Field Linguist's Toolbox

Toolbox is a data management and analysis tool for field linguists. It is especially useful for maintaining lexical data, and for parsing and interlinearizing text, but it can be used to manage virtually any kind of data. Toolbox is free to download and use.

Although Toolbox is very powerful, it is designed to be easy to learn. The user can start with a simple standard setup and gradually add the use of more powerful features as desired. The Toolbox downloads include a training package that is usable for self-paced individual learning as well as for classroom teaching of Toolbox.

It is mainly used for building vocabularies and dictionaries of vernacular languages. It has functions for other lexical operations such as parsing and interlinearization of text, and concordance building. Dictionaries can be automatically typeset and exported in rtf format from the application via the built-in Multi-Dictionary Formatter.