Around the world, speakers of lesser known languages are eager
to develop their own languages. Part of that development will
mean collecting stories for publication and developing a
dictionary. In many cases, they are limited to working without
the help of a computer. This is a difficult environment for
computer use, as there is often - no previous computer exposure
- no local computer training or maintenance - limited
electricity - limited or non-existent connection to the internet
- dusty, wet, hot, humid conditions The WeSay Solution WeSay is
an Open Source project aimed at providing computer tools to help
communities perform several language development activities on
their own. It will be extremely simple, task oriented, and
available on hardware that is appropriate to their environment.
At the same time, these tools will enable data sharing with
advisors running more traditional, high-powered linguistic and
publishing software. The idea is to empower communities to do
their own high-quality data gatherin