Skip to main content
Home

Introduction to ELAN

This course introduces learners to the annotation tool ELAN, developed at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics. ELAN supports transcribing, annotating and visualising audio and video material. It is designed to create layered or tiered transcriptions. The number of annotations is unlimited and can include anything from translation, comments or feature descriptions. ELAN is a free, open-source tool and runs on various operating systems.

Learning outcomes

After completing this course, learners will be able to:

Session 1

  • what is an annotation
  • what is a tiered transcription

Cite as

Elisabeth Königshofer (2026). Introduction to ELAN. Version 1.0.0. DARIAH Campus [Training module]. https://campus.dariah.eu/resources/hosted/introduction-to-elan

Reuse conditions

Resources hosted on DARIAH-Campus are subjects to the DARIAH-Campus Training Materials Reuse Charter.

Full metadata

Title:
Introduction to ELAN
Authors:
Elisabeth Königshofer
Domain:
Social Sciences and Humanities
Language:
English
Published to DARIAH-Campus:
27/01/2026
Content type:
Training module
License:
CC BY 4.0
Sources:
ACDH
Topics:
Training and education
Version:
1.0.0
PID: