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Nuevas aplicaciones lingüísticas - Nouveaux softs linguistiques
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- Subtitles Modifier
http://www.freewarefiles.com/Subtitles-Modifier_program_19732.html - Speak-A-Message replaces written text with your voice.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/Speak-A-Message_program_37979.html - LangOver
Convert your text quickly between keyboard layouts.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/LangOver_program_40733.html
http://www.langover.com/ - StorYBook
StorYBook
is a free, summary-based open source software for novelist and authors
that helps you to keep the overview over the strands while writing a
book, a novel or a story. StorYBook assists you to structure your book.
http://storybook.intertec.ch/ - JLearnItPDA is a multilingual translator for PDA devices (PalmOS and WinCE devices).
http://www.freewarefiles.com/program_16_177_27621.html
- Subtitle Processor
Subtitle editor with integrated movie and DVD player.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/program_6_75_27522.html
http://sourceforge.net/projects/subtitleproc
- Esperantilo ("Tool for Esperanto")
is a UTF-8 editor with linguistics functions for the language
Esperanto, and is also a system for computer aided translation. It
contains a spell checker and grammar checker for the Esperanto
language. It can translate Esperanto text in different formats into
Polish, German, and English. It also supports computer aided
translation by interactive machine translation. Translation memory can
be used also for any language pairs. It is an XLIFF editor. It supports
XLIFF and TMX (Level 1) formats. Machine translation uses direct
translation at syntax level (dictionary-based translation with some
grammar transformations).
http://freshmeat.net/projects/esperantilo/
- VobBlanker
A tool able to blank, replace, cut and strip VTS video titles.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/program_6_74_20592.html
- TranslateIt!
Instant translation of any new word
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/win/106609
- SubMagic
An application to convert, edit sync, create movie subtitles.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/program_6_75_22373.html
- translator is web translation extension that allows you to translate web pages into many different languages
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/Browser-Tweak/translator.shtml
- FoxLingo
is a Firefox extension which acts as a versatile language tool. It can
perform Web page translation, translated searching, and translation of
entered text. Over 1,000 different language pairs are supported. It
provides access to over 90 language services such as encyclopedias and
text-to-speech. It also offers Ixquick, a meta-search engine with
unique features.

http://freshmeat.net/projects/foxlingo/
- TuxWordSmith
is a sister application to TuxMathScrabble. It uses XDXF dictionaries
to let you play Word Scrabble against the computer. It currently uses
the Oxford English Dictionary and is built atop the EduApp framework.
It also has a screensaver mode where two computer players play endless
Scrabble.
http://freshmeat.net/projects/tuxwordsmith/
- Sdictionary
is a cross-platform dictionary project uses own Sdict dictionary
format. It includes Sdict, the main program and two simple
applications: Jotter and Data. Unlike ptkdic or gtkdic no MySQL needed,
so you can work with dictionary files directly. Currently it is known
to work under UNIX, Win32 and Symbian OS.
http://swaj.net/sdict/index.html
- Translate Toolkit
The Translate Toolkit is a set of tools designed to assist translators
and localisers, with a specific focus on the Gettext PO and XLIFF
formats. These tools currently include converters for Mozilla to PO and
OpenOffice to PO, and checkers for punctuation, accelerators, etc.
http://freshmeat.net/projects/translate/
http://translate.sourceforge.net/wiki/toolkit/index
- EZDictionary
A dictionary helper designed to help users to quickly look up a word or phrase in online dictionaries.
http://www.freewarefiles.com:80/program_16_177_23132.html
- EZPronounce
Pronounce selected or highlighted word in Internet Explorer, Microsoft Word, WordPad or Notepad.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/program_16_177_22107.html
- LingoPad is a free offline German / English and German / Spanish dictionary for Windows.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/program_16_177_20599.html
- Travel Dictionary Swedish PC - Swedish to German, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, English
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Others/Home-Education/Travel-Dictionary-Swedish-PC.shtml
Travel Dictionary Portuguese PC - Portuguese with German, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, English, Swedish
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Others/Home-Education/Travel-Dictionary-Portuguese-PC.shtml
Travel Dictionary Italian PC - Italian with German, French, Spanish, Englisch, Dutch, Portuguese,Swedish
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Others/Home-Education/Travel-Dictionary-Italian-PC.shtml
- SpellSuggest is a simple, skinnable (changes colors) spelling widget that will check any word you type
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Windows-Widgets/Widget-Miscellaneous/SpellSuggest.shtml
- JBootCat
is an implemention of the BootCat scripts for acquiring corpora from
the Internet, which is of interest to linguists and translators. The
main goal is to encapsulate the BootCat functionality within a
user-friendly desktop application.
http://freshmeat.net/projects/jbootcat/
- Text to Speech Maker
This text-to-speech player lets you listen to documents, e-mails or...
http://www.tucows.com/preview/375356
- Google Translator Interface
Free multilingual translation interface.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/program_2_16_21056.html
- Web Translator
Translate web into native language.
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/win/20673
- Teach Light Pro
Study any foreign language of the world
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/win/31038
- JSesh
is an editor for ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic texts. It can export the
text into picture formats, such as WMF files for easy inclusion in word
processors. JSesh can also be used as a library for other projects
concerning ancient Egyptian.
http://freshmeat.net/projects/jsesh/
- Textanz
Calculate frequencies of words, phrases & wordforms.
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/win/62835
- PhiloLogic
is a full-text database engine developed for humanities computing text
analysis by the ARTFL Project and the Digital Library Development
Center at the University of Chicago. It is optimized for fast searching
across very large collections of documents. It currently supports
TEI-Lite, TEI XML, and TEI SGML documents.

