FLEx (FieldWorks Language Explorer)

Info updated: 2019-07-24

FieldWorks Language Explorer (FLEx) is the lexical and text tools component of SIL FieldWorks. It is an open source desktop application designed to help field linguists perform many common tasks. It can help you:

record and manage lexical information
configure and export dictionaries (we recommend Pathway)
interlinearize texts
analyse discourse features
study morphology
collect and organize cultural and other notes
send/receive which supports remote collaboration.

Support	free, email author, forum or wiki
Status	Stable/Production
SIL Status	Supported
Runs on	Windows, Linux
Unicode compatible	Yes
Tasks	Sociolinguistics Collect word lists using IPA transcription and/or audio recording Language Learning Identify the most frequent words in a natural text corpus Anthropology Store and edit cultural observations in a database Tag cultural events using standardized codes (OCM) Linguistics Lexicography Create and edit a lexical database Add to a lexical database using rapid word collection Group lexical entries by semantic domain Language Documentation/Corpus Management Create and edit a corpus of natural texts Find text corpus words in the lexicon Run a concordance search on a text corpus Digitally record and play back utterances Transcribe audio/video with time-aligned annotations Phonology Analyze data for stress, intonation and tone Analyze the data for syllable structure Organize a phonology sketch for publication Grammatical Analysis Interlinearize natural texts Parse texts to identify underlying morphology Analyze the discourse structure Organize a grammar for publication Publish linguistic data in a structured way Scripture Translation Interlinearize the translation
Features	Archives data over the internet Can synchronize data across multiple computers Check grammar Check spelling Compatible with non-Roman scripts Converts data between encoding formats Localizable interface Performs consistent changes on data Provides a mechanism to input special characters Provides version control Stores data in a recognized standard format
Interface language(s)	English, French, Hindi, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Indonesian, Bahasa Malaysia, Korean, Persian, Chinese, Turkish, Telugu
Developed by
License	Open Source
Download page	Windows downloads, SIL FieldWorks - Linux
Website	https://software.sil.org/fieldworks/
User group	FLEx List

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November 16, 2017

FieldWorks 8.3.10

We are glad to announce that FieldWorks version 8.3.10 is being released. This version fixes some serious problems we have seen with version 8.3.9.

As of release 8.3.9, XP is no longer supported. This is due to some of the changes made so FLEx will work with Paratext 8.

FieldWorks for Windows will work with Paratext 8. FieldWorks for Linux will have to wait until version 9 to support Paratext 8.

Most machines already have .Net 4.6.1 installed. But, especially on... read more»

October 19, 2017

Fall Creator’s Update

Microsoft has corrected the problems with version 1703, which have been around since last Spring. The fix was released October 17. Although you will be able to get the update by doing ‘Check for updates’ at some point, it might still be a couple of weeks.

You can install the Fall Creator’s Update on your machine by going to https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10. Click ‘Update Now’. It will take about 2 hours.

If you need to install this update on more than one PC... read more»

July 28, 2017

FieldWorks 8.3.9

We are glad to announce that FieldWorks version 8.3.9 is being released. This version fixes some serious problems we have seen with version 8.3.8.

As of this release, XP is no longer supported. This is due to some of the changes made so FLEx will work with Paratext 8.

FieldWorks for Windows will work with Paratext 8. FieldWorks for Linux will have to wait until version 9 to support Paratext 8.

Most machines already have .Net 4.6.1... read more»

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