>Hi Debdutto, >Thank you for writing in. Some comments are in-line. I would request >that you ensure that the responses are sent to the list (and, not to >me directly).
>On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 1:07 AM, Debdutto Chakraborty ><joy.virus2 at gmail.com ><http://lists.ankur.org.in/listinfo.cgi/project-ideas-ankur.org.in>> wrote: >>* I am Debdutto Chakraborty, currently studying in pre-final year B.Tech >>in*>>* Computer Science and engineering from Asansol Engineering College. >>Also, I'm*>>* new to this world of open source although I've been using >>Ubuntu & various*>>* other Open Sourced software por past 3-4 years, I had no >>idea that it was*>>* such a huge thing.* >Yes, it is a sometimes surprise. >>* I was going through the ideas page and the following two project ideas*>>* >>really struck me:*>>**>>* Design and development of a print ready OpenType >>font for Bengali: Being a*>>* Bengali myself, a;though i could speak bengali >>but I learned to read/write*>>* the language quite later in life. Also I'm >>familiar with font designing*>>* techniques as i created a font of my own >>handwriting using a technique given*>*> long back in Digit magazine. Although >>there might be different tools at work*>*> here, but I'm known to be highly >>adaptive in such cases.* >It is interesting that you've undertaken this effort. Do you have any >links, documentation or, screenshots of the font? Additionally, are >you familiar with open source software tools used to design fonts? *No, sir i don't have the font or any screenshots since i created it ages ago when i was a kid (which i still am).* *But yes I'm familiar with the workings of FontForge. If u want i can create a font in a day or two and provide it to you. * >*> Add a language model for speech recognition software for Bengali >language:*>*> For people like me, who can speak/read fluent Bengali but >stutter while*>*> writing, this kind of software will a boon. Although I'm not >familiar with*>*> how speech recognition actually works or how it is built, >I'm*>*> researching/googling everything I can find on the web right now. Also, >any*>*> help from Ankur India will be great* >I'd wait for you to respond to what you have found out so far. *With my research and wandering around on the internet I'm now quite acquainted with how a speech recognition system works and its different stages in development. But* *since i'm still an amateur in this area, some expert help would be highly appreciated. * *Also, i found that this organization with this project pdf <http://crblp.bracu.ac.bd/seminar/Firoj_Add3_Presentation.pdf> has already done much of the research and it might help us a lot. Also, the CMUSphinx Speech recognition engine might help us out. Its open source AND there is already a Mexican Spanish version of it. Again please guide me in the right direction if I'm wrong anywhere.* >*> Since I'm in college now, I've classes. Still, i will be able to >provide*>*> around 8-10 hours of work every day. If more time is needed I'm >always ready*>*> to cough up some extra work-hours.* >We'll come to that once we - [1] get selected as a mentoring >organization, [2] figure out which of the project holds your interest >and, [3] read your proposal *Yours sincerely, Debdutto Chakraborty [email protected] *
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