http://freshmeat.net/projects/philologic/
- VocMac
Trilingual electronic dictionary
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/win/27452
- CatsCradle
Fast and easy to use web page editor for professional language translators.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/program_4_215_13857.html
- aspell-da
is an aspell dictionary for spell-checking Danish texts. It is based on
"Den store danske ordliste" (The Comprehensive Danish Dictionary).

http://freshmeat.net/projects/aspell-da/
- The Comprehensive Danish Dictionary is a word list for spell checking of Danish texts.
http://freshmeat.net/projects/dsdo
- CyberBuddy
Makes use of Microsoft Agents to speak to you when certain events take place.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/program_2_16_19146.html
- DIC
Dictionary, search and add words, word conversion.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/program_16_177_18606.html
- IPA Zounds
models language sound changes by applying a given set of sound change
rules to a given lexicon. It has a built-in model of the International
Phonetic Alphabet, allowing users to write input words in IPA
characters and rules using those characters or the distinctive features
of the model

http://freshmeat.net/projects/ipazounds/
- Sonogram Visible Speech
Analyzes sound & speech waveforms in video & sound files
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/win/60218
- VietPad
is a Java/.NET cross-platform Vietnamese Unicode text editor that
allows you to open, edit, convert, print, and save Vietnamese text
files in Unicode formats.
http://freshmeat.net/projects/vietpad/
- Says Me
Free text to speech reader for Windows.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/program_9_105_18052.html
- StarDict
is a cross-platform and international dictionary written in GTK 2. It
has powerful features such as glob-style pattern matching, scan
selection word, fuzzy queries, etc.
http://freshmeat.net/projects/stardict
- Afrikaans Spellchecker
is a spellchecker for Afrikaans that was created from the standard Free
Afrikaans wordlist. It includes versions for MySpell (for use in
OpenOffice and Mozilla on both Windows and Linux), Aspell, and Ispell.
http://freshmeat.net/projects/afrikaans_spellchecker/
- Danish English - English Danish Dictionary
http://www.freewarefiles.com/program_16_177_17715.html
- OpenLogos
is a large and powerful machine translation system that supports German
and English as source languages and major European languages such as
French, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese as target languages.
Additional language pairs are in development.

