A quick follow on question to Subbiah's request for information - how have various language issues been dealt with by the Akshaya e-literacy project (localizing user interfaces, language options available [Malayalam, English, Hindi, ...], etc.). TIA...
Don Osborn Bisharat.net Quoting Subbiah Arunachalam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Subject: Kerala e-literacy project wins Prix Ars Electronica award > > > There were few mentions of this in the media, one exception was in the > Sakal group, which publishes Maharashtra Herald (Pune) and Gomantak > Times (Goa) too. > > It said: "The Akshaya e-literacy project aimed at bridging the digital > divide was selected in the digital community category honour. Akshaya is > among the six winners of the award by the Austria-based Ars Electronica, > a platform for digital arts and media, a release from Ars Electronica > said". > > Presented at Linz, Austria, the award was picked from 2975 entries from > 71 countries Akshaya had committed to use the Rs 500,000 prize "to > expand its Internet platform in the areas of agricultural consulting, > health and education". > > Akshaya, in north Kerala, is claiming to have established -- in three > years -- some 6000 Internet centres, to set up infrastructure for the > local population and create 50,000 new jobs while bringing in > investments of Rs 5000 crore.Last year, Malappuram -- the home of the > Akshaya project in the southern Indian state of Kerala -- was declared > the country's first e-literate district. It also claims to have one of > the largest known Internet Protocol (IP)-based wireless networks. > > Kerala is talking of rolling out this project to seven more of its > districts -- Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Ernakulam, Thrissur, Kozhikode, > Kannur and Kasargod. > > Any feedback on the strengths and weaknesses of this project? Probably > the distance means we hear little from distant regions like Kerala. > > _______________________________________________ > DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list > DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org > http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide > To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. > _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
