Dear all Aakash 1 has android but no support for indian languages Is it an inherent problem of the OS? I hope you can comment on the following If the Aakash 2 is also to be based on Android ( version 4.0? ) , I hope that community demands that the following requirements be either already met or can be quickly met? I believe that it is really a signal service by MHRD to the future of India that an affordable digital resource like the Aakash has been brought in to prove beyond doubt the feasibility of making hardware affordable to bridge the digital divide. Now it is further heartening to learn that the next logical step is to make the software also accessible and that specifications for the same are in the making.
Whether android or otherwise, Desirable specifcation for next Aakash The OS should be FOSS : is android foss? The indian language enablement should have . 1. support for indian scripts as per international standard . This means 1. unicode character representation2. display based on non-proprietary font spcification suitable for complex text system .3. Input methods suitable to and akin to traditional writing system for Indian scripts with joint characters which require1. substitution rules ,2. reordering(which is due to mixed system which is right to left and left to right)3. re-positioning (and , perhaps) only indian scripts )are associated with such systems) 4. transliteration (as per regional specificity, particularly between english and local indian script))5. support for building and maintaining dictioneries in indian languages (viz based on unicode CLDR sort order or any other legacy sort order )6. spell checkers7. support for search including1. facility to specify regional specificity like choice of 'folding' as is the case in eastern parts of india for 'j' for 'y' (jamuna=yamuna) , 'sh' for 's' (shwagata is also swagata) , 2. phonetiacally similar words ( aberration/ अपभ्रंश ) 8. all this must be supported if not enabled in all graphics packages needed (as relevant to school or college level ) to education (since school education involves many graphics application which need student interaction ) Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel _______________________________________________ network mailing list [email protected] http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in
