Publications from the LTRC, Partners and Collaborators

Language Technologies Users

October 2011

• Preliminary Summary Report of the Results of the Suvery Conducted among Users of Language Technologies in April-May 2011, AnneMarie Taravella

Computer-based Writing Tools

June 2011

• Computer-based Writing Tools for Professional Writers: What Do They Need? What Do They Use, Marie-Josée Goulet

Language Technologies Directories

May 2011

• Commercial Language Technologies Overview, Diana Franz

April 2011

• Language Technologies Lexical Collection, Ravi Jay Gunnoo

March 2006

• International Directory of Language Technologies

January 2006

• Directory of Canada’s Language Technology Industry

Language Update

June 2009

• A short history of the LTRC, André Manseau, Volume 6/2

Standards and Guidelines for the Language Industry

March 2006 – Revision February 2007

• Standards and Guidelines for the Language Industry
  This document describes international standards, guidelines and resources that have some relevance to the language industry, specifically, to content authoring, content translation, content management and terminology management.

Defining Global Solutions for Information and Knowledge Management

November 2005

• Abstract
• Full Report

Major Strategic Orientations

2005

• Technologies langagières – des mots porteurs d’avenir pour Gatineau (French only)
  The LTRC is in the race for technological advancements.

Language Technology Roadmap

Full Report (French only)

January 2006

• Technology Development Strategy
  Summary of Full Report
• Technology Roadmap, Part 1
  Table of Contents and Summary
• Technology Roadmap, Part 2
  Introduction: Mission and Scope of the Road-Mapping Effort
• Technology Roadmap, Part 3
  Introduction: the Current Industry
• Technology Roadmap, Part 4
  Market Trends and Projections
• Technology Roadmap, Part 5
  Technical needs and capabilities
• Technology Roadmap, Part 6
  Technology development strategy, conclusions, bibliography, references and appendices

Summary Reports

2004

• The Canadian Speech Processing Industry
  “Speech processing provides powerful capabilities for improving the interaction between humans and machines, and between humans using machines. The Speech Processing Industry consists of speech recognition, text-to-speech, voice biometrics – their applications, platforms, and services.”
• Canadian Language Training Industry
  Canada’s Language Training Industry represents economic activity in a range of public and private sectors that include English as a second language (ESL), French as a second language (FSL), international language training, language assessment and related services, industry-specific language skills upgrading (in healthcare and engineering, for example) as well as TESL (Teaching English as a Second Language) and French second language teacher training and certification.
• Canadian Content Management Industry
  Content Management Technologies and Applications use statistical, rule-based and linguistic approaches. They make it possible for different categories of machines and people to process information more intelligently and more productively.
• The Canadian Translation Industry
  Computational support for the translation sector takes the form of various resources and tools. Frequently used resources include term banks, Web translation portals, and monolingual, bilingual and multilingual corpora.
• Language Technology Roadmap for Canada
  PowerPoint presentation prepared by Fred Popowich