Dear all ,
Some happy news for all of us .
The School curriculum steering commitee of Kerala Govt's SCERT(State Council Educational Research and Training) decided 3 majors points in our interest yesterday
1. SCERT is improving Book printing infrastructure by shifting from Adobe 's softwares to FOSS based XeTeX and free licesned fonts.
2. They will shift from ASCII to Unicode . This will also help in universal access for differentially abled via technologies like Text to Speech even in Malayalam Language .
3. The books will be licensed under CC-BY-SA .
Official Order is still pending. But I am posting this since it is already in media reports.
Read a repotrt in TOI http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/Now-free-software-to-...
The Change will be applicable to all newly publishing books from now Starting from Malayalam Text books in 5, 7, and 11th standards
Myself, Hrishikesh K.B and a team from Swathanthra Malayalam Computing ( http://smc.org) are working closely with SCERT from last to help them in initiating this change process.
Thanks to Dr. P.K Thilak, Research Officer SCERT , Director SCERT, and Biju Prabhakar IAS (Director of Public Instruction, Govt of Kerala ) for initiating this Change.
~ regards Anivar Aravind Secretary Swathanthra Malaalam Computing http://smc.org.in Ph. 09448063780
Wow! That's an amazing win! More power to you.
Thank you.
Best,
Gautam ________ http://www.akshara.org.in/
On 15 November 2013 18:10, Anivar Aravind anivar.aravind@gmail.com wrote:
Dear all ,
Some happy news for all of us .
The School curriculum steering commitee of Kerala Govt's SCERT(State Council Educational Research and Training) decided 3 majors points in our interest yesterday
- SCERT is improving Book printing infrastructure by shifting from Adobe 's
softwares to FOSS based XeTeX and free licesned fonts.
- They will shift from ASCII to Unicode . This will also help in universal
access for differentially abled via technologies like Text to Speech even in Malayalam Language .
- The books will be licensed under CC-BY-SA .
Official Order is still pending. But I am posting this since it is already in media reports.
Read a repotrt in TOI http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/Now-free-software-to-...
The Change will be applicable to all newly publishing books from now Starting from Malayalam Text books in 5, 7, and 11th standards
Myself, Hrishikesh K.B and a team from Swathanthra Malayalam Computing (http://smc.org) are working closely with SCERT from last to help them in initiating this change process.
Thanks to Dr. P.K Thilak, Research Officer SCERT , Director SCERT, and Biju Prabhakar IAS (Director of Public Instruction, Govt of Kerala ) for initiating this Change.
~ regards Anivar Aravind Secretary Swathanthra Malaalam Computing http://smc.org.in Ph. 09448063780
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Congratulations, this is wonderful!
On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 6:15 PM, Gautam John gautam@akshara.org.in wrote:
Wow! That's an amazing win! More power to you.
Thank you.
Best,
Gautam ________ http://www.akshara.org.in/
On 15 November 2013 18:10, Anivar Aravind anivar.aravind@gmail.com wrote:
Dear all ,
Some happy news for all of us .
The School curriculum steering commitee of Kerala Govt's SCERT(State Council Educational Research and Training) decided 3 majors points in
our
interest yesterday
- SCERT is improving Book printing infrastructure by shifting from
Adobe 's
softwares to FOSS based XeTeX and free licesned fonts.
- They will shift from ASCII to Unicode . This will also help in
universal
access for differentially abled via technologies like Text to Speech
even in
Malayalam Language .
- The books will be licensed under CC-BY-SA .
Official Order is still pending. But I am posting this since it is
already
in media reports.
Read a repotrt in TOI
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/Now-free-software-to-...
The Change will be applicable to all newly publishing books from now Starting from Malayalam Text books in 5, 7, and 11th standards
Myself, Hrishikesh K.B and a team from Swathanthra Malayalam Computing (http://smc.org) are working closely with SCERT from last to help them
in
initiating this change process.
Thanks to Dr. P.K Thilak, Research Officer SCERT , Director SCERT, and Biju Prabhakar IAS (Director of Public Instruction, Govt of Kerala ) for initiating this Change.
~ regards Anivar Aravind Secretary Swathanthra Malaalam Computing http://smc.org.in Ph. 09448063780
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This is great. Cheers to all those who made this happen!
