ELAN software

ELAN
Developer(s)The Language Archive
Initial release2000; 24 years ago (2000)
Stable release
6.1 / March 12, 2021; 3 years ago (2021-03-12)[1]
Written inJava
Operating systemWindows, macOS, Linux
PlatformIA-32, x86-64
Available inEnglish
TypeLanguage documentation, qualitative data analysis
LicenseGPLv3
Websitearchive.mpi.nl/tla/elan

ELAN is computer software, a professional tool to manually and semi-automatically annotate and transcribe audio or video recordings.[2] It has a tier-based data model that supports multi-level, multi-participant annotation of time-based media. It is applied in humanities and social sciences research (language documentation, sign language and gesture research) for the purpose of documentation and of qualitative and quantitative analysis.[3] It is distributed as free and open source software under the GNU General Public License, version 3.

ELAN is a well established professional-grade software and is widely used in academia.[4][5][6] It has been well received in several academic disciplines, for example, in psychology, medicine, psychiatry, education, and behavioral studies, on topics such as human computer interaction,[7] sign language and conversation analysis,[8][9][10] group interactions,[11] music therapy,[12] bilingualism and child language acquisition,[13] analysis of non-verbal communication and gesture analysis,[14] and animal behavior.[15]

Several third-party tools have been developed to enrich and analyse ELAN data and corpora.[16][17][18][19]

  1. ^ "Release notes - The Language Archive". archive.mpi.nl. Retrieved 2021-04-04.
  2. ^ Twilhaar, Jan Nijen; Bogaerde, Beppie van den (2016): Concise Lexicon for Sign Linguistics. John Benjamins Publishing Company. p63.
  3. ^ Wittenburg, Peter; Brugman, Hennie; Russel, Albert; Klassmann, Alex; Sloetjes, Han (2006). ELAN: a Professional Framework for Multimodality Research. Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC’06).
  4. ^ Kong, Anthony Pak Hin (2016). "Multi-linear Transcription and Analysis of Oral Discourse". In Kong, Anthony Pak Hin (ed.). Analysis of Neurogenic Disordered Discourse Production: From Theory to Practice. Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781315639376. ISBN 978-1-315-63937-6.
  5. ^ Orfanidou, Eleni; Woll, Bencie; Morgan, Gary (2015): Research Methods in Sign Language Studies: A Practical Guide. John Wiley & Sons. p274.
  6. ^ Ruhi, Şükriye; Haugh, Michael; Schmidt, Thomas (2014): Best Practices for Spoken Corpora in Linguistic Research. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p 188.
  7. ^ Giuliani, Manuel; Mirnig, Nicole; Stollnberger, Gerald; Stadler, Susanne; Buchner, Roland; Tscheligi, Manfred (8 July 2015). "Systematic analysis of video data from different human–robot interaction studies: a categorization of social signals during error situations". Frontiers in Psychology. 6: 931. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00931. PMC 4495306. PMID 26217266.
  8. ^ Zahedi, M.; Dreuw, P.; Rybach, D.; Bungeroth, J.; Ney, H. (2006). Continuous Sign Language Recognition – Approaches from Speech Recognition and Available Data Resources. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.413.2233.
  9. ^ Crasborn, O. A.; Bank, R. An annotation scheme for the linguistic study of mouth actions in sign languages. hdl:2066/132960.
  10. ^ Manrique, Elizabeth; Enfield, N. J. (15 September 2015). "Suspending the next turn as a form of repair initiation: evidence from Argentine Sign Language". Frontiers in Psychology. 6: 1326. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01326. PMC 4569752. PMID 26441710.
  11. ^ Orfanos, Stavros; Akther, Syeda Ferhana; Abdul-Basit, Muhammad; McCabe, Rosemarie; Priebe, Stefan (10 February 2017). "Using video-annotation software to identify interactions in group therapies for schizophrenia: assessing reliability and associations with outcomes". BMC Psychiatry. 17 (1): 65. doi:10.1186/s12888-017-1217-2. PMC 5301334. PMID 28183293.
  12. ^ Spiro, Neta; Himberg, Tommi (5 May 2016). "Analysing change in music therapy interactions of children with communication difficulties". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 371 (1693): 20150374. doi:10.1098/rstb.2015.0374. PMC 4843612. PMID 27069051.
  13. ^ Chen Pichler, Deborah; Hochgesang, Julie A.; Lillo-Martin, Diane; Müller de Quadros, Ronice (2010). "Conventions for sign and speech transcription of child bimodal bilingual corpora in ELAN". Acquiring Sign Language as a First Language. 1 (1): 11–40. doi:10.1075/lia.1.1.03che. PMC 3102315. PMID 21625371.
  14. ^ Kong, Anthony Pak-Hin; Law, Sam-Po; Kwan, Connie Ching-Yin; Lai, Christy; Lam, Vivian (2015). "A Coding System with Independent Annotations of Gesture Forms and Functions during Verbal Communication: Development of a Database of Speech and GEsture (DoSaGE)". Journal of Nonverbal Behavior. 39 (1): 93–111. doi:10.1007/s10919-014-0200-6. PMC 4319117. PMID 25667563.
  15. ^ Ravignani, Andrea; Olivera, Vicente; Gingras, Bruno; Hofer, Riccardo; Hernández, Carlos; Sonnweber, Ruth-Sophie; Fitch, W. (31 July 2013). "Primate Drum Kit: A System for Studying Acoustic Pattern Production by Non-Human Primates Using Acceleration and Strain Sensors". Sensors. 13 (8): 9790–9820. Bibcode:2013Senso..13.9790R. doi:10.3390/s130809790. PMC 3812580. PMID 23912427.
  16. ^ Andersson, Richard; Sandgren, Olof (23 February 2016). "ELAN Analysis Companion (EAC): A Software Tool for Time-course Analysis of ELAN-annotated Data". Journal of Eye Movement Research. 9 (3). doi:10.16910/jemr.9.3.1.
  17. ^ Holle, Henning; Rein, Robert (9 August 2014). Holle.pdf "EasyDIAg: A tool for easy determination of interrater agreement" (PDF). Behavior Research Methods. 47 (3): 837–847. doi:10.3758/s13428-014-0506-7. PMID 25106813. S2CID 43570421. {{cite journal}}: Check |url= value (help)
  18. ^ Kousidis, S.; Pfeiffer, T.; Schlangen, D. (2013). MINT.tools: Tools and adaptors supporting acquisition, annotation and analysis of multimodal corpora (PDF). Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, Interspeech. pp. 2649–2653.
  19. ^ Berez, A.; Cox, C. (2009): CuPED (Customizable Presentation of ELAN Documents). URL: http://sweet.artsrn.ualberta.ca/cdcox/cuped/ (accessed 2017/03/21)