On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 4:02 AM, Dhaval S. Vyas <
dsvyas@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks once again Ashwin,
>
> I have been considering to release the books officially, but unfortunately,
> PDF conversion is not working with Gujarati. The bug is filed a while ago,
> and I have been told that it may get quite a long time to fix the issue.
> Without having capability of exporting the page as PDF or preparing a book,
> I won't really feel to rush for the book release.
>
> Regards,
> Dhaval
>
>
> On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 6:54 PM, Ashwin Baindur <
ashwin.baindur@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Dhaval,
>>
>> That is really very good to hear. We must maintain the highest
>> standards in all things WikiSource. Unlike Wikipedia, errors cannot be
>> allowed to co-exist. Well done to all Gujarati Wiki-Source-ians. Keep
>> yup your great work.
>>
>> I request that this book may be please be got "officially" released to
>> gain publicity and attention to Gujarati WikiSource & the community.
>>
>> Ashwin
>>
>> On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 9:56 PM, Dhaval S. Vyas <
dsvyas@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Thanks Ashwin,
>> >
>> > Not only this book, but the other one that is completed and the one
>> > underway, are all proof read against original. These are all manually
>> > typed
>> > and not OCR'd. Thanks to the lack of available OCR Tool/software for
>> > indic
>> > scripts.
>> >
>> > If you or anybody else here is aware of good and reliable tool for
>> > Indic,
>> > especially Gujarati, script please share. That will help us upload book
>> > in
>> > remarkably less time than it has taken.
>> >
>> > Best,
>> > Dhaval
>> >
>> > On 2 May 2012 17:01, "Ashwin Baindur" <
ashwin.baindur@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hi Dhaval,
>> >>
>> >> No doubt a great achievement and my very sincere congratulations. I
>> >> just wanted a clarification. This is very important! Have you checked
>> >> each word for correctness against the original text? Or is it OCR'd
>> >> text?
>> >>
>> >> Sincerely
>> >>
>> >> Ashwin
>> >>
>> >> On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 9:04 PM, Dhaval S. Vyas <
dsvyas@gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> > Dear Shiju,
>> >> >
>> >> > Thanks a million for sharing this with the wider community.
>> >> >
>> >> > An update:
>> >> >
>> >> > The next collaborative work is already started and in just a week's
>> >> > time, it
>> >> > is almost 25% completed as well.
>> >> >
>> >> > Kind Regards,
>> >> > Dhaval
>> >> >
>> >> > On 2 May 2012 16:11, "Shiju Alex" <
shiju@wikimedia.org> wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Dear All,
>> >> >>
>> >> >> On behalf the Gujarati community, I wanted to share a nice update.
>> >> >> On
>> >> >> 22nd April, Gujarati Wikisource reached a major milestone with the
>> >> >> completion of " સત્યના પ્રયોગો અથવા આત્મકથા" (Saty Naa Prayogo
>> >> >> Athavaa
>> >> >> Aatmakathaa) It is the Autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi (The story
>> >> >> of
>> >> >> my
>> >> >> experiments with truth). This book has 454 pages in 169 chapters in
>> >> >> 5
>> >> >> sections.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> The work to digitize this book was started less than 1 month before.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> The following Gujarati wiki librarians contributed to this project.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> સુશાંત સાવલા (Sushant Savla)
>> >> >> ધવલ વ્યાસ (Dhaval Vyas)
>> >> >> vyom25 (Vyom)
>> >> >> સતિષ પટેલ (Satish Chandra)
>> >> >> જેઠાભાઇ ઓડેદરા (Jethabhai Odedara)
>> >> >> અશોક મોઢવાડીયા (Ashok Modhavadia - Captain)
>> >> >> jaishree
>> >> >> Roopal Mehta
>> >> >> સંજય બાલોતિયા (Sanjay Balotia)
>> >> >> જીતેન્દ્રસિંહ (Jinedrasinh)
>> >> >> નિલેશ બંધીયા (Nilesha Bandhia)
>> >> >> Findjigar
>> >> >> દેવેન્દ્રસિંહ ગોહિલ (Devendrasinh Gohil)
>> >> >>
>> >> >> To me, this is actually the biggest part of this story! 13
>> >> >> wikilibrarians
>> >> >> from all over the world collaborated on this! That is amazing for
>> >> >> a relatively new community.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I would like to acknowledge the contributions of Ashok Modhavadia
>> >> >> from
>> >> >> Junagadh for managing the project, and for Sushant Savla and Dhaval
>> >> >> Vyas for
>> >> >> being inspirations behind it. Incidentally, Ashok managed the
>> >> >> scanning
>> >> >> of
>> >> >> all the pages, the allotment of chapters, and all other aspects of
>> >> >> project
>> >> >> management.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> For anyone interested in how to manage a Wikisource initiative, do
>> >> >> look
>> >> >> at
>> >> >> the discussions on this page
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> [
http://gu.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%AA%9A%E0%AA%B0%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%9A%E0%AA%BE:%E0%AA%B8%E0%AA%A4%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%AF%E0%AA%A8%E0%AA%BE_%E0%AA%AA%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%B0%E0%AA%AF%E0%AB%8B%E0%AA%97%E0%AB%8B_%E0%AA%85%E0%AA%A5%E0%AA%B5%E0%AA%BE_%E0%AA%86%E0%AA%A4%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%AE%E0%AA%95%E0%AA%A5%E0%AA%BE]
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Digitization of the next book will be managed by Vyom.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> There is an lovely quote I will close this mail with: આજ આનંદ મારા
>> >> >> આંગણે
>> >> >> રે લોલ! (Aaj aanand maara aangane re lol!) which means "Today is a
>> >> >> joyous
>> >> >> day for us!"
>> >> >> Congratulations to the Gujarati community.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Wishing Gujarati wiki community all the best.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Warmest Regards,
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Shiju Alex
>> >> >>
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