http://freshmeat.net/projects/openlogos/
- The Yahoo Translating HTTP Proxy (YTP)
is a two-way translator that works with Yahoo! Messenger to translate
your typed messages and replies to and from various languages. It
supports English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, and Portuguese.

http://freshmeat.net/projects/ytp/
- Polyglot 3000
can automatically identify the language used in a text, phrase, or even
a single word. Just paste or type the text into the provided field, or
load a text file, and the program will id....
http://www.freewarefiles.com/program_16_177_17414.html
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/polyglot3000.html
- Gentium
is a typeface family designed to enable the diverse ethnic groups
around the world who use the Latin script to produce readable,
high-quality publications. It supports a wide range of Latin-based
alphabets, and includes glyphs that correspond to all the Latin ranges
of Unicode.

http://freshmeat.net/projects/gentium-fonts/
- IPA Zounds
models language sound changes by applying a given set of sound change
rules to a given lexicon. It has a built-in model of the International
Phonetic Alphabet, allowing users to write input words in IPA
characters and rules using those characters or the distinctive features
of the model.

http://freshmeat.net/projects/ipazounds/
- TextAloud
Convert text to voice/MP3/WMA.
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/win/15759
- WordGenerator
generates hypothetical words from specifications of their syllable
structure. The user specifies the maximum length of the words in
syllables, the abstract structure of syllables in the language (in
terms of such units as consonants and vowels or onsets and rhymes), and
the actual sounds that comprise each abstract class (e.g. the list of
vowels in the language); WordGenerator then generates the words that
conform to this specification. Such lists are useful to field linguists
exploring the vocabulary of a language, and to designers of artificial
languages.

http://freshmeat.net/projects/wordgenerator/
- ClipTorrent
is a handy clipboard utility that allows you to automatically spell
check any text that you copy to the clipboard using multiple
dictionaries. In addition, the program functions as a clip....

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/cliptorrent.html
- Business Translator
Translate documents, webpages in 11 languages
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/win/22299
- Magic Translator
Software translator for text & document.
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/win/21184
- Responding Heads
enables you to launch programs, commands and actions via voice commands
spoken into your PC microphone. The program uses the MS Speech
recognition engine and is very easy to configur....
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/respondingheads.html
- Dictionary Organizer Deluxe

Dictionary, terminology, glossary
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/win/34844
- SmartButler

Multi-lingual speech for IM
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/win/21434
- Grammatica

Grammatica
is a bilingual grammar and spelling checker for English, French,
Spanish, and German. It gives grammar explanations and suggested
corrections. Its dictionary includes hundreds of thousands of entries
in each language. The grammar checker includes the analysis of the
function of words in a phrase (part of speech and grammatical links;
homophones and homographs; synonyms and definitions, etc.). Grammatica
can check text in any text editable window using our "hotkey" (the
default is F2, but the user can set their preference). It integrates
tightly with Microsoft Word 2000 and XP. Each language module is sold
separately, but can be easily added to and accessed from one Grammatica
interface.
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/win/19860
- Dictation

English speech recognition dictation pad
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/win/24225
- My Personal Translator

http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/win/49891
- Site Translator

Website language translation
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/win/49888
- 2nd Speech Center

Converts any text into spoken words
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/win/30960
- Artefact Dictionary

Shareware dictionary utility
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/win/48939
http://www.rsdsoft.com/artefact/
- i18nHTML
is a collection of scripts that can be used to write Web pages that
visitors can translate into their respective native languages. It uses
a database to match sentences from the Web page against translations
and defines a set of PHP functions that generate either the translated
HTML sentences or the original (typically English) text with
decorations that allow users to provide translations. It requires that
internationalized pages be written using the functions but does not
constrain the page design in any way. Internationalized pages can be
updated without losing existing translations for sentences that were
not changed.

http://gnunet.org/i18nHTML/
- Speex
is a patent-free compression format designed especially for speech. It
is specialized for voice communications at low bit-rates in the 2-45
kbps range. Possible applications include Voice over IP (VoIP),
Internet audio streaming, audio books, and archiving of speech data
(e.g. voice mail).

