Hi all,
It was a almost a unimaginable surprise when I heard a Samsung camera has a Tamil interface! See pic[1]. It is important milestone when Indic is starting to reach beyond computers, mobiles. While this also reinforces the Indic growth theory(not just wikimedia in non-profit space, even for business in for-profit space), it also means more work for those who are working on Indic space (translation, content creation,technology). Their work will directly or indirectly reach more people outside wikimedia projects. Projects like wiktionary will be source for many languages which might not have any other largest source of vocabulary elsewhere. I would not be surprised if in future translations for real world things are done openly through projects like translatewiki :)
[1] http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tamil_interface_camera-suya_prakash-s...
Srikanth, This is brilliant. Great news. Now if only my phone could support Indic languages. I'd've said Supera Irukke. But still, an important milestone. I only hope however, that translations are appropriate. I hope it's not a simply transliterated interface or extremely technical at the same time.
On 12/19/11, Srikanth Lakshmanan srik.lak@gmail.com wrote:
Hi all,
It was a almost a unimaginable surprise when I heard a Samsung camera has a Tamil interface! See pic[1]. It is important milestone when Indic is starting to reach beyond computers, mobiles. While this also reinforces the Indic growth theory(not just wikimedia in non-profit space, even for business in for-profit space), it also means more work for those who are working on Indic space (translation, content creation,technology). Their work will directly or indirectly reach more people outside wikimedia projects. Projects like wiktionary will be source for many languages which might not have any other largest source of vocabulary elsewhere. I would not be surprised if in future translations for real world things are done openly through projects like translatewiki :)
[1] http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tamil_interface_camera-suya_prakash-s...
-- Regards Srikanth.L
Hi,
As I understand, many vendors do support Indic languages (at least one of them like Hindi/Tamil). What we require is to find out the right device that supports Indic and suits our needs.
My 2.5 year old dual SIM phone from FLY has Hindi support. Can show all the menus in Hindi, can send/receive SMS in Hindi.
My earlier Nokia phone (purchased about 6 years back) also had Hindi support.
Some of the low cost printers-inkjet, laser ones also have Indic language support in their software as well as manuals.
Regards -Sudhanwa
On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 1:58 PM, Srikanth Lakshmanan srik.lak@gmail.com wrote:
Hi all,
It was a almost a unimaginable surprise when I heard a Samsung camera has a Tamil interface! See pic[1]. It is important milestone when Indic is starting to reach beyond computers, mobiles. While this also reinforces the Indic growth theory(not just wikimedia in non-profit space, even for business in for-profit space), it also means more work for those who are working on Indic space (translation, content creation,technology). Their work will directly or indirectly reach more people outside wikimedia projects. Projects like wiktionary will be source for many languages which might not have any other largest source of vocabulary elsewhere. I would not be surprised if in future translations for real world things are done openly through projects like translatewiki :)
[1] http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tamil_interface_camera-suya_prakash-s...
-- Regards Srikanth.L
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True that. While Hindi and Tamil have always been at an advantage due to them being the first two Indic languages to be embraced by the tech industry, AFAIK, the sms typed on these phones don't conform to Unicode standards. Atleast not on Nokia models.
On 12/19/11, Sudhanwa Jogalekar sudhanwa.com@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
As I understand, many vendors do support Indic languages (at least one of them like Hindi/Tamil). What we require is to find out the right device that supports Indic and suits our needs.
My 2.5 year old dual SIM phone from FLY has Hindi support. Can show all the menus in Hindi, can send/receive SMS in Hindi.
My earlier Nokia phone (purchased about 6 years back) also had Hindi support.
Some of the low cost printers-inkjet, laser ones also have Indic language support in their software as well as manuals.
Regards -Sudhanwa
On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 1:58 PM, Srikanth Lakshmanan srik.lak@gmail.com wrote:
Hi all,
It was a almost a unimaginable surprise when I heard a Samsung camera has a Tamil interface! See pic[1]. It is important milestone when Indic is starting to reach beyond computers, mobiles. While this also reinforces the Indic growth theory(not just wikimedia in non-profit space, even for business in for-profit space), it also means more work for those who are working on Indic space (translation, content creation,technology). Their work will directly or indirectly reach more people outside wikimedia projects. Projects like wiktionary will be source for many languages which might not have any other largest source of vocabulary elsewhere. I would not be surprised if in future translations for real world things are done openly through projects like translatewiki :)
[1] http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tamil_interface_camera-suya_prakash-s...
-- Regards Srikanth.L
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On 19 December 2011 17:29, Srikanth Ramakrishnan parakara.ghoda@gmail.com wrote:
True that. While Hindi and Tamil have always been at an advantage due to them being the first two Indic languages to be embraced by the tech industry,
Agreed .
AFAIK, the sms typed on these phones don't conform to Unicode standards. Atleast not on Nokia models.
Yeah I haven't seen a unicode message being transferred . Anyone has an idea of devices which support SMS using Unicode characters . I am guessing android devices .
Regards, Pavithran
Naha, as far As I have seen, Android devices and a iPhones, with the exception of a few Samsung models sorely lack support for Indic display, forget composing text. The Indian tech community doesn't seem too keen on pressurising Apple, Google, Research in Motion, etc to ensure Indic support across all languages. Sad, but true.
On 12/21/11, pavithran pavithran.s@gmail.com wrote:
On 19 December 2011 17:29, Srikanth Ramakrishnan parakara.ghoda@gmail.com wrote:
True that. While Hindi and Tamil have always been at an advantage due to them being the first two Indic languages to be embraced by the tech industry,
Agreed .
AFAIK, the sms typed on these phones don't conform to Unicode standards. Atleast not on Nokia models.
Yeah I haven't seen a unicode message being transferred . Anyone has an idea of devices which support SMS using Unicode characters . I am guessing android devices .
Regards, Pavithran
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Hoi, I blogged about the latest version of the Android operating system "ice cream sandwich". It does apparently work with WebFonts. http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.com/2011/12/new-android.html Thanks, Gerard
On 21 December 2011 13:28, Srikanth Ramakrishnan parakara.ghoda@gmail.comwrote:
Naha, as far As I have seen, Android devices and a iPhones, with the exception of a few Samsung models sorely lack support for Indic display, forget composing text. The Indian tech community doesn't seem too keen on pressurising Apple, Google, Research in Motion, etc to ensure Indic support across all languages. Sad, but true.
On 12/21/11, pavithran pavithran.s@gmail.com wrote:
On 19 December 2011 17:29, Srikanth Ramakrishnan parakara.ghoda@gmail.com wrote:
True that. While Hindi and Tamil have always been at an advantage due to them being the first two Indic languages to be embraced by the tech industry,
Agreed .
AFAIK, the sms typed on these phones don't conform to Unicode standards. Atleast not on Nokia models.
Yeah I haven't seen a unicode message being transferred . Anyone has an idea of devices which support SMS using Unicode characters . I am guessing android devices .
Regards, Pavithran
-- pavithran sakamuri http://look-pavi.blogspot.com
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Gerard,
I could not view the web fonts. Should I configure something?
By the way, Android ICS supports Tamil, Bengali, Marathi and Hindi even without web fonts.
Please see my detailed report on another mail titled "Android ICS support for Tamil and Indic languages".
Thanks,
Ravi
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