indic-computing-users — Discussing the usage of indian language capable tools

[Indic-computing-users] Re: Writing pages in Indian languages.. Info reqd.

[Frederick N. (FN) <fr...@by...>]

Any help to Harveer would be appreciated. FN

On Tue, 30 Sep 2003, Harveer Singh wrote:

> Hi Fred,
> 
> I tried searching the indic list, but could not get
> any definitive answers for the questions. Plus, was a
> bit tied up with some work, so didn't get much time to
> search elsewhere. If you come across any how-to or
> document at any time, I would be glad if you could
> pass it onto me.
> 
> Thanks for your help and concern.
> 
> Regards
> Harveer
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[Indic-computing-users] Opportunities in Ahmedabad

[Tapan P. <ta...@ya...>]

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Succesful applicants are expected to have technical mastery of at least 
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[Indic-computing-users] Re: Adbhut | Science Fiction and Fantasy | An Indian Experience

[Frederick N. (FN) <fr...@by...>]

Science fiction mag in Indian languages... FN

On Sun, 28 Sep 2003, DINKER CHARAK wrote:


> Hello,
> 
> It is my pleasure to announce www.Adbhut.com. An online Sci-fi and Fantasy
> magazine in english.
> 
> We are now open for submissions of your creative work. Please look up the
> submission guidelines for on what we are looking for. We hope this forum
> will help promote science fiction and fantasy among Indian readership.
> 
> Our aim is not just promote Sci-fi and Fantasy. But along the way promote
> and generate interest in various fields of science and philosophy. As of now
> we have only english version. But we shall strive to release each online
> magazine in as many Indian languages as possible. This is a non-commercial
> endeavor and all help will be appreciated.
> 
> As I said, feedback and submissions are very welcome!
> 
> Thanks,
> Editor
> www.adbhut.com
> 

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[Indic-computing-users] Re: Writing pages in Indian languages.. Info reqd.

[Frederick N. (FN) <fr...@by...>]

Harveer, Did you get a suitably solution since? Sorry for the long delay. 
FN

On Mon, 8 Sep 2003, Harveer Singh wrote:


> Hi Fred,
> 
> Have been reading your posts quite regularly on
> LIH/LIH and your LFY articles as well.
> 
> I was thinking of making bi-lingual pages, initially
> English+Hindi, which would be compatible with Linux. I
> tried doing some simple pages, while they showed OK on
> Win, but nothing on Linux.
> 
> Probably, if you have some links containing how-to's
> etc. on this topic, then you could pass them onto me.
> 
> Thanks & Regards,
> Harveer

[Indic-computing-users] Language India (fwd)

[Frederick N. (FN) <fr...@by...>]

Thanks to Sukrit from Pondicherry for forwarding this... FN

---------- Forwarded message ----------

http://www.languageinindia.com/

Language In India is a monthly online journal devoted to the study of the=
=20
languages spoken in the Indian sub-continent. We wish to present the=20
scholarly research findings on these languages in popular language. Our foc=
us=20
is on language use in mass media, education and administration, speech and=
=20
hearing, sociolinguistic and political aspects relating to these languages=
=20
and the society in the Indian subcontinent. We wish to present the linguist=
ic=20
descriptions, interdisciplinary research, and current issues of importance=
=20
relating to Indian languages. This online journal publishes not only=20
articles, but also book-length reports and studies. We want to be a blessin=
g=20
to Indian languages, praying for "strength for today and bright hope for=20
tomorrow." We sincerely believe that every Indian language deserves our=20
whole-hearted support for growth and that every one can find its place in a=
=20
mosaic of unity and understanding, serving each other and singing the glory=
=20
of God.

--=20
Interchangeable parts don't, leak proof seals will and self starters wont
=09=09-- Murphy's Bush Fire Brigade Laws n=B020

[Indic-computing-users] Unicode....

