FW: Corpora: COLT CD?

Christopher Tribble (ctribble@sri.lanka.net)
Tue, 16 Nov 1999 18:50:46 +0530

I strongly endorse Tony's view - not every one has the bandwidth!

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Chris Tribble

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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-corpora@lists.uib.no [mailto:owner-corpora@lists.uib.no]On > Behalf Of Tony Berber Sardinha > Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 1999 4:36 PM > To: corpora@hit.uib.no; Anna-Brita Stenstrom > Subject: Re: Corpora: COLT CD? > > > 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. > ------------------------------------- > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > Professor Anna-Brita Stenström > Anna.Stenstrom@eng.uib.no > > English department Phone +47 55582369 > > University of Bergen Fax +47 55589455 > > N-5007 Bergen > > Norway > > > > > > > > >