Androids in Amazonia: recording an endangered language

Language Log 2013-03-29

Summary:

The village of Akazu’yw lies in the rainforest, a day’s drive from the state capital of Belém, deep in the Brazilian Amazon. Last week I traveled there, carrying a dozen Android phones with a specialized app for recording speech. It wasn't all plain sailing… Read the full story here.

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http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=4537

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Authors:

Steven Bird

Date tagged:

03/29/2013, 21:42

Date published:

03/29/2013, 21:00