http://freshmeat.net/projects/speex
http://us.speex.org/
- WordNetDT

Dictionary/Thesaurus with advanced search features, including wildcard,
regular expression, anagram, scrabble and sounds like. ...
http://www.sofotex.com/WordNetDT-download_L28401.html
- Verbix

Verb conjugator
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/win/14761
- Ultralingua Esperanto-English Translation Dictionary

bilingual esperanto-english dictionary - Shareware
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/win/35651
Ultralingua German-Spanish Translation Dictionary
bilingual German-Spanish dictionary - Shareware
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/win/35650
Ultralingua Spanish-Portuguese Translation Dictionary
bilingual Spanish-Portuguese dictionary - Shareware
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/win/35649
Ultralingua Latin-English Translation Dictionary
bilingual Latin-English Dictionary - Shareware
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/win/35648
Ultralingua French-Spanish Translation Dictionary
bilingual French-Spanish dictionary - Shareware
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/win/35647
Ultralingua French-Italian Translation Dictionary
bilingual French Italian dictionary - Shareware
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/win/35646
Ultralingua French-German Translation Dictionary
bilingual French-German Dictionary - Shareware
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/win/35645
Ultralingua Portuguese-English Translation Dictionary
bilingual Portuguese-English dictionary - Shareware
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/win/35645
Ultralingua Italian-English Translation Dictionary
bilingual Italian-English dictionary - Shareware
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/win/35643
Ultralingua Spanish-English Translation Dictionary
Spanish-English dictionary 3.5M Shareware
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/win/15061
Ultralingua German-English
German-English dictionary 4.2M Shareware
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/win/15063
Ultralingua French-English Translation Dictionary
over 250,000 indexed entries 4.3M Shareware
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/win/15062
Ultralingua French Dictionary
French language dictionary 5.8M Shareware
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/win/15066
- UDP - The Unicode Document Processor. Free
UDP is a stand-alone document processing program that works with European,
Tibetan, Dzongkha and many other languages in the Win/98/ME and Win/NT/2000/XP
environments. It supports not only word processing and databases in multiple
languages, it also supports faxing and "one-click" e-mailing. It
is freeware and is avaiable for FREE download.
Freeware. http://udp.leighb.com
- 1st Natural Voice Text to Speech Reader
The best text to speech software which supports high quality Natural Voices.With
Build-in web browser, you can view any web news ...
http://www.sofotex.com/download/software/10611.html
- ReadThis
ReadThis Is A Text Reader With Load Of Features
http://www.winsite.com/bin/Info?16500000037086
- QuickSpell:Windows desktop spell check utility
QuickSpell is a unique spell checking utility that seamlessly integrates with
nearly every application on your desktop. It monitors the keyboard as
you type and checks for spelling errors on the fly. No development or
integration is needed. Just install QuickSpell and all of your applications
get spell checking immediately. Now you can spell check HTML forms, edit
boxes, dialogs, word processing applications, and much more.
A live indicator will display near the window cursor indicating whether
the current word is spelled correctly or not. Press [Ctrl]+S for
an instant list of suggestions in a pop-up menu. Press [Ctrl]+T
to check the spelling for a highlighted block of text. (This
feature relies on [Ctrl]+Ins, [Shift]+Ins, and the delete key working
normally, and may not work in all applications.) Press [Ctrl]+E
to customize settings on a per application basis.
QuickSpell Features include:
- Live status indicator
- Sound notification for misspelled words
- Spell checking highlighted text
- Application specific settings
- Foreign language support
- Custom "Use" dictionaries
Changes: New spell checking engine.
Shareware. Bob Taylor, Fornada Software, bob@fornada.com, http://www.fornada.com/.
- HieroGlyph Library: Egyptian Translator. Free
HieroGlyph Library gives beginners a head-start with the ancient
Egyptian hieroglyphics language. It offers user access to some of
the most common symbols. Each symbol can be selected in a number
of different ways and, once selected, a transliteration and translation
is given, enabling the user to grasp the Egyptian language, quickly and
efficiently.
Freeware. Simon Bidwell, ArchiveDigger@aol.com, http://www.geocities.com/hieroglyph_library/.
- Babylon: World information, intractve glossry/dictionary
Babylon v3.1 is an interactive program that provides you with instant information
at a click in any Windows application. Search with Babylon and get precise
information in your fields of interest from a large database of commercial and
professional glossaries constructed and submitted by Babylon users. Receive
translations from Babylon dictionaries, as well as conversions of currency rates,
measurements and time zones.
Freeware. Gal Yosef, Babylon.com Ltd, gal@babylon.com, http://www.babylon.com.
- Voice Explorer: Speech recorded wave files to text converter
Voice Explorer is an English speech recognition dictation pad with a wave to
text wizard. The dictation pad converts your real-time voice to text while
the wizard converts an off-line recorded Windows WAV file containing continuous
speech to English text. After wave to text conversion you may edit the
substituted words at very high speeds using a powerful and special editor.
New features include:
- Powerful Wave To Text Editor
- Improved Interface with a task bar
- NEW recording tool
Applications:
- Useful for high speed speech to text conversion
- Real-time dictation, less input
- No computer conscious recording or dictation
- Save precious time
- You need not be conscious about what computer is going to write
- In the end anyhow you require to format the document for printing
- Let your assistants do the proof reading and conversion
- Useful for converting MP3, WAV or WMA recordings of continuous speech
recorded
- Using pocket size recording devices or laptops, palm tops, etc.
- Outdoor recordings
- Voice notes
- Voice event descriptions
- You just have to submit the wave files to your assistants
Special requirements: Sound card and microphone.
Shareware. Sandeep Thite, United Research Labs, unitedresearch@vsnl.com, http://www.research-lab.com/.
- Worldlingo.com Translation Tool for Browsers
Add the power of Worldlingo.com's machine translation technology into your browser
and browse the WWW in the language of your choice. The Worldlingo Browser
Tool is a free plug-in for MS Internet Explorer 5. You get seamless browser
interface, right-click text translation selection, and Explorer Bar button,
men, and toolbar select.
Freeware. Lilly Chow, Worldlingo.com, lilly@worldlingo.com, http://www.worldlingo.com/.
- AHWB: German-English dictionary with 110.000 entries