[Frederick N. (FN) <fr...@by...>]

FOR THE WORLD'S A B C'S, HE MAKES 1'S AND 0'S
For the last 10 years, typographer Michael Everson has been instrumental in
developing Unicode, an international standard for character encoding.
Unicode takes the individual letters and symbols in a language and converts
them into strings of 0's and 1's that can be read by computers. Because of
Unicode, "you can plunk down a vanilla off-the-shelf computer into a cafe
anywhere in the world and have any user in any language walk up to it and
use it for accessing the Web," said Rick McGowan of the Unicode Consortium.
Currently, Unicode Version 4.0 contains some 96,000 letters and symbols, of
which approximately 70,000 of them are Chinese characters. Unicode supports
54 other writing systems, from Mongolian to Thai to Gothic to Cyrillic.
However, Mr. Everson is haunted by the prospect that Unicode may never be
finished, as nearly 100 writing systems remain to be encoded. Now that the
writing systems of the major computer markets are encoded, it may be more
difficult to find continued funding for the project.
SOURCE: New York Times; AUTHOR: Michael Erard
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/25/technology/circuits/25code.html?ex=1065515
099&ei=1&en=a6d4162588c819d9

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[Indic-computing-users] [india-egov2] Multi-lingual communication software's here (fwd)

[Frederick N. (FN) <fr...@by...>]

From=20India-egov2 mailing list. FN

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Multi-lingual communication software's here=20
source: Economic Times 24 Sept'2003=20

Mind over matter is not just a popular euphuism. It's a reality which=20
highlights the supremacy of the brain and thinking ability of=20
individuals. And, this brain power could mean major breakthroughs for=20
the thousands who suffer from severe communication disorders, as is=20
revealed by IIT's latest venture. The Communication Empowerment=20
Laboratory of IIT Kharagpur, in collaboration with the Indian=20
Institute of Cerebral Palsy (IICP), Kolkata, has developed a multi-
lingual communication software. Called Sanyog, it's meant for people=20
who have problems communicating.=20

The first of its kind in India, this software would be available at=20
nearly one-tenth the price of its foreign counterpart. The year-old=20
R&D process, sponsored by Media Lab Asia programme of the central=20
government, has finally produced a version that is currently in the=20
advanced trial-run stage.=20

The uniqueness of this product lies in the fact that the user-
interface of Sanyog is in Bengali and Hindi, which would make it=20
accessible to target users, while the English version would soon be=20
available for international users.=20

The communication tool of the software comprises of icons that are=20
based on the Indian socio-economic lifestyle and vocabulary. The=20
present version allows users to form natural language sentences by=20
selecting iconic concepts. The sentences can then be converted into=20
voice output. Though simple sentences can be constructed at present,=20
future versions would be able to form complex sentences too.=20

"We are going to extensively field-test the system at IICP before=20
making it available at other schools, organisations and NGOs. Based=20
on the feedback we will modify the software," said Anupam Basu, head,=20
computer and informatics centre, IIT, Kharagpur.=20

Although the target users are people with speech impairment and motor=20
disabilities, the software can be extended for use by the illiterate=20
population. "In this regard, we are deploying the software in five=20
villages in West Bengal for their literacy programme," Mr Basu told=20
ET. Coming up next is a portable system =97 a hand-held dedicated=20
device =97 similar to a palm-top.=20

But it would cost only Rs 5,000-7000, unlike a palm-top which costs=20
thousands of rupees.=20

In fact, a lot of companies, both MNCs and national-based, have=20
approached IIT for obtaining official license for these products for=20
their commercial sale and marketing in India and abroad.=20

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?
msid=3D200652
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[Indic-computing-users] Is this correct?

[Frederick N. (FN) <fr...@by...>]

URL             :  http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/ht
			ml/uncomp/articleshow?msid=185058

   Now, log in in any of 11 tongues 
 
   ABHIJIT MAJUMDER
   [spacer.gif]
   TIMES NEWS NETWORK [spacer.gif] [ TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2003 08:50:18
   PM ]

   MUMBAI: One of the world's most potent technology counter-cultures is
   sinking its hook deeper into the government of India, ironically an
   establishment long famous for resisting change.

   The government is releasing GNU/Linux, a computer platform that
   challenges the brute marketing might of Microsoft, in 11 Indian
   languages by the year-end.

   As part of Project Indix, the government has already released Linux in
   Hindi. While five more language releases is lined up for Thursday, the
   technology will be available in six more local languages in three or
   four months.

   The five languages lined up now are Sanskrit, Marathi, Malayalam,
   Tamil and Kannada.

   In the next few months, one can look forward to sending e-mails and
   re-inventing their desktops in Assamese, Oriya, Bengali, Gurmukhi,
   Gujarati and Telugu.

   The project, funded by the Ministry of Communication and Information
   Technology and running for two years, is being done by the National
   Centre for Software Technology (NCST), a government of India body.

