Re: Corpora: COLT CD?

Tony Berber Sardinha (tony4@uol.com.br)
Tue, 16 Nov 1999 09:06:03 -0200

Dear Anna-Brita

The Internet version would be great but it wouldn´t replace the need for a
version on CD, I don´t think, mainly because an Internet connection is not
always available and sometimes the connection is not always fast enough to
enable us to make efficient use of the online material.

cheers
tony.

cheers
abraço
tony.
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Dr Tony Berber Sardinha
Catholic University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
tony4@uol.com.br
http://sites.uol.com.br/tony4/homepage.html
http://homepages.infoseek.com/~corpuslinguistics/homepage.html

-----Mensagem Original-----
De: Anna-Brita Stenstrom <Anna.Stenstrom@eng.uib.no>
Para: <corpora@hit.uib.no>
Enviada em: Segunda-feira, 15 de Novembro de 1999 17:05
Assunto: Corpora: COLT CD?

> Dear CORPORA-subscribers,
>
> The processing of the COLT-material (The Bergen Corpus of London Teenage
> Language) is in its final stages. (1) The original plan was to produce a
> CD-rom with text and sound, but now that both text and sound can be made
> accessible on the internet, we are beginning to wonder whether the CD
> version is still attractive or whether the internet version is maybe
> preferable.
>
> Moreover, we need testers for judging the level of accuracy of the text &
> sound on the web. So would anybody be willing to test the material in
> exchange for free access to the entire material?
>
> Please let me have your reaction.
>
> Anna-Brita Stenstrom
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> Professor Anna-Brita Stenström Anna.Stenstrom@eng.uib.no
> English department Phone +47 55582369
> University of Bergen Fax +47 55589455
> N-5007 Bergen
> Norway
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