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Technologies used for Buli Rapid Word Collection
Mobile cellular network Arriving in Ghana, we were accosted with advertisements for cell phone networks, all claiming to be the fastest and most reliable.
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Letters and posts written from or about Kenya.
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The Higby Herald - June 2011
Celebrate with us that our son Kevin has now graduated from the International School of Ouagadougou!
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Android phones in Africa break the $100 price barrier
I have heard rumors of an Android phone in the range of $100 being produced, and have been anxiously waiting for the day this would happen.
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The Higby Herald - May 2011
We are rafting the rapids of time as our furlough approaches and we close out our 17 years in Africa*.
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The Higby Herald - January 2011
We are now calling it “Rapid Word Collection.” Traditionally, language workers develop a database of 5,000 or more words over a period of many years.
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The Higby Herald - December 2009
That is such a round number, it reminds me (Doug) of January 1, 2000, when I began working on the Fulfulde Bible translation after passing my language test.
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The Higby Herald - October 2009
Since we began equipping Bible translators with new technology to expedite linguistic and translation work, we have focused our attention on the Francophone countries (where French is the…
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The Higby Herald - September 2009
A week ago Tuesday the rain started at 5:30 in the morning.
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The Higby Herald December 2008 Edition
The first Herald. A fifty-million-dollar gift launches Wycliffe’s Last Languages Campaign, and Doug teaches “Proactive Software Training” to colleagues from around the world.