   Earlier, NCST had designed the `Mangal' font in Hindi and presented it
   to Microsoft head Bill Gates.

   "The basic idea of the project is to enable this language support at
   the infrastructure level," says Deepraj Dixit, who is heading the
   project.

   "By shifting to open source, savings would be enormous. You don't have
   to invest in buying or upgrading software every year."

   Since Windows is a proprietary system, the government spends a huge
   amount buying and upgrading software for its offices. Already, an
   increasing number of government institutions and IITs use Linux as a
   platform.

   Government sources reckon that the new GNU/Linux platform would create
   opportunities for entrepreneurship. Also, Linux in local languages
   would break the English-difficulty barrier and take technology to the
   masses, they say.
   ______________________________________________________________________

[Indic-computing-users] Now, log in in any of 11 tongues...

[Frederick N. (FN) <fr...@by...>]

________________________________________________________________________

Message: 1
   Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 07:03:37 +0400
   From: "GSC Prabhakar \(R\)" <pra...@go...>
Subject: Now, log in in any of 11 tongues - Linux in India

MUMBAI: One of the world's most potent technology counter-cultures is
sinking its hook deeper into the government of India, ironically an
establishment long famous for resisting change. 

 
<http://203.199.70.171/cgi-bin/adceptclickthrough.cgi?random_key=17/8/20
036:46:410.3723879226585789&host_name=economictimes.indiatimes.com&url_n
ame=www.timesofindia.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow> The government
is releasing GNU/Linux, a computer platform that challenges the brute
marketing might of Microsoft, in 11 Indian languages by the year-end.

As part of Project Indix, the government has already released Linux in
Hindi. While five more language releases is lined up for Thursday, the
technology will be available in six more local languages in three or
four months. 

"By shifting to open source, savings would be enormous. You don't have
to invest in buying or upgrading software every year."

Since Windows is a proprietary system, the government spends a huge
amount buying and upgrading software for its offices. Already, an
increasing number of government institutions and IITs use Linux as a
platform. 

Government sources reckon that the new GNU/Linux platform would create
opportunities for entrepreneurship. Also, Linux in local languages would
break the English-difficulty barrier and take technology to the masses,
they say.


http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?msid
=185058

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[Indic-computing-users] Tamil-On-Line...

[Frederick N. (FN) <fr...@by...>]

Tamil-On-Line
source: Economic Times 3 Sept'03 

When he began his career as R&D engineer at Subang airport in Kuala 
Lumpur, Muthu Nedumaran didn't know that his computing skills would 
take him in a different direction. Having a Tamil scholar and poet 
for a father helped fire his interest in Tamil computing. 

Over the years, as he hopped from one job to another, he also found 
himself working on his hobby. Soon, he became the pioneering force 
behind many new developments in Indian language computing. Murasu 
Anjal, the software he developed a decade ago, is a near-rage in 
Tamil today. Recently in India, he spoke to Aruna Srinivasan about 
the many aspects of Indian language computing: 
read the full interview at: 

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?msid=162650

[Indic-computing-users] SITEWATCH: http://www.google.co.in/language_tools

[Frederick N. (FN) <fr...@by...>]

URL             :  http://www.google.co.in/language_tools?hl=en

   [1]Google [2]All About Google
    Language Tools

    Search Specific Languages or Countries
     Search pages written in: [any language.........]
     Search pages located in: [any country...]
     Search for _______________________________________________________
   Google Search

   Tip: If you typically search only pages in a specific language or
   languages, you can save this as your default search behavior on the
   [3]Preferences page.

    Translate
     Translate text:

   _____________________________________________
   _____________________________________________
   _____________________________________________
   _____________________________________________
   _____________________________________________
     from[German to English....] Translate

     or

     Translate a web page:
      _______________________________________________________
     from[German to English....] Translate

    Use the Google Interface in Your Language

   Set the Google homepage, messages, and buttons to display in your
   selected language via our [4]Preferences page.
   Google currently offers the following interface languages:
     * [5]Afrikaans
     * [6]Albanian
     * [7]Amharic
     * [8]Arabic
     * [9]Azerbaijani
     * [10]Basque
     * [11]Belarusian
     * [12]Bengali
     * [13]Bihari
     * [14]Bork, bork, bork!
     * [15]Bosnian
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     * [87]Urdu
     * [88]Uzbek
     * [89]Vietnamese
     * [90]Welsh
     * [91]Xhosa
     * [92]Zulu


   If you don't see your native language here, you can help Google create
   it by becoming a volunteer translator. Check out our [93]Google in
   Your Language program....

