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From: koontz@cam.nist.gov (John E. Koontz X5180)
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: Re: Concordance Generators
Summary: TACT
Keywords: Software, Concordances, Public Domain, Unix
Message-ID: <7908@alpha.cam.nist.gov>
Date: 29 Mar 91 18:00:13 GMT
References: <2407@cybaswan.UUCP> <10679@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM>
Organization: National Institute of Standards & Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
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In article <2407@cybaswan.UUCP>, eederavi@cybaswan.UUCP (Farzin Deravi) writes:
> I am looking for software to generate a concordance from an English text.
> I would prefer a public domain product running under UNIX or DOS.  I have
> used the Oxford Concordance Programme but I feel there MUST be something
> better than this out there.

There is a very good DOS concordance package called TACT, available, from 
a Canadian university.  I've forgotten all the particulars, but if Mr.
Deravi will mail me a reminder with an Internet return address, I will
look them up and send them to him.  The package is menu-driven and has
good features for working with garden variety non-ASCII character sets,
as well as English.  It can do searches with regular expressions, too,
which is a very nice feature.  The price was $25 US, which is essentially
the cost of the manual plus shipping and handling.  The package is otherwise
public domain (with some restrictions).