Flibl: A Tool to Ease Text Transfer Between ELAN and FLEx

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dc.creatorAmalia Skilton
dc.creatorSunkulp Ananthanarayan
dc.creatorSofia Gottlieb Pierson
dc.creatorClaire Bowern
dc.date.accessioned2025-04-30T20:16:14Z
dc.date.available2025-04-30T20:16:14Z
dc.date.copyright2025
dc.date.issued2025-04
dc.description.abstractTwo of the most common software tools in language documentation are ELAN, for transcription, and FieldWorks Language Explorer (FLEx), for interlinearization. Many language documentarians use these tools together, and the transcribed output of ELAN is natural input to FLEx. Despite this, out of the box the two programs are not effectively interoperable. FLEx also does not allow users to display many data structures that are visible in ELAN and necessary for research purposes, such as speaker attributions. Therefore, we created Flibl [flɪbɫ]̩ , a software tool that automatically converts between the data formats used by ELAN and FLEx while keeping all ELAN information visible. This article offers a description and tutorial on the software. First, we describe our research motivations for creating Flibl, how researchers can use it and for what topics, and how the software works on the backend. Readers interested in using Flibl can download it from our stable repository at https://github.com/amaliaskilton/flibl.
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Foreign Language Resource Center
dc.formatArticle
dc.format.extent18
dc.identifier.citationSkilton, Amalia, Sunkulp Ananthanarayan, Sofia Gottlieb Pierson, Claire Bowern. 2025. Flibl: A Tool to Ease Text Transfer Between ELAN and FLEx. Language Documentation & Conservation 19: 158-175.
dc.identifier.issn1934-5275
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10125/74815
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherUniversity of Hawaii Press
dc.titleFlibl: A Tool to Ease Text Transfer Between ELAN and FLEx
dcterms.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
dcterms.typeText
prism.endingpage175
prism.publicationnameLanguage Documentation & Conservation
prism.startingpage158
prism.volume19

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