Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] An Offline Wikipedia for the Aakaash Tablet?

The tablet we were shown in Mumbai by WishTel was running Android 2.2. On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 9:44 AM, Yuvi Panda wrote: > If only Ace supports it, I'm assuming they would have to release the > code for that. > https://opensource.samsung.com/index.jsp;jsessionid=8C92D0B55573A09D0D7EFC4EB7976034

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If only Ace supports it, I'm assuming they would have to release the code for that. https://opensource.samsung.com/index.jsp;jsessionid=8C92D0B55573A09D0D7EFC4EB7976034 is where all the source drops are, and I see that the code for the Ace has been made available. Can someone who understands enoug

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] An Offline Wikipedia for the Aakaash Tablet?

Android still doesn't support Indic rendering, it's only Samsung Ace which supports, but rest don't. So, something to be done from the developers. Hope, soon this would be solved in the forthcoming versions of Androids. On 2 December 2011 15:24, Gautam John wrote: > On 2 December 2011 15:22, Sri

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On 2 December 2011 15:22, Srikanth Ramakrishnan wrote: > Or does it depend from manufacturer to manufacturer? > Since each make has a different front end? I have a vanilla install - I'm assuming manufacturers have forks or add-ons that get Indic Unicode working.

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Or does it depend from manufacturer to manufacturer? Since each make has a different front end? -- On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 3:15 PM, Gautam John wrote: > On 2 December 2011 15:13, Srikanth Ramakrishnan > wrote: > > > AFAIK, 2.3+ supports Indic scripts. > > I'm running 2.3.6 and it doesn't, s

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On 2 December 2011 15:13, Srikanth Ramakrishnan wrote: > AFAIK, 2.3+ supports Indic scripts. I'm running 2.3.6 and it doesn't, sadly. ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing

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CAn someone get in touch with the manufacturer, of the Aakash and find out which version it runs? AFAIK, 2.3+ supports Indic scripts. -- On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 2:54 PM, Arjuna Rao Chavala wrote: > > > On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 10:12 AM, sankarshan > wrote: > >> On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 5:34 AM, J

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On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 10:12 AM, sankarshan wrote: > On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 5:34 AM, Jessie Wild wrote: > > > For this work, I think it's _imperative_ to get a high-quality, Indic > > version available for mass-distribution. But while the full, > > all-encompassing offline version might take 6-7

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On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 5:34 AM, Jessie Wild wrote: > For this work, I think it's _imperative_ to get a high-quality, Indic > version available for mass-distribution. But while the full, > all-encompassing offline version might take 6-7 months to develop, there are > bite-sized pieces we can concr

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On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 8:17 PM, Pradeep Mohandas wrote: > I also think we should take the benefit of the lessons learnt by other NGOs > in the country who've done stuff like this. Someone suggested OLPC folks. We > might be interested in approaching such folks as well.

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Hey Everyone! I am so excited about the content of this email chain! There have been huge advances in the offline work for India of late. Quick background: I know many of you know, and Hisham mentioned it earlier, but I am involved with the offline WIkipedia projects around the world for WMF, so

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On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 20:17, Pradeep Mohandas wrote: > > Someone suggested OLPC folks. We might be interested in approaching such > folks as well. > I imagine this is happening too. I saw an OLPC being demoed at the WikiConference (by Harriet Vidyasagar, I think?).

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fline Wikipedia for the Aakaash Tablet? I concur heartily. There are no quick fixes. First of all we need topic lists. We need to decide a balanced 500 topic list for India comprising primarily India articles. This will be the base of any Offline effort. Warm regards, Ashwin Ba

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I concur heartily. There are no quick fixes. First of all we need topic lists. We need to decide a balanced 500 topic list for India comprising primarily India articles. This will be the base of any Offline effort. Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur -

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I agree with you. 60 days is too less. It would take atleast 6-7 months of editing and working to bring out such articles. -- On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 6:04 PM, Srikanth Lakshmanan wrote: > Hi all, > > Just a word of caution here. > > Lift and ship approach will be a disaster. So any article tha

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Hi all, Just a word of caution here. Lift and ship approach will be a disaster. So any article that goes into Kiwix, must be reviewed / tagged for legal compliance (Maps, others!), be of decent quality and avoid controversial topics(Caste topics Hell no). We must also check for copyvio images etc

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On 1 December 2011 13:53, Alolita Sharma wrote: > Debian based tablets are being discussed but the manufacturer indicated that > it was at least a year+ down the line. Wow , is it based on Maemo[1] by any chance ? Or is it one of the smartphone[2] software they use? 1. http://maemo.org 2. http

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Santhosh, I had spoken with one of the tablet manufacturers with Jessie. The current Akash OS is indeed Android based so Indic language support is poor/unavailable. Debian based tablets are being discussed but the manufacturer indicated that it was at least a year+ down the line. With best regar

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On Dec 1, 2011, at 1:14 PM, Aditya Sengupta wrote: > > > @Hisham, Jessie: Any updates on getting the sample tablets from the > manufacturer? > Request made and politely declined. hisham ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wi

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On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 12:28, Srikanth Ramakrishnan < parakara.gh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Aakash is basically an Android tablet. So if we create an offline version > of Wikipedia for all Android devices, [India specific], I guess that should > do? Right? This version of Aakash uses Android- the o

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On Dec 1, 2011, at 12:28 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan wrote: > Aakash is basically an Android tablet. So if we create an offline version of > Wikipedia for all Android devices, [India specific], I guess that should do? > Right? Yes. A version of Aakash is on Android. It is probable that we wil

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Aakash is basically an Android tablet. So if we create an offline version of Wikipedia for all Android devices, [India specific], I guess that should do? Right? On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 12:20 PM, Santhosh Thottingal < santhosh.thottin...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 12:06 PM, Hisham

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On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 12:06 PM, Hisham wrote: > b) Need to establish a reasonable set of acceptable quality articles in > Indic languages (since Akash's remit is pan-India.) AFAIK, Akash is based on android and Indic language rendering support is not available so far. Anybody tried indic languag

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We're on it. Jessie Wild (who manages offline projects at WMF) and I had a meeting a few days ago with the persons in charge of the Akash initiative at the GoI's Ministry of HRD. I've briefed the Chapter EC on this. The meeting was very promising. There are a bunch of things that need to be

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On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 10:22 AM, Gautam John wrote: > Worth checking out for the Chapter? And the Trust? Maybe both together? > > "Datawind, the inventor of world's cheapest tablet computer – UbiSlate > – has joined hands with NASSCOM Foundation to help bridge the digital > divide in India. > Part

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Awesome Idea. Sounds right up our alley. I can help provide some support around the content end but someone else will need to drive the project. Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur -- On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 10:22 AM, Gautam John wrote: > Worth check

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On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 10:22 AM, Gautam John wrote: > Worth checking out for the Chapter? And the Trust? Maybe both together? Wouldn't existing work for the WikiReader or, the OLPC project fit in terms of enabling an offline wikipedia ? -- sankarshan mukhopadhyay

[Wikimediaindia-l] An Offline Wikipedia for the Aakaash Tablet?

Worth checking out for the Chapter? And the Trust? Maybe both together? "Datawind, the inventor of world's cheapest tablet computer – UbiSlate – has joined hands with NASSCOM Foundation to help bridge the digital divide in India. Partnership focuses to announce a contest targeting the non-profit n