Hi Dhaval, That is really very good to hear. We must maintain the highest standards in all things WikiSource. Unlike Wikipedia, errors cannot be allowed to co-exist. Well done to all Gujarati Wiki-Source-ians. Keep yup your great work.
I request that this book may be please be got "officially" released to gain publicity and attention to Gujarati WikiSource & the community. Ashwin On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 9:56 PM, Dhaval S. Vyas <dsv...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks Ashwin, > > Not only this book, but the other one that is completed and the one > underway, are all proof read against original. These are all manually typed > and not OCR'd. Thanks to the lack of available OCR Tool/software for indic > scripts. > > If you or anybody else here is aware of good and reliable tool for Indic, > especially Gujarati, script please share. That will help us upload book in > remarkably less time than it has taken. > > Best, > Dhaval > > On 2 May 2012 17:01, "Ashwin Baindur" <ashwin.bain...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Dhaval, >> >> No doubt a great achievement and my very sincere congratulations. I >> just wanted a clarification. This is very important! Have you checked >> each word for correctness against the original text? Or is it OCR'd >> text? >> >> Sincerely >> >> Ashwin >> >> On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 9:04 PM, Dhaval S. Vyas <dsv...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Dear Shiju, >> > >> > Thanks a million for sharing this with the wider community. >> > >> > An update: >> > >> > The next collaborative work is already started and in just a week's >> > time, it >> > is almost 25% completed as well. >> > >> > Kind Regards, >> > Dhaval >> > >> > On 2 May 2012 16:11, "Shiju Alex" <sh...@wikimedia.org> wrote: >> >> >> >> Dear All, >> >> >> >> On behalf the Gujarati community, I wanted to share a nice update. On >> >> 22nd April, Gujarati Wikisource reached a major milestone with the >> >> completion of " સત્યના પ્રયોગો અથવા આત્મકથા" (Saty Naa Prayogo Athavaa >> >> Aatmakathaa) It is the Autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi (The story of >> >> my >> >> experiments with truth). This book has 454 pages in 169 chapters in 5 >> >> sections. >> >> >> >> The work to digitize this book was started less than 1 month before. >> >> >> >> The following Gujarati wiki librarians contributed to this project. >> >> >> >> સુશાંત સાવલા (Sushant Savla) >> >> ધવલ વ્યાસ (Dhaval Vyas) >> >> vyom25 (Vyom) >> >> સતિષ પટેલ (Satish Chandra) >> >> જેઠાભાઇ ઓડેદરા (Jethabhai Odedara) >> >> અશોક મોઢવાડીયા (Ashok Modhavadia - Captain) >> >> jaishree >> >> Roopal Mehta >> >> સંજય બાલોતિયા (Sanjay Balotia) >> >> જીતેન્દ્રસિંહ (Jinedrasinh) >> >> નિલેશ બંધીયા (Nilesha Bandhia) >> >> Findjigar >> >> દેવેન્દ્રસિંહ ગોહિલ (Devendrasinh Gohil) >> >> >> >> To me, this is actually the biggest part of this story! 13 >> >> wikilibrarians >> >> from all over the world collaborated on this! That is amazing for >> >> a relatively new community. >> >> >> >> I would like to acknowledge the contributions of Ashok Modhavadia from >> >> Junagadh for managing the project, and for Sushant Savla and Dhaval >> >> Vyas for >> >> being inspirations behind it. Incidentally, Ashok managed the scanning >> >> of >> >> all the pages, the allotment of chapters, and all other aspects of >> >> project >> >> management. >> >> >> >> For anyone interested in how to manage a Wikisource initiative, do look >> >> at >> >> the discussions on this page >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> [http://gu.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%AA%9A%E0%AA%B0%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%9A%E0%AA%BE:%E0%AA%B8%E0%AA%A4%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%AF%E0%AA%A8%E0%AA%BE_%E0%AA%AA%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%B0%E0%AA%AF%E0%AB%8B%E0%AA%97%E0%AB%8B_%E0%AA%85%E0%AA%A5%E0%AA%B5%E0%AA%BE_%E0%AA%86%E0%AA%A4%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%AE%E0%AA%95%E0%AA%A5%E0%AA%BE] >> >> >> >> Digitization of the next book will be managed by Vyom. >> >> >> >> There is an lovely quote I will close this mail with: આજ આનંદ મારા >> >> આંગણે >> >> રે લોલ! (Aaj aanand maara aangane re lol!) which means "Today is a >> >> joyous >> >> day for us!" >> >> Congratulations to the Gujarati community. >> >> >> >> Wishing Gujarati wiki community all the best. >> >> >> >> Warmest Regards, >> >> >> >> Shiju Alex >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >> >> Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> >> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit >> >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >> >> >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >> > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit >> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Warm regards, >> >> Ashwin Baindur >> ------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >> Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > -- Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur ------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l