http://annotation.exmaralda.org/index.php?title=SyncWriter_(Review)&feed=atom&action=historySyncWriter (Review) - Revision history2024-03-29T05:25:04ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.23.6http://annotation.exmaralda.org/index.php?title=SyncWriter_(Review)&diff=1593&oldid=prevThomas.schmidt at 14:36, 16 November 20062006-11-16T14:36:42Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>syncWriter is a software for creating texts in interlinear notation. As far as I know, it is mainly used for transcribing sign language and for making musical score transcripts according to the [[HIAT]] conventions. syncWriter is a Macintosh program, designed for OS versions 7.x through 9.x. As long as the new Macintosh OS (MAC OS 10.x) comes with the so-called “classic” mode, it will run under OS X as well. With Macintosh's switch to Intel processors, there is, however, a real possibility that this will not be the case any more for future versions of that OS. There is no Windows or Linux version of the tool.  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>syncWriter is a software for creating texts in interlinear notation. As far as I know, it is mainly used for transcribing sign language and for making musical score transcripts according to the [[HIAT]] conventions. syncWriter is a Macintosh program, designed for OS versions 7.x through 9.x. As long as the new Macintosh OS (MAC OS 10.x) comes with the so-called “classic” mode, it will run under OS X as well. With Macintosh's switch to Intel processors, there is, however, a real possibility that this will not be the case any more for future versions of that OS. There is no Windows or Linux version of the tool.  </div></td></tr>
</table>Thomas.schmidthttp://annotation.exmaralda.org/index.php?title=SyncWriter_(Review)&diff=1591&oldid=prevHerrner at 13:20, 16 November 20062006-11-16T13:20:21Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>syncWriter is a software for creating texts in interlinear notation. As far as I know, it is mainly used for transcribing sign language and for making musical score transcripts according to the [[HIAT]] conventions. syncWriter is a Macintosh program, designed for OS versions 7.x through 9.x. As long as the new Macintosh OS (MAC OS 10.x) comes with the so-called “classic” mode, it will run under OS X as well. With Macintosh's switch to Intel processors, there is, however, a real possibility that this will not be the case any more for future versions of that OS. There is no Windows or Linux version of the tool.  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>syncWriter is a software for creating texts in interlinear notation. As far as I know, it is mainly used for transcribing sign language and for making musical score transcripts according to the [[HIAT]] conventions. syncWriter is a Macintosh program, designed for OS versions 7.x through 9.x. As long as the new Macintosh OS (MAC OS 10.x) comes with the so-called “classic” mode, it will run under OS X as well. With Macintosh's switch to Intel processors, there is, however, a real possibility that this will not be the case any more for future versions of that OS. There is no Windows or Linux version of the tool.  </div></td></tr>
</table>Herrnerhttp://annotation.exmaralda.org/index.php?title=SyncWriter_(Review)&diff=1586&oldid=prevHerrner at 13:16, 16 November 20062006-11-16T13:16:05Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>syncWriter is a software for creating texts in interlinear notation. As far as I know, it is mainly used for transcribing sign language and for making musical score transcripts according to the HIAT conventions. syncWriter is a Macintosh program, designed for OS versions 7.x through 9.x. As long as the new Macintosh OS (MAC OS 10.x) comes with the so-called “classic” mode, it will run under OS X as well. With Macintosh's switch to Intel processors, there is, however, a real possibility that this will not be the case any more for future versions of that OS. There is no Windows or Linux version of the tool.  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>syncWriter is a software for creating texts in interlinear notation. As far as I know, it is mainly used for transcribing sign language and for making musical score transcripts according to the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>HIAT<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>conventions. syncWriter is a Macintosh program, designed for OS versions 7.x through 9.x. As long as the new Macintosh OS (MAC OS 10.x) comes with the so-called “classic” mode, it will run under OS X as well. With Macintosh's switch to Intel processors, there is, however, a real possibility that this will not be the case any more for future versions of that OS. There is no Windows or Linux version of the tool.  </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>syncWriter's functionality is comparable to that of HIAT-DOS, but it is in many ways a more modern tool: it has a GUI, it allows for different fonts to be used, it has a (limited) functionality for media integration, etc. However, as with HIAT-DOS, there are good reasons not to use syncWriter any more. One is a purely practical one: the software used to be distributed commercially by a German software company (med-i-bit). Since 2003, this company has taken syncWriter off its catalog so that there is now no “official” way of obtaining the software.  