Regards, Nitika
On 15-Nov-2013, at 6:16 PM, Pranav Curumsey wrote:
Congratulations, this is wonderful!
On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 6:15 PM, Gautam John gautam@akshara.org.in wrote: Wow! That's an amazing win! More power to you.
Thank you.
Best,
Gautam ________ http://www.akshara.org.in/
On 15 November 2013 18:10, Anivar Aravind anivar.aravind@gmail.com wrote:
Dear all ,
Some happy news for all of us .
The School curriculum steering commitee of Kerala Govt's SCERT(State Council Educational Research and Training) decided 3 majors points in our interest yesterday
- SCERT is improving Book printing infrastructure by shifting from Adobe 's
softwares to FOSS based XeTeX and free licesned fonts.
- They will shift from ASCII to Unicode . This will also help in universal
access for differentially abled via technologies like Text to Speech even in Malayalam Language .
- The books will be licensed under CC-BY-SA .
Official Order is still pending. But I am posting this since it is already in media reports.
Read a repotrt in TOI http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/Now-free-software-to-...
The Change will be applicable to all newly publishing books from now Starting from Malayalam Text books in 5, 7, and 11th standards
Myself, Hrishikesh K.B and a team from Swathanthra Malayalam Computing (http://smc.org) are working closely with SCERT from last to help them in initiating this change process.
Thanks to Dr. P.K Thilak, Research Officer SCERT , Director SCERT, and Biju Prabhakar IAS (Director of Public Instruction, Govt of Kerala ) for initiating this Change.
~ regards Anivar Aravind Secretary Swathanthra Malaalam Computing http://smc.org.in Ph. 09448063780
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Great news! Congratulations & Best Wishes! :)
Regards. Sanket Oswal.
On 11/16/13, Nitika Tandon nitika@cis-india.org wrote:
This is great. Cheers to all those who made this happen!
Regards, Nitika
On 15-Nov-2013, at 6:16 PM, Pranav Curumsey wrote:
Congratulations, this is wonderful!
On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 6:15 PM, Gautam John gautam@akshara.org.in wrote: Wow! That's an amazing win! More power to you.
Thank you.
Best,
Gautam ________ http://www.akshara.org.in/
On 15 November 2013 18:10, Anivar Aravind anivar.aravind@gmail.com wrote:
Dear all ,
Some happy news for all of us .
The School curriculum steering commitee of Kerala Govt's SCERT(State Council Educational Research and Training) decided 3 majors points in our interest yesterday
- SCERT is improving Book printing infrastructure by shifting from
Adobe 's softwares to FOSS based XeTeX and free licesned fonts.
- They will shift from ASCII to Unicode . This will also help in
universal access for differentially abled via technologies like Text to Speech even in Malayalam Language .
- The books will be licensed under CC-BY-SA .
Official Order is still pending. But I am posting this since it is already in media reports.
Read a repotrt in TOI http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/Now-free-software-to-...
The Change will be applicable to all newly publishing books from now Starting from Malayalam Text books in 5, 7, and 11th standards
Myself, Hrishikesh K.B and a team from Swathanthra Malayalam Computing (http://smc.org) are working closely with SCERT from last to help them in initiating this change process.
Thanks to Dr. P.K Thilak, Research Officer SCERT , Director SCERT, and Biju Prabhakar IAS (Director of Public Instruction, Govt of Kerala ) for initiating this Change.
~ regards Anivar Aravind Secretary Swathanthra Malaalam Computing http://smc.org.in Ph. 09448063780
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wonderful! congratulations to all!
On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 12:49 PM, Sanket Oswal sankoswal@gmail.com wrote:
Great news! Congratulations & Best Wishes! :)
Regards. Sanket Oswal.
On 11/16/13, Nitika Tandon nitika@cis-india.org wrote:
This is great. Cheers to all those who made this happen!
Regards, Nitika
On 15-Nov-2013, at 6:16 PM, Pranav Curumsey wrote:
Congratulations, this is wonderful!
On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 6:15 PM, Gautam John gautam@akshara.org.in wrote: Wow! That's an amazing win! More power to you.
Thank you.
