PAWS export to FLEx?

[Tim Kempton]

PAWS (https://software.sil.org/paws/) has been discussed a few times on this list and it looks like a very helpful tool for partially automating the process of writing a grammar paper. 

Is there a way to export the PAWS linguistic examples into FLEx? The closest possibilities I can see are:

• the SFM files, which appear to contain only the vernacular orthographic line, or
• the XLingPaper examples in XML, though I’m not aware of an existing tool to transform that into .flextext XML

The reason I’m asking is that I would like to try out PAWS but I'm hesitant to make such an investment in entering all the data unless I can also access it in FLEx.

Tim

[Andy Black]

Hi, Tim.

It should be possible to create a way to map from the .paw file to something in the .flextext format.  You could then import that into FLEx.  It would only be the vernacular and free lines from the examples in PAWS.  In terms of text names, one possibility would be to create a new FLEx text for each top-level item from the .paw file.  This means there would be a text for the example items in typology section, a text for the examples in the qp section, etc.

If you want, you could fill out the first two or three sections of PAWS, get me your .paw file, and I'll get you a .flextext file based on that .paw file for you to import into FLEx to see if it might do what you need.

Does this help?

--Andy

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[Feda Negesse]

Hi.

I want to include two media files , both audio for one entry and see them a published dictionary. For instance,  an English dictionary has both British and American accents for an entry. DAP selects the first audio and leaves the other. Anyone who had a similar issue and fixed it ?

Best,

Feda Negesse (PhD)
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Speech and Text Computing Group
Department of Linguistics
Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia 
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[Tim]

Hi Andy

Thanksǃ That sounds great. 

I started filling in the examples but realised I needed to do some more diagnostic tests to ensure I have identified the correct grammatical categories. Once I do that intend to follow up with you off-list.

Tim

[Jean Paul Gotopo Maldonado]

Yes, there is a way to do this. First, go to the Entry section. There, look for Pronunciation and click on the arrow icon next to it. Then select Pronunciation.

This will enable two pronunciation fields. In each one, you can attach the corresponding audio by using the Insert Sound or Movie option.

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[Feda Negesse]

Hi, 

Thank you for the help. I want to see both audio files in the dictionary after it has been compiled by DAB, Dictionary App Builder. The issue is DAB took the first audio and left out the second file. 

Best,

Feda Negesse (PhD)

Speech and Text Computing Group

Department of Linguistics 

Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

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On 16 Dec 2025, at 12:26, Jean Paul Gotopo Maldonado <jpgo...@gmail.com> wrote:

Yes, there is a way to do this. First, go to the Entry section. There, look for Pronunciation and click on the arrow icon next to it. Then select Pronunciation.

This will enable two pronunciation fields. In each one, you can attach the corresponding audio by using the Insert Sound or Movie option.

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[SM]

Hi Feda
This is the better place to ask about DAB:
https://community.software.sil.org/c/dab/18