 2.34.0 Released
XLingPaper version 3.4.0 (for the XMLmind XML Editor version 7.2+) and version 2.34.0 (for the XMLmind XML Editor version 5.3) are now available for Windows, Mac, and Linux. This new version of XLingP… read more
8 November 2018SIL Transcriber (Alpha)
The first release SIL Transcriber, Alpha 1, includes the basic “Happy path” functions of the program. It allows a task to be created and transcribed. Once transcribed it can be reviewed and upload… read more
5 November 2018FieldWorks
After upgrading to this version, the data will not open in any version prior to 9.0.4, so make a backup before upgrading. If you are sharing data with others, the entire team should use a version of F… read more
22 October 2018Glyssen
Next big feature: “live” access to Paratext data
From the early days, Glyssen has been limited to using a Text Release Bundle as the source for the text. By preventing direct access to a Paratext project, Glyssen encouraged users to avoid trying to … read more
22 October 2018Glyssen
With the advent of version 1.0 (released in January 2018), Glyssen is capable of producing a script that can be opened in HearThis for the purpose of doing a field-based recording. Work on a full-scal… read more
17 October 2018PAWS
PAWS-produced PC-PATR grammar and FLEx
Version 1.1.0 of PAWS has instructions for how to use the PC-PATR grammar it produces with FieldWorks Language Explorer (aka FLEx). To see the instructions: Download and install version 1.1.0 of PAWS … read more
28 September 2018Primer Pro
What’s New in Version 2.7 Below is a brief listing of the new features of version 2.7. • Rewrote UI localization feature for flexibility. • Add user interface (UI) localization for Spanish. In t… read more
13 September 2018FieldWorks
FieldWorks 9.0 now has a 64-bit Windows version, a new installer, and fixes a lot of older bugs. The main features of this release are as follows: Large project Improvements FieldWorks 9.0 introduces … read more
9 August 2018Transcelerator
Version 1.3 – Internationalization!
For everyone who has been waiting for the past few years for Transcelerator to support translation of questions from a source language other than English, your wait is (almost) over! With the advent o… read more
24 July 2018PAWS
PAWS now can produce a PC-PATR syntactic parser grammar file
Version 1.0.0 of PAWS will produce a draft of a PC-PATR grammar file based on all the answers given. Currently, you can use such a PC-PATR file with CARLA Studio. Work is in progress for a stand-alone… read more
24 July 2018PAWS
PAWS now on Windows, Mac and Linux
Version 1.0.0 of PAWS is released. It runs on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. See https://software.sil.org/paws/download/.… read more
19 July 2018Alkalami
We are pleased to announce the release of the Alkalami (pronounced al-KA-la-mi) v1.100 font. The only change in this release is a change to the qaf-based characters: isolate now has tail; tail on fina… read more
23 May 2018XLingPaper
Version 8.1 of the XMLmind XML Editor works with XLingPaper
While there was an issue with version 8.0 of the XMLmind XML Editor, it appears that version 8.1 works fine with XLingPaper.… read more
23 May 2018XLingPaper
Version 3.3.0 / 2.33.0 Released
XLingPaper version 3.3.0 (for the XMLmind XML Editor version 7.2+) and version 2.33.0 (for the XMLmind XML Editor version 5.3) are now available for Windows, Mac, and Linux. This new version of XLingP… read more
17 May 2018Pathway
Pathway 1.17.6 hot fix release
Pathway 1.17.6 is a hot fix that adds the ability to the boot strap program to detect if Paratext 8 is installed and install the BTE version if it is. This version is only needed for Windows. 1.17.5 i… read more
11 May 2018Pathway
Pathway 1.17.5 is designed to work well with FieldWorks 9.0 alpha as well as Fieldwoks 8.3.x and Paratext 7.5 as well as 8.0. It has been tested on Wasta and Ubuntu, bionic, xenial, and trusty. A numb… read more
24 April 2018Awami Nastaliq
Awami Nastaliq 1.101 is a maintenance release of the Awami Nastaliq font. Changes to this font include: Fixed bug in positioning of final reh Known Issues with the font Hamza feature does not work on … read more
4 April 2018Awami Nastaliq
Awami Nastaliq 1.100 is a maintenance release of the Awami Nastaliq font. This release supports additional languages and provides improvements to glyph shapes and connections. Changes to this font inc… read more
20 March 2018LingTree
New version of LingTree: version 1.0.0
This new, completely re-written version of LingTree runs on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux operating systems. It has the same functionality as the older, Windows-only version with the exception that it … read more
16 March 2018FieldWorks
FieldWorks for Windows will work with Paratext 8. FieldWorks for Linux will have to wait until version 9 to support Paratext 8. Most machines already have .Net 4.6.1 installed. But, especially on Wind… read more
8 March 2018XLingPaper
Do not install or upgrade to version 8.0.0 of the XMLmind XML Editor
As you may have learned, there is a new version of the XMLmind XML Editor (version 8.0.0). While it does load XLingPaper documents, it breaks the “Convert interlinear line to wrd elements”… read more
5 March 2018XLingPaper
Please do not install the new version of the XMLmind XML Editor yet
Today, XMLmind released a new version of the XMLmind XML Editor (aka XXE) which XLingPaper uses. It looks like the new version has a change which breaks XLingPaper’s configuration. Please do not… read more
5 February 2018Phonology Assistant
Release of Phonology Assistant 3.6.4
The 3.6.4 release of Phonology Assistant works with FieldWorks 8.3.x and 9.x 32-bit versions. It has also been updated to work with the Speech Analyzer 3.1 and the Speech Analyzer MSEA 3.1.0.141. Thes… read more
29 January 2018XLingPaper
Version 3.2.3 / 2.32.3 Released
This is a maintenance bug fix release. The main bug fix is for the default XeLaTeX way of producing PDF. Version 3.2.0/2.32.0 fixed a problem whereby in some cases the table of contents would show … read more
5 January 2018Pathway
Pathway 1.17.0 is designed to work well with FieldWorks 9.0 alpha as well as Fieldwoks 8.3.11 and Paratext 7.5 as well as 8.0. The primary goal was to have a program that didn’t loose or add dat… read more