OT-Help

News

October 14, 2009: OT-Help 2 expected release date December 1, 2009. For further information, contact Joe Pater.
January 19, 2008: OT-Help 1.2 released, announced on Phonoloblog. New in this version: streamlined installation, no more need for auxiliary files.

To upgrade from previous versions, just replace your existing OTHelp.jar with the new OTHelp.jar. Other files (.bat, .command) may be thrown out.
November 1, 2007: OT-Help 1.1 released, announced on Phonoloblog. Improved interface and export of Praat .Collection files from all screens. To upgrade from version 1.0, just replace your existing OTHelp.jar with the new OTHelp.jar.
October 1, 2007: OT-Help 1.0 released, announced on ROA.

Download

Windows

You will need two files: one from us, and one from OpsResearch.com. Put both files in the same directory, and double-click OTHelp.jar to launch the program.

OTHelp.jar (click or right-click and save)
or124.jar (do not right-click! Click to go to an OpsResearch download page)

If Windows doesn't know what program to use to open OTHelp.jar, then you need to install Java. Google "java runtime", and you will get the latest version of Java from Sun.

Mac

You will need two files: one from us, and one from OpsResearch.com. Put both files in the same folder (e.g. the Applications folder), and double-click OTHelp.jar to launch the program.

OTHelp.jar (click or ctrl-click and save)
or124.jar (do not ctrl-click! Click to go to an OpsResearch download page)

User manual

It's here: OTHelp.pdf (PDF).

Sample files

OT-Help will read all your regular OT-Soft files.
You can also start with the file that is used in the examples in the user manual: manual.txt (right-click and save).

Contact Information

Please email Joe Pater with any questions, praise, or bug reports.

About OT-Help

OT-Help is by Michael Becker, Joe Pater and Christopher Potts. You may cite it as follows:

Becker, Michael, Joe Pater and Christopher Potts (2007) OT-Help 1.2. Software package. University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

OT-Help uses code from HaLP and JavaTableau:

Potts, Christopher, Michael Becker, Rajesh Bhatt & Joe Pater (2007) Harmonic Grammar with Linear Programming (HaLP) 2.0. Software package. University of Massachusetts, Amherst. http://web.linguist.umass.edu/~halp/
Becker, Michael, Christopher Potts & Joe Pater (2007) JavaTableau 1.0. Software package. University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

OT-Help's linear programming solver is from the OR-Objects package from http://www.opsresearch.com/, freely available at http://www.opsresearch.com/cgi-bin/freeware.cgi/or124.jar.

OT-Help 1.2