Miromaa Features

1. Secure login
2. Create unlimited user groups for control of secure access to language
3. Multiple language support
4. Import language records from standard format marker text files
5. Export language records to standard format marker text files
6. Customise Labels to reflect your language namemiromaa4web
7. Compatible with Toolbox and Lexique Pro
8. Export data including multimedia to folders
9. Online updates for future fixes and enhancements
10. User friendly simple language entry screen
11. User friendly detailed language editor screen
12. Special linguist screen13. Record original and revised spellings of language words
14. Record original and revised translations of language words
15. Sentences in both language and English can be recorded
16. Sources for language evidence recorded with each language evidence/record
17. Attach sources in electronic form such as PDF, Word, JPEG, WAV, MP3 plus more
18. Record notes with each language entry
19. Categorise each word with a semantic domain
20. Classify each words part of speech
21. 9 Customisable fields
22. Control Visibility of words entered
23. Classify their Era
24. Archive language records
25. Store multiple images with each entry
26. Store multiple audio clips with each entry
27. Store multiple video with each entry28. Store multiple anything you like with each entry
29. Make audio recordings via Audacity if installed
30. Produce a multitude of word lists using filters in either PDF, RTF or Excel format
31. Search all records with a text string and have results returned in either a Form, Report or Table view
32. Record "To Do's" to other users
33. Create your own mini keyboard with special characters
34. Have words immediately viewable in the Learning Area
35. Metadata automatically recorded identifying user activity
36. Proven to handle databases with well over 10,000 records
37. Instantly find records using the predictive text feature
38. Plus more features continually being added

Miromaa Benefits

The best way to describe some of the benefits of using Miromaa can best be explained in relation to the various users:

Language Worker

So for any Indigenous person in a similar role Miromaa can benefit you with the following:

• Easy to use with a minimal learning curve.
• It empowers users in using a user friendly program which would not normally be possible.
• Gives you the ability to be involved in all aspects of language activity.
• Gather all written, audio and video evidence of language in one place.
• Employ community protocols with security controls.
• Create word lists and do basic analysis of language gathered.
• Sets the foundation for a strong recovery of your language.
• Help support Linguists and other academics in their work.
• Commence learning the language immediately via the Miromaa Learning area.
• Being a very user friendly and feature packed tool it can assist in employing in either a voluntary or paid role Indigenous people which would normally not happen.
• If you are using Miromaa you have made it very easy to commence building a huge range of teaching and learning resources for your language.
• Free through sponsorship program*

Language Centre

Miromaa can benefit a language centre in the following ways:

• Work on multiple languages.
• Extensive feature list.
• Minimal training required.
• Commence recording languages immediately.
• Can be installed in a Network environment.
• Language centre staff can now be using technology in a manner normally reserved for highly trained people.
• Prepare standard format marker text files of language gathered for linguists.
• Import standard format marker text files from previous language activities by academics.
• Compatible with Toolbox and Lexique Pro.
• Minimise time, dollars and effort needed to produce dictionaries.
• It provides a secure community learning environment for intermediate to advanced users.
• Staff become more excited as they are now able to be more involved with all aspects of the language activities.
• Digitally archive all of your sources of language evidence in a manner never seen before
• Free through sponsorship program

Linguist, Researcher and Academic

Miromaa can benefit a linguist, researcher or academic with the following:

• User friendly linguistic area
• Import / Export from standard format marker text files
• Great interface and fields for field work
• Please refer to the extensive feature list of Miromaa to understand it better.

Unfortunately it does not run in the MAC OS X environment, you would have to run it via BootCamp or Parallels.