Survey questionnaires

Language Resources

(LRs) are the basic elements necessary for the development of Human Language Technology (HLT) systems and tools and are also used to assess and evaluate such technologies. Examples of Language Resources are speech databases, monolingual and multilingual lexica and monolingual or multilingual corpora, specialized dictionaries, etc. The issue of HLT based on Arabic language is now getting prominent; the lack, on the one hand, of language resources, and, on the other hand, of real-world applications, highlights the need for improving R&D in this area and for promoting the use of HLT among the potential partners, in particular to safeguard some of the cultural heritages of this geographical area. In many areas and business sectors, large companies produce their own resources for the languages for which some business can be made, and often no resources are built for the less “lucrative” languages. In the framework of the Nemlar project and in order to have an overview of the key strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats to the development of Arabic and other LRs in the related region and establish a set of key priorities for developing LRs, we are carrying out a survey to collect information about the existing institutions and LRs of the Arabic world, and to describe the needs for such language resources. If you wish to contribute to the work of the NEMLAR project you may fill in the survey questionnaire about your language resources and/or the industry needs for language resources: you will find the two survey questionnaires on this pages:


Survey questionnaire on language resources for individuals (doc.-file)
Survey questionnaire on language resources for institutions (doc.-file)
Survey questionnaire on industrial needs (doc.-file)

Based on returned survey questionnaires received in 2003 the Nemlar project has written:

• Report on Survey on Arabic Language Resources and Tools in Mediterranean Countries
  
• Report on Survey on Industrial Needs for Language Resources