AHWB is a German <--> English dictionary with more than 110.000 entries per
language. It requires MS Word 6 or higher (tested up to Word2000) on your
Machine and works with Windows 95, 98, NT and Macintosh (However it's not well
tested yet on these Macs). It supports the MS Word Thesaurus & Spellchecker
to find synonyms or misspelled words.
Changes: Improved wordlist with gender of nouns, full umlaut support and
comes with a comfortable installation.
Freeware (Postcardware). Andre Holzhey, dictionary@german-english.de, http://www.german-english.de/dictionary/.
- SpellMagic

With Spell Magic, you can easily spell check a word, paragraph, or entire document;
in any Windows program, including Microsoft Word, Outlook Express and Internet
Explorer. One of the most beneficial aspects of Spell Magic is the minimal learning
curve. With its standard Windows user interface and unparalleled options, you'll
be an expert in no time at all and be using Spell Magic with all your applications.
More Info: http://www.dcalcoda.com/spellmagic.html
- ReadPlease: Text-to-speech application

Developer of award-winning text-to-speech software for Windows® based operating systems.
http://readplease.com/
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- Definitions: Japanese->English dictionary

DEMO Definitions(J>E) is a Japanese to English dictionary system for the electronic
media. It provides English definitions to Japanese words. What makes it different
from other dictionarys is that Definitions(J>E) allows one to select a whole
block of text, rather than just one word, and get definitions for all of the
kanji words in just one step. It then converts Japanese kanji and kana to romanized
form automatically. It also provides multiple definitions for kanji and kana
words on demand. Special requirements: Edict, Edict.jdx. Shareware. Richard
Yokomi, BND Products Incorporated, guilin@ix.netcom.com, http://pw2.netcom.com/~guilin/j2e.html.