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B y t e s F o r A l l    MAY-2023
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Moving images from WikiConferenceIndia 2023

           Compiled by Frederick Noronha / @fn
    +91-9822122436 fredericknoronha2@gmail.com

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          A TECHIE WHO LOVES [FREE AND OPEN]
          DICTIONARIES: The intersection of Indic
          languages, open data and FOSS
          ....  from Kailash.  Dictionaries too.
          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxCUiFiEbH4

ANGIKA GETS ITS OWN WIKIPEDIA: Did you even know that
a language called Angika existed...  and was spoken
by so many?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHZF1hsM5J0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhEkqge3o2I

TECH SOLUTIONS FOR GARNERING INFORMATION:
Info-Farmer, a Tamil self-thought programmer and
Wikipedian, finding solutions to share information
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7I4v08iCzc

FROM TECHNOLOGY TO INFO: Kartik Mistry...  from the
FOSS movement to being a Wikipedian
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4uokEd97pI

TRIBAL LANGUAGES NEED ENCYCLOPEDIAS TOO: Gondi,
that's the newest Indian language to get a Wikipedia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=724sC0oLd5o

          COPYRIGHT-FREE BOOKS CAN BE DIGITISED:
          Digitising Marathi books and texts...  from
          near Poona/Pune
          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1vTJq4KM2s

REMEMBERING HISTORY FROM THE FOSS WORLD: Down memory
lane...  the FOSS (Free/Open Source Software)
movement of the late 1990s and early 2000s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXz24wQmdOE

THESE WERE INDIAN TECH EXPERIMENTS OF THE PAST: Dr
Subbu Shastry...  on the NewsRack.in story
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tF9RrbhCR0g

REBUILDING NETWORKS -- FREE AND OPEN SOURCE IN INDIA:
FOSS United...  and attempt (growing fast) of
promoting Free and Open Source in India
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0K5j-mD9ZDo

A PIC IS WORTH....  : Why sharing photos (on the
Wikimedia Commons) is important
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Va_4dwnN-A

REMINISCING THE PAST IN YOUNG INDIA'S TECH HISTORY:
Early days of the Wikipedia in India, Hindi editing
and more such stories...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GnFUFBuvls

THIS HELPS YOU TRAVEL: What is Wikivoyager all about
(incomplete)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MiSXeKoWVo

PICS TIPS: How to take better photos...  in four
quick steps!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnmlokJntH4

VISIONS OF SHARING INFORMATION: What's it like being
visually challenged...  and trying to edit the
Wikipedia?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTQXfQib3Ic

FROM KERALA TO SWEDEN, WITH WORDS AND IDEAS: A
radiologist in Sweden ...  a Wikipedian for Malayalam
(and English)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhXw074C5Z4

COMPUTING IN KERALA'S SCHOOLS, SOME BACKGROUND: Tony
Antony, promoting Free Software in schools...  and
going beyond that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJUSd4GL078

EDITING A CROWDSOURCED ENCYCLOPEDIA CAN BE FUN:
Abhinav619....  cricket, books, volunteering on the
Wikipedia, creating shareable knowledge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUQWhVUT81Q

          GLOSSARIES AND DICTIONARIES FOR LANGUAGES
          YOU DIDN'T KNOW EXISTED: Building a
          glossary/dictionary for Arebhashe....  in
          South India
          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Nmu9J-AOfs

OLD BOOKS, NEW LIFE: Reviving Telugu books of another
era, another century...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzD2KaiQjME

          MINORITY CULTURES AND THEIR SOLUTIONS:
          Understanding the Deobandi Wikipedians'
          community in India...  and documenting its
          work.
          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZAv7j5vWQU

WHEN TECHIES TAKE TO HELPING: Tech solutions from the
Villupuram GNU/Linux Users Group...  that make
knowledge sharing easier An encounter in April 2023.
This work makes it easier for everyone to share
information.  It struck me as a very practical use
for India's tech skills (which unfortunately seldom
get used to local needs, but largely go to earn the
export dollar).  Check out the presentation here:
Presentation about Spell4Wiki, SpotWikiEdit,
QuickWiktionary, Wiki-Bulky Tools
https://bit.ly/3NFA6RA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dn_7WT32tF8

This is what it takes to click a photo of 250-odd
Wikipedians
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFFzuId3e2M

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BytesForAll was launched circa July 1999, to focus on
how software, hardward and the Internet could play a
role in social development -- even before the ICT4D
debate became a "fashion".  Cofounded by Frederick
Noronha and Partha Sarkar.

http://groups.google.com/group/bytesforall_readers
See a historical snapshot at
https://tinyurl.com/yjjoreya

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