EUDICO Linguistic Annotator ( ELAN )

Abstract

ELAN was developed by the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics (MPI) in Nijmegen, The Netherlands, and the Java source code is available for noncommercial developers. This review is based on ELAN 3.1.0 for Macintosh; Windows and Linux are also supported. ELAN is freeware.In what follows, I provide an overview of the stated purpose of ELAN and describe and comment upon its various functions, which include annotation, searching and exporting. The review ends with recommendations for using the program.