Best,
Gautam ________ http://www.akshara.org.in/
On 15 November 2013 18:10, Anivar Aravind anivar.aravind@gmail.com wrote:
Dear all ,
Some happy news for all of us .
The School curriculum steering commitee of Kerala Govt's SCERT(State Council Educational Research and Training) decided 3 majors points
in
our interest yesterday
- SCERT is improving Book printing infrastructure by shifting from
Adobe 's softwares to FOSS based XeTeX and free licesned fonts.
- They will shift from ASCII to Unicode . This will also help in
universal access for differentially abled via technologies like Text to Speech even in Malayalam Language .
- The books will be licensed under CC-BY-SA .
Official Order is still pending. But I am posting this since it is already in media reports.
Read a repotrt in TOI
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/Now-free-software-to-...
The Change will be applicable to all newly publishing books from now Starting from Malayalam Text books in 5, 7, and 11th standards
Myself, Hrishikesh K.B and a team from Swathanthra Malayalam Computing (http://smc.org) are working closely with SCERT from last to help
them
in initiating this change process.
Thanks to Dr. P.K Thilak, Research Officer SCERT , Director SCERT,
and
Biju Prabhakar IAS (Director of Public Instruction, Govt of Kerala ) for initiating this Change.
~ regards Anivar Aravind Secretary Swathanthra Malaalam Computing http://smc.org.in Ph. 09448063780
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Thats a great news.
All the best!
On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 6:10 PM, Anivar Aravind anivar.aravind@gmail.comwrote:
Dear all ,
Some happy news for all of us .
The School curriculum steering commitee of Kerala Govt's SCERT(State Council Educational Research and Training) decided 3 majors points in our interest yesterday
- SCERT is improving Book printing infrastructure by shifting from Adobe
's softwares to FOSS based XeTeX and free licesned fonts.
- They will shift from ASCII to Unicode . This will also help in
universal access for differentially abled via technologies like Text to Speech even in Malayalam Language .
- The books will be licensed under CC-BY-SA .
Official Order is still pending. But I am posting this since it is already in media reports.
Read a repotrt in TOI http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/Now-free-software-to-...
The Change will be applicable to all newly publishing books from now Starting from Malayalam Text books in 5, 7, and 11th standards
Myself, Hrishikesh K.B and a team from Swathanthra Malayalam Computing ( http://smc.org) are working closely with SCERT from last to help them in initiating this change process.
Thanks to Dr. P.K Thilak, Research Officer SCERT , Director SCERT, and Biju Prabhakar IAS (Director of Public Instruction, Govt of Kerala ) for initiating this Change.
~ regards Anivar Aravind Secretary Swathanthra Malaalam Computing http://smc.org.in Ph. 09448063780
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Great news !!
Hope other state governments follow this :)
-Sibi
On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 6:16 PM, Rahmanuddin Shaik nani1only@gmail.comwrote:
Thats a great news.
All the best!
On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 6:10 PM, Anivar Aravind anivar.aravind@gmail.comwrote:
Dear all ,
Some happy news for all of us .
The School curriculum steering commitee of Kerala Govt's SCERT(State Council Educational Research and Training) decided 3 majors points in our interest yesterday
- SCERT is improving Book printing infrastructure by shifting from Adobe
's softwares to FOSS based XeTeX and free licesned fonts.
- They will shift from ASCII to Unicode . This will also help in
universal access for differentially abled via technologies like Text to Speech even in Malayalam Language .
- The books will be licensed under CC-BY-SA .
Official Order is still pending. But I am posting this since it is already in media reports.
Read a repotrt in TOI http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/Now-free-software-to-...
The Change will be applicable to all newly publishing books from now Starting from Malayalam Text books in 5, 7, and 11th standards
Myself, Hrishikesh K.B and a team from Swathanthra Malayalam Computing ( http://smc.org) are working closely with SCERT from last to help them in initiating this change process.
Thanks to Dr. P.K Thilak, Research Officer SCERT , Director SCERT, and Biju Prabhakar IAS (Director of Public Instruction, Govt of Kerala ) for initiating this Change.
~ regards Anivar Aravind Secretary Swathanthra Malaalam Computing http://smc.org.in Ph. 09448063780
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Sorry for the typos** earlier
Dear all ,
Some happy news for all of us .