[Indic-computing-users] Vote for Arabic...

[Frederick N. (FN) <fr...@by...>]

For those of us keen to get Indic language support going in computing... 
please take a moment of your time to support the cause of our Arabic 
friends. Your vote online would surely help. FN


Topics in this digest:

      1. Vote for Ximian Evolution bugs
           From: "Ahmad Twaijry" <ms...@hu...>


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Message: 1
   Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2003 23:10:12 -0700
   From: "Ahmad Twaijry" <ms...@hu...>
Subject: Vote for Ximian Evolution bugs

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To Support Arabic in Ximian Evolution, please vote for :

http://bugzilla.ximian.com/show_bug.cgi?id=41763

I know we have to wait , but we have to vote :)

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Re: [Indic-computing-users] Punjabi vs Panjabi debate.

[Dr. U.B. P. <pav...@vi...>]

What about Bengali and Bangla debate? Is there any such debate? 
Unicode specifies it as Bengali. Actually it should be Bangla, I 
feel. 

-Pavanaja

> Hi all,
>  Offlate a debate has been going on in Gnome l10n circles as to how
> 'Punjabi' is to be written. Gnome has policy to follow ISO language
> codes, where language code is 'pa' ,written as 'Panjabi' for Punjabi. 
>  Other projects like KDE, SF.net, .. also follow same policy.
> 
> List of language codes is at
> http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/englangn.html
> 
>  Right now Punjabi is not well supported, but when it does have
> support (locale, font, input methods) , this point will be constantly
> raised by users.
>  It would be interesting to note that usage of 'Panjabi' is restricted
> to compliance of ISO 639 codes or by those who are not aware of the
> language name and come to know of it from ISO standards. 
> 
>  Some threads from Gnome-i18n
> http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-i18n/2003-February/msg00155.html
> http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-i18n/2003-February/msg00156.html
> 
> Its important that someone takes, this up with respective Punjabi
> language bodies, Govt of Punjab, TDIL/ MIT GOI to persue the matter
> with ISO to get the change done. 
> I hope native speakers take this up (& I will keep making noises till
> someone takes it up :), since later on when language is better
> supported, it could grow into bigger debate. 
> 
> Regards,
> Karunakar
> 
> -- 
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> An Unreasonable man tries to adapt the world to himself
> So all progress in the world depends on the Unreasonable man - GB Shaw
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[Indic-computing-users] Punjabi vs Panjabi debate.

[Guntupalli K. <kar...@fr...>]

Hi all,
 Offlate a debate has been going on in Gnome l10n circles as to how
'Punjabi' is to be written. Gnome has policy to follow ISO language
codes, where language code is 'pa' ,written as 'Panjabi' for Punjabi. 
 Other projects like KDE, SF.net, .. also follow same policy.

List of language codes is at
http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/englangn.html

 Right now Punjabi is not well supported, but when it does have
support (locale, font, input methods) , this point will be constantly
raised by users.
 It would be interesting to note that usage of 'Panjabi' is restricted
to compliance of ISO 639 codes or by those who are not aware of the
language name and come to know of it from ISO standards. 

 Some threads from Gnome-i18n
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-i18n/2003-February/msg00155.html
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-i18n/2003-February/msg00156.html

Its important that someone takes, this up with respective Punjabi
language bodies, Govt of Punjab, TDIL/ MIT GOI to persue the matter
with ISO to get the change done. 
I hope native speakers take this up (& I will keep making noises till
someone takes it up :), since later on when language is better
supported, it could grow into bigger debate. 

Regards,
Karunakar

-- 
A Reasonable man adapts himself to the world
An Unreasonable man tries to adapt the world to himself
So all progress in the world depends on the Unreasonable man - GB Shaw

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[Indic-computing-users] NEWS: Microsoft signs agreements with Haryana, Punjab

[Frederick N. (FN) <fr...@by...>]

Microsoft signs agreements with Haryana, Punjab

>From Indo-Asian News Service

Chandigarh, Sep 11 (IANS) Software giant Microsoft India will set up a
research laboratory in Haryana to promote the use of Hindi in computer
applications and help accelerate e-governance in Punjab.

