<p>You can use Ibex, if you want to run it online: <a href="http://spellout.net/ibexfarm/" rel="nofollow">http://spellout.net/ibexfarm/</a></p>

<p>But in any case you should be able to upload the files in Linger, you'll need to do it centered since Linger doesn't support right-to-left languages. And you should check the encoding of the files. It should be ISO 8859-15 and <em>not</em> UTF-8.</p>

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Thank you Bruno. I could upload the English files on Linger and it worked. For the Arabic ones, i could not cause there is a prob of encoding which i could nt solve :/
Faten 
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did you check that the files are encoded as ISO 8859-15? If you use windows, I think notepad lets you change it with Save as...
Bruno
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Houw shoud i do that? I pasted the Arabic items as they are. Linger could open them, but  words changed. Linger Documentation says " For Non English languages, you need to encode the items, introduction, break, and conclusion files using a language-specific extended-ASCII encoding, if they are to include any non-English text. This can be done with Word and possibly with Wordpad or Notepad under Windows, or SimpleText on a Mac.
When you save the file, choose plain text (not rich text format) and then select the appropriate Unicode encoding for your language. I tried it, but  in vain.
Faten 
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I don't know. If they are saved as ISO 8859-15, they should work fine. I never used Linger for Arabic, only for Spanish and German, but the accents and special characters were fine when I used ISO 8859-15. The second option is to use http://spellout.net/ibexfarm/, it has an active forum, and I remember someone using it for Arabic. (I used it for Hebrew which should be the same).
Bruno
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Bruno
<p>There's a program called Paradigm that has built-in support for Self-Paced Reading,
it also handles Arabic characters. You'll just type in your sentences and then use back-slashes to specify each segment. For example:</p>

<p>The actress\shot\the officer\who\was standing\on the balcony</p>

<p>Paradigm will log a timestamp for the onset of each segment (in Excel) so
it's pretty easy to analyze. </p>

<p>Here's their website:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.paradigmexperiments.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.paradigmexperiments.com</a></p>

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Thank you noodle ! I could upload  the files in Linger.  My probl lies in the encoding procedure now for the Arabic stimuli. I had a look at Paradigm. It s interesting too.
Faten 
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noodle
<p>I want to run an SPR experiment where participants will read sentences at their own pace. My problem lies in the fact of using  2 different languages English and Arabic at the same time. I tried it with Linger, but I failed to upload the files. 
Could any one of you suggest another software by which I can run SPR tasks in Arabic and English?</p>

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How much programming are you willing to do?
Josh
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What does SPR stand for?
Seanny123
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self-paced reading, I belive
Josh
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Can I use other softwares than Linger to run a self-paced reading task
Faten 
# Can I use other softwares than Linger to run a self-paced reading task

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-03-01)

I want to run an SPR experiment where participants will read sentences at their own pace. My problem lies in the fact of using 2 different languages English and Arabic at the same time. I tried it with Linger, but I failed to upload the files.
Could any one of you suggest another software by which I can run SPR tasks in Arabic and English?

**Tags:** social-psychology, experimental-psychology

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: How much programming are you willing to do?  
> **username_2**: What does SPR stand for?  
> **username_1**: self-paced reading, I belive  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2015-03-04. Score: 2

You can use Ibex, if you want to run it online: <http://spellout.net/ibexfarm/>

But in any case you should be able to upload the files in Linger, you'll need to do it centered since Linger doesn't support right-to-left languages. And you should check the encoding of the files. It should be ISO 8859-15 and *not* UTF-8.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thank you username_3. I could upload the English files on Linger and it worked. For the Arabic ones, i could not cause there is a prob of encoding which i could nt solve :/  
> **username_3**: did you check that the files are encoded as ISO 8859-15? If you use windows, I think notepad lets you change it with Save as...  
> **username_0**: Houw shoud i do that? I pasted the Arabic items as they are. Linger could open them, but  words changed. Linger Documentation says " For Non English languages, you need to encode the items, introduction, break, and conclusion files using a language-specific extended-ASCII encoding, if they are to include any non-English text. This can be done with Word and possibly with Wordpad or Notepad under Windows, or SimpleText on a Mac. When you save the file, choose plain text (not rich text format) and then select the appropriate Unicode encoding for your language. I tried it, but  in vain.  
> **username_3**: I don't know. If they are saved as ISO 8859-15, they should work fine. I never used Linger for Arabic, only for Spanish and German, but the accents and special characters were fine when I used ISO 8859-15. The second option is to use http://spellout.net/ibexfarm/, it has an active forum, and I remember someone using it for Arabic. (I used it for Hebrew which should be the same).  

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### Answer by username_4 on 2015-03-02. Score: 1

There's a program called Paradigm that has built-in support for Self-Paced Reading,
it also handles Arabic characters. You'll just type in your sentences and then use back-slashes to specify each segment. For example:

The actress\shot\the officer\who\was standing\on the balcony

Paradigm will log a timestamp for the onset of each segment (in Excel) so
it's pretty easy to analyze.

Here's their website:

<http://www.paradigmexperiments.com>

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thank you username_4 ! I could upload  the files in Linger.  My probl lies in the encoding procedure now for the Arabic stimuli. I had a look at Paradigm. It s interesting too.  

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