The School curriculum steering commitee of Kerala Govt's SCERT(State Council Educational Research and Training) decided 3 major points in our interest yesterday
1. SCERT is improving text book printing infrastructure by shifting from Adobe 's softwares to FOSS based XeTeX and free licensed fonts.
2. They will shift from ASCII to Unicode . This will also help in universal access for differentially abled via technologies like Text to Speech even in Malayalam Language .
3. The books will be licensed under CC-BY-SA .
Official Order is still pending. But I am posting this since it is already in media reports.
Read a report in TOI http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/Now-free-software-to-...
The Change will be applicable to all newly publishing books from now Starting from Malayalam Text books in 5, 7, and 11th standards
Myself, Hrishikesh K.B and a team from Swathanthra Malayalam Computing ( http://smc.org) are working closely with SCERT from last few months to help them in initiating this change process.
Thanks to Dr. P.K Thilak, Research Officer SCERT , Director SCERT, and Biju Prabhakar IAS (Director of Public Instruction, Govt of Kerala ) for initiating this Change.
~ regards Anivar Aravind Secretary Swathanthra Malaalam Computing http://smc.org.in Ph. 09448063780
Dear Anivar,
Congratulations to you, others in the SMC team and officials who are behind this initiative!! Hope to hear about the official order.
Let the Knowledge Go around :)
Best, Vishnu
On 15 November 2013 18:33, Anivar Aravind anivar.aravind@gmail.com wrote:
Sorry for the typos** earlier
Dear all ,
Some happy news for all of us .
The School curriculum steering commitee of Kerala Govt's SCERT(State Council Educational Research and Training) decided 3 major points in our interest yesterday
- SCERT is improving text book printing infrastructure by shifting from
Adobe 's softwares to FOSS based XeTeX and free licensed fonts.
- They will shift from ASCII to Unicode . This will also help in
universal access for differentially abled via technologies like Text to Speech even in Malayalam Language .
- The books will be licensed under CC-BY-SA .
Official Order is still pending. But I am posting this since it is already in media reports.
Read a report in TOI http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/Now-free-software-to-...
The Change will be applicable to all newly publishing books from now Starting from Malayalam Text books in 5, 7, and 11th standards
Myself, Hrishikesh K.B and a team from Swathanthra Malayalam Computing ( http://smc.org) are working closely with SCERT from last few months to help them in initiating this change process.
Thanks to Dr. P.K Thilak, Research Officer SCERT , Director SCERT, and Biju Prabhakar IAS (Director of Public Instruction, Govt of Kerala ) for initiating this Change.
~ regards Anivar Aravind Secretary Swathanthra Malaalam Computing http://smc.org.in Ph. 09448063780
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That is a great news Anivar, wish all the states follow in footsteps of Kerala. SCERT. Congratulations to you and the team who was working closely with them
Kind Regards, Dhaval On 15 Nov 2013 13:03, "Anivar Aravind" anivar.aravind@gmail.com wrote:
Sorry for the typos** earlier
Dear all ,
Some happy news for all of us .
The School curriculum steering commitee of Kerala Govt's SCERT(State Council Educational Research and Training) decided 3 major points in our interest yesterday
- SCERT is improving text book printing infrastructure by shifting from
Adobe 's softwares to FOSS based XeTeX and free licensed fonts.
- They will shift from ASCII to Unicode . This will also help in
universal access for differentially abled via technologies like Text to Speech even in Malayalam Language .
- The books will be licensed under CC-BY-SA .
Official Order is still pending. But I am posting this since it is already in media reports.
Read a report in TOI http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/Now-free-software-to-...
The Change will be applicable to all newly publishing books from now Starting from Malayalam Text books in 5, 7, and 11th standards
Myself, Hrishikesh K.B and a team from Swathanthra Malayalam Computing ( http://smc.org) are working closely with SCERT from last few months to help them in initiating this change process.
Thanks to Dr. P.K Thilak, Research Officer SCERT , Director SCERT, and Biju Prabhakar IAS (Director of Public Instruction, Govt of Kerala ) for initiating this Change.
~ regards Anivar Aravind Secretary Swathanthra Malaalam Computing http://smc.org.in Ph. 09448063780
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Congrats & kudos to all those who contributed to make this possible!!
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