kiyânawTranscribe

PUBLIC BETA

Free online collaborative transcription software designed for Indigenous languages.

Public Beta

This project is currently available for testing. We would love your feedback and if you would like to contribute to the direction of this project, feel free to contact us.

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Video Tutorial

See it in Action

Watch a quick walkthrough of kiyânaw Transcribe and learn how to get started with collaborative transcription.

Open Source

kiyânaw Transcribe is open source software. Check out the code, report issues, or contribute on GitHub.

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FEATURES

Language-Agnostic

We add spell-check support for Indigenous languages continually. As transducers (spell-checkers) become available for various languages, we are able to add support for that language to our platform easily. But even if your language isn't supported yet, most of our features will still work.

Online Collaboration

Work on the same transcription simultaneously with friends or other language learners. Receive visual cues when others are editing nearby content, as well as conflict resolution options when editing the same region.

Audio & Video Support

Expanding support for various media formats, audio and video including most mobile formats. Upload directly from your phone and start transcribing.

Deep Linking

Clicking on a Region or Issue will result in the URL updating to that item's location, allowing users to share the URL with others to gain support on problem areas easily.

Issue Flagging

As users encounter problem words or areas within a transcription, those words can be flagged as problematic for follow-up later on, and will be visually marked for easy identification.

Spell checking integration

When analysis (spell-checking) is available for a language, advanced indexing becomes possible, allowing us to keep a list of high-frequency words. Studying these lists can help to speed the advance our comprehension and fluency.

kiyânaw Transcribe Roadmap

Current progress and upcoming features for kiyânaw Transcribe

1.0-alpha
Internal testing and development
Internal online release, spell check support for nêhiyawêwin, issue submission, mp4 video support, database indexing, adjustable playback rate, shared transcriptions.
1.0-beta
Beta release
Realtime updates upgrade (Amplify API v2), realtime collaboration, contributor awareness, private transcriptions, disable indexing, N. Michif support (experimental).
1.0
General availability
Publish transciptions, export formats, syllabics support, +1 language spell check, versioning, keyboard shortcuts
1.1
kiyânaw Theatre
kiyânaw Theatre will provide a publicly-available list of published transcriptions that will be viewable in "theatre mode", along with the ability to export subtitles files for other platforms such as YouTube.
1.2
Transcription Trainer
Training mode uses an existing, finished transcription as the key for training users on transcribing. Rather that highlight words spelled "correctly", the transcription will highlight as the learner correctly matches the key.
1.3
Issue browser
Central location for the browsing, searching & filtering of issues across a body of transcriptions.

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