Re: [Indic-computing-devel] SMS (was: ISI kolkata developing indic language software??)

[Keyur S. <key...@ya...>]

--- "Tapan S. Parikh" <ta...@ya...> wrote:
> 
> Sometimes I wonder how much transliteration damages the language.
> Clearly somewhat because it is pretty ugly-looking compared to our own
> letters.  But for a certail level of users you have to admit the point
> does get across.
> 
> But clearly that cannot be the final solution...

Tapan, I agree with you. Transliteration certainly can not be the the final
and satisfactory solution. I have come across atleast 3 transliteration
methods for Indian languages. Many more may be there which I am not aware
of and few more may come in future :-(

For any method to get accepted widely, there should be consensus in the
community. Different people are confortable with different input methods.
And this is understandable in a country like India where there are millions
of people.

And finally, in this englishmen leading world, you can't ignore English
totally. English has become an international language and to cope with this
competitive world one has to learn English. But truly, it does not (and can
not) represent all languages in this world.

- Keyur


> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Keyur Shroff" <key...@ya...>
> To: <ind...@li...>
> Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 10:30 AM
> Subject: Re: [Indic-computing-devel] SMS (was: ISI kolkata developing
> indic language software??)
> 
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > --- "Tapan S. Parikh" <ta...@ya...> wrote:
> > >
> > > Also, my uncle has a phone where he can SMS in Gujarati.  Has
> anyone
> > > see this?  What is the input method?
> >
> > AFAIK, you have to send transliterated message in English to a
> number and
> > they will then send SMS in Gujarati to the recipient.
> >
> > For example, to send an SMS in Hindi, you have to send
> >    Aap Kaise Ho?
> >
> > to some number and then service provider will convert it into Hindi
> message
> > and forward it.
> >
> > - Keyur
> >
> >
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