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>syncWriter's functionality is comparable to that of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>HIAT-DOS<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>, but it is in many ways a more modern tool: it has a GUI, it allows for different fonts to be used, it has a (limited) functionality for media integration, etc. However, as with HIAT-DOS, there are good reasons not to use syncWriter any more. One is a purely practical one: the software used to be distributed commercially by a German software company (med-i-bit). Since 2003, this company has taken syncWriter off its catalog so that there is now no “official” way of obtaining the software.  </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>But even if there were: using syncWriter for transcription today means producing data that is almost unusable for anything but syncWriter itself. syncWriter uses a binary format for which there is no documentation whatsoever. The source code of the tool is not available, and development came to a standstill over 10 years ago. Like the older MAC OS in general, syncWriter offers no Unicode support. Its only data export is a text-based format in which some of the most important information is lost. The EXMARaLDA framework offers a method for “rescuing” syncWriter data via an AppleScript routine and an XML conversion filter, but this method still requires a substantial amount of manual post-editing.  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>But even if there were: using syncWriter for transcription today means producing data that is almost unusable for anything but syncWriter itself. syncWriter uses a binary format for which there is no documentation whatsoever. The source code of the tool is not available, and development came to a standstill over 10 years ago. Like the older MAC OS in general, syncWriter offers no Unicode support. Its only data export is a text-based format in which some of the most important information is lost. The <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>EXMARaLDA<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>framework offers a method for “rescuing” syncWriter data via an AppleScript routine and an XML conversion filter, but this method still requires a substantial amount of manual post-editing.  </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Thus, this, too, is “a great tool when it was released, but now left to rest in peace.”</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Thus, this, too, is “a great tool when it was released, but now left to rest in peace.”</div></td></tr>
</table>Herrnerhttp://annotation.exmaralda.org/index.php?title=SyncWriter_(Review)&diff=1585&oldid=prevHerrner at 13:14, 16 November 20062006-11-16T13:14:39Z<p></p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>This is a review of Transana written by [http://www.uni-hamburg.de/fachbereiche-einrichtungen/sfb538/thomasschmidt.html Thomas Schmidt] in 2006.<br />
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syncWriter is a software for creating texts in interlinear notation. As far as I know, it is mainly used for transcribing sign language and for making musical score transcripts according to the HIAT conventions. syncWriter is a Macintosh program, designed for OS versions 7.x through 9.x. As long as the new Macintosh OS (MAC OS 10.x) comes with the so-called “classic” mode, it will run under OS X as well. With Macintosh's switch to Intel processors, there is, however, a real possibility that this will not be the case any more for future versions of that OS. There is no Windows or Linux version of the tool. <br />
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syncWriter's functionality is comparable to that of HIAT-DOS, but it is in many ways a more modern tool: it has a GUI, it allows for different fonts to be used, it has a (limited) functionality for media integration, etc. However, as with HIAT-DOS, there are good reasons not to use syncWriter any more. One is a purely practical one: the software used to be distributed commercially by a German software company (med-i-bit). Since 2003, this company has taken syncWriter off its catalog so that there is now no “official” way of obtaining the software. <br />
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But even if there were: using syncWriter for transcription today means producing data that is almost unusable for anything but syncWriter itself. syncWriter uses a binary format for which there is no documentation whatsoever. The source code of the tool is not available, and development came to a standstill over 10 years ago. Like the older MAC OS in general, syncWriter offers no Unicode support. Its only data export is a text-based format in which some of the most important information is lost. The EXMARaLDA framework offers a method for “rescuing” syncWriter data via an AppleScript routine and an XML conversion filter, but this method still requires a substantial amount of manual post-editing. <br />
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Thus, this, too, is “a great tool when it was released, but now left to rest in peace.”</div>Herrner