[sword-devel] English transliteration of Greek or Hebrew words
Tobias Klein
contact at tklein.info
Sun May 16 14:26:17 EDT 2021
Good idea regarding the pressure-sensitive touch reaction :)
When doing a quick search I found this JavaScript library:
https://pressurejs.com
I quickly tested it on my Android tablet and it seems to work well!
Maybe I'll make use of this in the future.
Tobias
On 5/16/21 6:44 PM, Michael H wrote:
> Tobias, (all)
>
> I don't do mobile development, so if this is beyond the realm of easy
> implementation... ignore it.
>
> The limitation of android apps in this area has always been lack of
> pointer... which turns into mistaps (mostly caused by fingers 3x th
> size of the target). I'd like to see pressure sensitive touch which
> would work like the 'hover' functionality in Bibletime... a light
> touch would pop out a box with essential part of the definition, and a
> more firm touch then opens the full definition either in the main
> window or a sidebar like area. It's not exactly like the hover in BT,
> but touch sensitivity enabled provides a pretty close functionality.
> Again, I know most androids now have pressure sensitivity built in...
> but I don't know if it's easily accessible as just a tap.
>
>
>
> On Sun, May 16, 2021 at 10:30 AM Tobias Klein <contact at tklein.info
> <mailto:contact at tklein.info>> wrote:
>
> Hi Jeff,
>
> I am still planning to develop that interlinear functionality that
> I wrote about in February, I have not started yet ... but will soon.
>
> The interlinear visualization used by BibleHub is actually nice! I
> could imagine to do something similar in Ezra Bible App.
>
> I am currently not targeting mobile use with Ezra, but certainly
> tablets (Windows and Android) and the user interface is also
> touch-based. In the future we may see an iPad version as well.
>
> You already find a strongs dictionary functionality in Ezra,
> similar to what other frontends are doing, with the typical
> mouse-over strongs-word / dictionary update. But that only works
> on the desktop due to the mouseover limitation.
>
> Focussing more on being touch-friendly is one of my goals for new
> functionality in Ezra. In fact, for me personally my Android
> tablet has become the primary device for this software ... at
> least for casual study.
>
> I'd also be curious to see screenshots of your work!
>
> I'll be keeping you posted whenever I have something ready to try.
> I am personally not a Greek/Hebrew expert, but nevertheless I
> enjoy some tool-based original language study. I'd be happy about
> getting feedback from users like you in the future!
>
> Blessings,
> Tobias
>
> On 5/15/21 10:23 AM, Jeff Becker wrote:
>>
>> Tobias (et al),
>>
>> I’ve been developing and using (for my own personal edification)
>> a Greek/Hebrew reader that responds to touch/click with English
>> translation, Strong’s numbers (with links) and a parsing code
>> (gender, number, case, person, etc.)
>>
>> I’ve decided to either find something that meets my growing needs
>> or make it. But to do so requires data. The current version is
>> based upon a reformatting of a free interlinear using C#,
>> JavaScript, HTML5 and T-SQL (MSSQL).
>>
>> If you’re working on one I’d like to discuss joining our efforts
>> if our goals are compatible. Otherwise, I’m looking at the
>> possibility of using the resources available through the SWORD
>> project as a basis for my efforts.
>>
>> My goals are (in no particular order):
>>
>> -An easy to use phone, tablet and desktop app (already in current
>> version)
>>
>> -Touch/click responses by displaying various information
>> (lexicography, parsing) (already in current version)
>>
>> -Ability to select various reading plans such as canonical order,
>> Daniel Wallace’s One Year reading plan, chronological based on
>> writing (already in current version)
>>
>> -Stored bookmarks (client and server storage shared across
>> individual user’s computers) (already in current version)
>>
>> -Derived words in common language such as transliterations as a
>> memory reinforcement tactic (eg. ‘geo’ – ‘graphy’);
>>
>> -Ability to substitute other languages for English translations /
>> transliterations;
>>
>> I can’t post a link here because I haven’t received permission or
>> reuse the source material (BibleHub’s Greek-English and
>> Hebrew-English Interlinear). I am currently the only person
>> using it. I’ve done so to avoid any ethical or legal
>> infringement on the source material.
>>
>> If you or anyone else reading this are interested in working
>> together I’d be happy to share my relevant code and experience.
>>
>> Jeff Becker
>>
>> *From:*sword-devel [mailto:sword-devel-bounces at crosswire.org
>> <mailto:sword-devel-bounces at crosswire.org>] *On Behalf Of *Tobias
>> Klein
>> *Sent:* Saturday, February 27, 2021 9:44 AM
>> *To:* SWORD Developers' Collaboration Forum
>> *Subject:* [sword-devel] English transliteration of Greek or
>> Hebrew words
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am planning an *interlinear view component* for Ezra Project
>> and as part of that I would like to show English transliterations
>> of Greek or Hebrew words.
>>
>> I found these JavaScript/TypeScript based packages, which could
>> be useful:
>> https://github.com/charlesLoder/greek-transliteration
>> <https://github.com/charlesLoder/greek-transliteration>
>>
>> https://github.com/charlesLoder/hebrew-transliteration
>> <https://github.com/charlesLoder/hebrew-transliteration>
>>
>> Do you know of any other solutions out there?
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Tobias
>>
>>
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