"Microsoft Corporation India will set up a research and development
laboratory at Kurukshetra University for the promotion of Hindi in computer
application," a Haryana government official said here Thursday.

The decision was taken at a meeting between Haryana Chief Minister Om
Prakash Chautala and Microsoft India managing director Rajiv Kaul.

Microsoft and the Punjab government Thursday signed an agreement in the
presence of Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and Kaul to jointly work towards
accelerating e-governance at different levels.

They will also jointly work on information and communication technology
education to make Punjab a "knowledge rich" state.

In his meeting with Kaul, Chautala suggested that care should be taken while
developing Hindi software to use words that would be easy to understand and
simple to write.

Chautala was all praise for the contribution made by Microsoft in promoting
IT, especially at Gurgaon, adjoining New Delhi. Haryana's proximity to the
national capital and its investor-friendly climate were added attractions
for entrepreneurs, he noted.

A Punjab government official said the agreement with Microsoft was aimed to
facilitate greater transparency, better citizen services, reduced cost of
operations, enhanced agility in governance and to make the people of Punjab
realise their potential by using IT.

Microsoft will set up two centres of excellence for e-governance in
Chandigarh and Jalandhar in collaboration with the Punjab government's IT
department.

These centres will showcase Microsoft technologies and solutions and
demonstrate the interoperability of Microsoft technologies with other
platforms. They will also be used to train Punjab government personnel.

--Indo-Asian News Service

[Indic-computing-users] Unicode Workshop - Sept 24-26, 2003, New Delhi

[Dutta A. <dab...@in...>]

Hello Everyone,

A Unicode Workshop will be held in Delhi between Sept 24 and 26.

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[Indic-computing-users] Dr. Geo 0.9.7... and Marathi

[Frederick N. (FN) <fr...@by...>]

This was circulated on the list below....

schoolforge <sch...@sc...>
drgenius-dev <ofs...@li...>, 
drgenius-fr <ofs...@li...>, 
ed...@af..., 
ed...@ap..., 
OFSET members <ofs...@li...>

... does it mean that Dr Geo already works in Marathi, or are their plans 
to get it to? FN

On Tue, 12 Aug 2003, Hilaire Fernandes wrote:


> A new version 0.9.7 of Dr. Geo is ready to be download at
> http://www.ofset.org/drgeo
> 
> 
> Follow is the change log:
> 
> 
> * Add the getAngle function in the DGS API. This method expects one
> parameter, a reference to an angle object, it returns one measure in
> DEGREE. To get a measure in RADIAN, use the getValue function.
> 
> * First implementation to turn Dr. Geo as a TeXmacs plug-in. It is
> experimental and still very buggy. However when installing Dr.Geo, the
> plugin for TeXmacs is installed. From TeXmacs the plug-in can be found
> in Text->Session->Dr. Geo
> 
> * Implement a minimal unit grid. It can be display per figure, also it
> is saved a long the figure.
> 
> * Implement an automatic upgrade system for the user preferences file.
> The system is mostly entirely implemented in Scheme. This will avoid
> problem seen when upgrading Dr. Geo from one version to a subsequent
> one.
> 
> * Updated translations of the user interface in Czech, Dutch, French,
> German, Italian, Marathi, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish.
> 
> 
> More information concerning Dr. Geo can be found at
> http://www.ofset.org/drgeo
> 
> A debian package of the 0.9.7 release will come out in the following
> days.
> 
> For bugs reports, documentations, screenshots, see the specific pages at
> the Dr. Geo web page.
> 
> Friendly,
> 
> Hilaire Fernandes
> 

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[Indic-computing-users] Google launches Indian version

[Frederick N. (FN) <fr...@by...>]

>From THE HINDU BUSINESSLINE Aug 31, 2003

	GOOGLE LAUNCHES INDIAN VERSION

	GOOGLE, one of the most widely used search engines,
	has launched Google India (www.google.co.in), which
	offers a choice of interfaces in Hindi, Bengali,
	Telugu, Marathi and English. It also provides
	additional search functions by enabling users
	to restrict searches to pages from the country.

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[Indic-computing-users] GNU FDL - Hindi translation

[<alo...@so...>]

http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/copyleft.html#translationsGFDL 

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Discuss devanagari at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/devanaagarii 

[Indic-computing-users] Re: chatting in Malayalam and creating Web pages in Malayalam.

