Alpha Tiles’ design goal is to create basic literacy games for a new language in less than one week. Features are continually being added in parallel with new localizations. Testing is underway in 24 languages in 11 countries. The Alpha Tiles app runs on Android devices.

Bloom makes it easy to create simple books and translate them into multiple languages. It also has an online crowd-sourced library of books that you can download and translate. Ask a Question

The Combine is an easy-to-use tool for Rapid Word Collection (RWC)—a method of gathering words for a bilingual dictionary. The Combine facilitates collection of words by semantic domain, along with audio recordings and notes. It also has tools for merging duplicates and editing the gathered words.

Dictionary App Builder helps you to build customized dictionary apps for Android smartphones and tablets.

FieldWorks Lite is a slimmed down companion application for FieldWorks projects that’s aimed at being fast and easy to use. Learn more.

FieldWorks is a comprehensive tool that allows you to create a dictionary for your language by collecting texts, words, and cultural information. It is widely used for documenting and preserving low-resource languages and cultures.

Keyboard App Builder helps you build customized keyboard apps for Android smartphones and tablets.

Keyman makes it easy to create and use keyboard layouts for any language. It has a catalogue of existing keyboard layouts and tools to help you create your own. Help documentation also available at help.keyman.com.

Language Forge is an online collaborative lexical editor that syncs with FLEx. It looks good on mobile devices, features collaboration, commenting and review, user roles and handles a variety of lexical fields. Ask a Question or Get Started.

Lexbox is a cloud hosting service for FieldWorks, FieldWorks Lite, Language Forge, OneStory Editor and WeSay language project data. It is provided as a service to language communities worldwide.

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Reading App Builder helps you build customized apps for Android and iOS smartphones and tablets.

SayMore ™ makes common Language Documentation tasks fun and keeps you organized and productive. Ask a Question

Forum for questions and feedback about fonts published by SIL. A list of current fonts is available on the SIL Language Technology Fonts page.

A computer program for acoustic analysis of speech sounds.

In this category, we have space for discussion of SIL programs that don't require much discussion, FAQ, etc.

Wasta-Linux is a computer operating system based on Ubuntu that is: pre-configured to use SIL language software, optimized for low-bandwidth environments, virus-resistant, free for all to use, and ready to be customized for local contexts. Ask a Question

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WeSay helps non-linguists build a dictionary in their own language.
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Feedback, contributions, and questions regarding SIL writing systems resources, such as ScriptSource, and supporting scripts on computers and devices.

Share and vote on ideas for new language software.