OpenSpeaks/toolkit/av/study

While building this toolkit we also looked at several existing tools and educational content that were developed by other friends who are working to document languages. This study will help you get a big picture of those resources, learn what exists already, and identify what is needed. While we will be attempting at bridging some of the gaps that exist with the existing resources, you can also contribute to bridge some based on your expertise.

Project Kind (nonprofit/for-profit, funded by)	Community storytelling Audio/video/Text/other media	Focus languages/region	Community building	Educational resources	App/software/other tech	State of openness	Gaps identified	Other comments/recommendations
Digital Language Diversity Project archive copy at the Wayback Machine, an Erasmus+ project supporting digital development for regional or minority language speakers European Union	comm story	Europe, International	Yes	Wide range of educational resources: Project site archive copy at the Wayback Machine 21st century tools for indigenous languages and more hosted by Alberta Language Technology Lab, Canada	RESsources informatisées et Traitement AUtomatique pour les langues REgionales /Computational Resources and Processing for Regional Languages)	No clear mention of use of open standards, content of the main site is copyrighted
Digital Preservation Outreach & Education (DPOE), run by Library of Congress, US federal entity	LOC collections: Wide range od multimedia collection from the US and worldwide	US and international	Yes Building a network of advocates, organizations, trainers and	DPOE Baseline Digital Preservation Curriculum Series of video-based educational resources	Community Owned digital Preservation Tool Registry (COPTR) POWRR Tool Grid: range of tools for preservation Legacy tools (not maintained)	Yes Most content licensed under Public Domain (US) unless otherwise mentioned	Video-based tutorials are Flash based which is legacy and can possess security vulnerability issues Tutorials are not very detailed and can also have outdated information where there is a need to add information about what is needed now, and in future on mobile platforms	Useful as general resources for archival but not so much for language documentation
StoryCorps, US-based nonprofit CPB, NPR, American Folklife Center, Knight Foundation, Ford Foundation, MacArthur Foundation and a few more	Stories of many under-represented groups like LGBTQI and people with color. (entire archive archive copy at the Wayback Machine created by StoryCorp, archive of user-generated content)	US	Yes	Wide range of resources]—interview questions, tips, and recording, etc.	StoryCorps mobile app and web platform for user-generated stories	No clear mention of use of open standards		Very useful resources especially on recording interviews and a standard StoryCorps-style interview StoryCorpsU archive copy at the Wayback Machine, a youth development program is very unique and inspiring
Living Tongues Institute of Endangered Languages, nonprofit		Worldwide	Yes Worked with 100 language communities Build community leaders and provide them training to better harvest local knowledge	Educational resources, Other resources Digital Skills workshops Language Hotspots Language Technology Kits	Talking Dictionaries	All the work outcomes are copyrighted	Need for open access to the high quality resources Open methodology and processes e.g. Language Technology kits	The Language Hotspot (more archive copy at the Wayback Machine) and the "genetic units" concept are a very innovative and scientific way of choosing target languages