Hoi,
The Wikimedia Localisation team has been very much active in this field and
we have implemented the inscript one standard as well as other existing
keyboard methods. We have met with CDAC and Red Hat about our current
Narayam implementations and our and their future plans. Our notion is that
using standard compliant and freely licensed technology is the way forward.
On our road map there are the unknowns of how to support smart phones,
tablet computers, not only for the official languages of India but for all
of them including scripts ..
We are very happy to participate in any project that has as its goal to
create standardised input methods for any kind of device. We can provide an
environment for testing; we can support experimental keyboard methods side
by side at
translatewiki.net. When things become stable, we are quite happy
to expose the world to new standards on the WMF wikis.
Is this the kind of support that would help you ?
Thanks,
Gerard
On 12 December 2011 14:34, Arjuna Rao Chavala <arjunaraoc(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Friends,
Indic languages have an opportunity to gain their rightful place in the
computing and communications world on par with English or other languages,
with the availability of smart phones and tablet computers with touch user
interface at lower price points.
I have been involved in leading a study group on this topic for the last
one year to develop the project proposal for virtual keyboard standard. I
am glad to report that the project for development of standard has been
approved by IEEE-SA on Dec 8, 2011.
More details on this initiative are available at
https://mentor.ieee.org/stds-india/bp/Indic_Virtual_Keyboards
I seek your support and participation in this initiative.
Cheers
Arjuna Rao Chavala
WG Chair, P1908.1 Virtual keyboard standard for Indic languages
Twitter id: @arjunaraoc <http://twitter.com/#%21/arjunaraoc>
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