[Frederick N. (FN) <fr...@by...>]

On Wed, 3 Sep 2003, Dileep M. Kumar wrote:


> Dear FN,
> 
> Great News for  Malayalees. Now we can chat in  our mother tounge. One
> should   install  Malayalam  GNU/Linux   (http://smc.sarovar.org)  for
> enabling this. 
> 
> Regards
> 

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[Indic-computing-users] Re: [Ankur-archive] Re: [bytesforall_readers] An Indian chapter for Project Gutenberg?

[Deepayan S. <dee...@st...>]

On Tuesday 02 September 2003 03:00 am, Sayamindu Dasgupta wrote:
> > On Mon, 1 Sep 2003, Michael Hart wrote:
> >> We would LOVE to include an Indian chapter of Project Guteberg!!!
> >
> > What needs to be done to take this forward? Could someone help with the
> > technology and website etc? Maybe we could look around for volunteers
> > willing to work on getting the e-texts readied, or seek permission from
> > those publishers willing to share their current texts.
> >
> > Permit me to copy this to two networks -- BytesForAll, which has people
> > interested in making computing relevant to the commonman (what better
> > way than spreading e-books!) and IndicComputing, a networking working to
> > get Indian language computing going in this part of the globe. Once we
> > get that critical piece of the jigsaw in place, it could open up lots of
> > possibilities. Including for Project Gutenberg (http://gutenberg.net). FN
>
> Hi,
> I would just like to mention here - that there a subproject of the Ankur
> Bangla Project (www.ankurbangla.org) which deals with archival of Bengali
> literary work. The page of the subproject is at
> http://www.stat.wisc.edu/~deepayan/Bengali/WebPage/bengali.html

Which should eventually be superceded by what's now at 

http://franz.stat.wisc.edu/~deepayan/Bengali/

I have had some exchanges with Greg Newby about getting some of this stuff 
into PG. See, for example, 

http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=2877462&forum_id=15580

I haven't been able to follow up on this (yet) due to lack of time. I would 
definitely appreciate any help, especially with scans of title pages etc that 
would prove public-domain-ness of pieces that are already in the archive. 
(Indian publishers are not very careful with that sort of stuff, so the info 
is often just missing. Not being in India right now, it's difficult for me to 
look around for different editions.)

The format is definitely an issue to worry about. I think everyone would agree 
on Unicode (UTF-8) being the preferred representation. I was thinking of HTML 
with some default fonts specified in the stylesheet, and some simple 
javascript text fields to dynamically customize fonts. Any alternative 
suggestions are most welcome.

Deepayan

[Indic-computing-users] Re: [bytesforall_readers] An Indian chapter for Project Gutenberg?

[Sayamindu D. <say...@cl...>]

> On Mon, 1 Sep 2003, Michael Hart wrote:
>>
>> We would LOVE to include an Indian chapter of Project Guteberg!!!
>
> What needs to be done to take this forward? Could someone help with the
> technology and website etc? Maybe we could look around for volunteers
> willing to work on getting the e-texts readied, or seek permission from
> those publishers willing to share their current texts.
>
> Permit me to copy this to two networks -- BytesForAll, which has people
> interested in making computing relevant to the commonman (what better
> way than spreading e-books!) and IndicComputing, a networking working to
> get Indian language computing going in this part of the globe. Once we get
> that critical piece of the jigsaw in place, it could open up lots of
> possibilities. Including for Project Gutenberg (http://gutenberg.net). FN

Hi,
I would just like to mention here - that there a subproject of the Ankur
Bangla Project (www.ankurbangla.org) which deals with archival of Bengali
literary work. The page of the subproject is at
http://www.stat.wisc.edu/~deepayan/Bengali/WebPage/bengali.html
I believe that Mr. Greg Newby is already aware of the project.
Progress on this front is somewhat slow, as the volunteer concerned has to
manually type the entire text by hand, which is quite a time consuming
job.
-warm regards-
Sayamindu



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[Indic-computing-users] An Indian chapter for Project Gutenberg?

[Frederick N. (FN) <fr...@by...>]

On Mon, 1 Sep 2003, Michael Hart wrote:
> 
> We would LOVE to include an Indian chapter of Project Guteberg!!!

What needs to be done to take this forward? Could someone help with the 
technology and website etc? Maybe we could look around for volunteers 
willing to work on getting the e-texts readied, or seek permission from 
those publishers willing to share their current texts.

