How about using EPUB as a format?
EPUB is an open standard and there are quite a few free ePUB readers for most platforms (including Symbian). Non-Latin scripts would be handled by the client and there would be no need to develop new clients.
We (PediaPress) have a working prototype for ePUB export via the collection extension. However, EPUB export has only been tested with collections of a few thousand articles. Essentially, it should be possible to generate EPUB files containing all articles of even the biggest wikipedia projects - but this might need some more work.
Christoph
Am 17.04.2012 um 09:20 schrieb Shahid Farooqui:
Hi..
Yes, we are looking for offline wikipedia in several regional Indian languages for our 50$ Akaash tablet. We want offline content to be shipped with the device.
I already had few conversation with Emmanuel Engelhart in this regard, I am waiting for a fruitful solution from him soon.
Thanks & Regards
Shahid
On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 12:23 PM, atul jha koolhead17@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 5:33 AM, Patrice Khawam patrice@wikipock.com wrote:
That's exactly what www.wikipock.com provides. Preloaded microSD card with Wikipedia + a native Android app.
On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 2:13 PM, Jimmy Wales jwales@wikia-inc.com wrote:
I'm particularly interested in availability of Wikipedia on memory cards and the like. This is for a relatively small language, so extremely large size isn't the issue.
I'm wanting to know if there is a way to distribute Wikipedia in a small language on memory cards for android phones. This is for people for whom data service is not available or cost prohibitive, and who may not have access to a computer for transfer. Physical distribution of cards is something that could be done.
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I suppose this was one of the key requirement from http://www.sakshat.ac.in/ , they wanted something similar for the 50$ tablet Akash they are shipping in india. They wanted offline content to be shipped with the device.
I am sure they contacted folks from the list on same.
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