Permit me to copy this to two networks -- BytesForAll, which has people 
interested in making computing relevant to the commonman (what better 
way than spreading e-books!) and IndicComputing, a networking working to 
get Indian language computing going in this part of the globe. Once we get 
that critical piece of the jigsaw in place, it could open up lots of 
possibilities. Including for Project Gutenberg (http://gutenberg.net). FN
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[Indic-computing-users] Major Enhancements to the Unicode Standard: Enabling International Domain Names, Expanding Worldwide Accessibility, and Reducing the Digital Divide

[<kut...@ya...>]

Hello Everyone,

I hope all of us will use this major step forward and
start building some real Indic web-applications.

Regards,
Abhijit Dutta

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Major Enhancements to the Unicode Standard:
Enabling International Domain Names, Expanding
Worldwide Accessibility, 
and
Reducing the Digital Divide

Mountain View, CA, August 27, 2003 -- The Unicode®
Consortium and
Addison-Wesley announce publication of Version 4.0 of
the Unicode 
Standard.
Unicode is the fundamental specification for the
representation of 
text, at
the core of all modern software, programming
languages, and standards,
including Windows, Java, C#, Perl, XML, HTML, DB2,
Oracle, and many 
others.


Unicode is also central to the new internationalized
domain names, 
which
allow everyone in the world to have URLs in their own
languages. This 
is
yet another case where Unicode opens the door to more
of the world's
different cultures, helping to break down the digital
divide.

Version 4.0 strengthens Unicode support for worldwide
communication,
software availability, and publishing. The text has
been extensively
rewritten, and incorporates specifications that were
previously only
available as separate documents. The clarified
specification of 
conformance
requirements incorporates the most highly developed
character encoding
model in existence, encompassing the wide variety of
types of 
characters
needed by the world's languages, and permitting
compatibility with all
modern computer architectures.

Record-breaking character content

Version 4.0 encodes over 96,000 characters, twice as
many as Version 
3.0,
and includes two record-breaking collections of
encoded characters. The
largest encoded character collection for Chinese
characters in the 
history
of computing has doubled in size yet again to
encompass over 2000 years 
of
Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese literary
usage, including all 
the
main classical dictionaries of these languages.
Version 4.0 also 
encodes
the largest set of characters for mathematical and
technical publishing 
in
existence. The character repertoires of Version 4.0
and International
Standard ISO/IEC 10646 are fully synchronized.

Reducing the digital divide

To meet the needs of all linguistic communities, the
Unicode Standard 
and
associated standards are continually being extended,
not only in terms 
of
the addition of characters, but also in specifying
*how* those 
characters
work, such as:

- how text sorts or matches in different languages
- how text behaves for East Asian languages (e.g.
vertically) or in 
Middle
Eastern languages (from right to left)
- how text should upper- or lowercase
- how text breaks into lines or words
- how text behaves in Regular Expressions (a key tool
used in a vast 
number
of web servers)

Small linguistic communities all over the world have
the opportunity to 
get
mainstream software working right out of the box,
instead of waiting 
years
for special adaptations that may never come.

For more information on the scripts encoded in the
Unicode Standard, 
see
http://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode4.0.0/

Version 4.0 is published by Addison-Wesley (ISBN
0-321-18578-1), and is
available from the Unicode Consortium or through the
book trade. The 
text
and code charts of Version 4.0 are also available on
the Consortium's 
Web
site www.unicode.org.

About the Unicode Consortium

The Unicode Consortium is a non-profit organization
founded to develop,
extend and promote use of the Unicode Standard, which
specifies the
representation of text in modern software products and
standards.

Members of the Consortium are a broad spectrum of
corporations and
organizations in the computer and information
technology industry. Full
members are: Adobe Systems, Apple Computer, Basis
Technology, 
Government of
India (Ministry of Information Technology), Government
of Pakistan
(National Language Authority), HP, IBM, Justsystem,
Microsoft, Oracle,
PeopleSoft, RLG, SAP, Sun Microsystems, and Sybase.

Membership in the Unicode Consortium is open to
organizations and
individuals anywhere in the world who support the
Unicode Standard and 
wish
to assist in its extension and implementation.

For additional information on Unicode, contact the
Unicode Consortium,
650-693-3921

For more information on The Unicode Standard, Version
4.0, see:
http://www.awprofessional.com/titles/0321185781

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[Indic-computing-users] [****] Nepali New Unicode Keyboard Layout - FREEWARE (fwd)

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