On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 5:10 PM, Aarti K. Dwivedi <[email protected]>wrote:
> I think it would be nice if we could ask for help from AnkurIndia. > Although they work in Bengali, I am sure they would have some resources > which we can find useful for Malayalam as well as other Indian languages. > > Swathanthra Malayalam Computing (http://smc.org.in/) , is a 12 year old FOSS Language Technology hackers group and part of this initiative . It is the most active language technology hacker group in Indic Languages and maintains platforms like http://silpa.org.in . Ankur team (sankarsan, Runa , Sayamindu etc) are very close with us and we do share developments . I am one of the project managers and present secretary of Swathanthra Malayalam Computing . At this point We know there is no techology solution foray of the issues I raised ~ regards Anivar > On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 2:33 AM, Anivar Aravind > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> It is widely covered in vernacular press >> >> This is one among the english reports >> http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/digitising-contest-to-preserve-rare-books-in-malayalam/article5538126.ece >> >> I think it may be relevant to share the context of this too . This may be >> helpful and useful for other wikisource communities. I am part of the >> Organizing Team and our organization , Swathanthra Malayalam Computing is >> one of the partners for this >> >> 1. Unlike Latin based languages , Most of the Indian languages does not >> have a functional OCR solution. So for us the digitalising means typing >> the pages and proofreading them . >> 2. Even though there are many state run institutions and libraries are >> engaged in scanning books for their digitization , The public domain works >> are not available in most cases . Initiatives like GLAM s not much suited >> for small librarys and state institutions. >> 3. In short the absence / Way to thank library for preserving books till >> they release under public domain with proper media attention becomes a >> difficult task . This program experimenting a way to thank Govt institution >> named Keral Sahithya academi via media attention for preserving and >> donating the public domain copies to many books to wikisource . >> 4.Wikisource can be used as a way of training new users to familiarize >> with mediawiki and wikisyntax . A Typing+proofreading competition with >> declared prizes anyway attracts more users and attention . within first 5 >> days 80+ new contributors and 798 pages added to Malayalam wikisource >> 5. We Succeeded in getting IT@School program of Govt of Kerala as an >> official partner and created a seperate competition for schools . So >> Students under the guidance of teachers can involve in Malayalam >> wikisource and get exposure for wikimedia projects >> 6. This helps in building more references for wikipedia articles . This >> is an important concern for many languages without much digital archives >> >> Thanks to Vishnu , Director of CIS-A2K for initially coming up with an >> idea of running a proofreading contest in malayalam wikipedia by offering >> some Devices . This helped us to start exploring the possibilities and >> expanding the program with more partners . >> >> In last October Malayalam wikisource community released a 2.0 version of >> its offline CD . This is the next major endeavour >> >> >> ~ regards >> Anivar Aravind >> User:AniVar >> >> >> >> >> >> On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 5:45 PM, Andrea Zanni <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> That is an amazing news, Manoj, >>> good job! >>> >>> Also, think about writing a blog post for the Wikimedia blog: >>> they are always interested in hosting news a about Wikisources all >>> around the world. >>> >>> Aubrey >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 7:13 PM, Jayanta Nath <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Keep it up Manoj , it's a great initiatives. We shall try the same for >>>> Bengali wiki source . >>>> >>>> Jayanta >>>> >>>> On Thursday, January 2, 2014, manoj k wrote: >>>> >>>>> Dear friends, >>>>> >>>>> New year wishes to all. >>>>> >>>>> Wikisource project, a project of Wikimedia foundation is celebrating >>>>> its tenth anniversary. As a part of the decennary celebrations, the >>>>> Wikisource projects in various languages all over the world are conducting >>>>> competitions that enrich their contents including but not limited to >>>>> proof-reading and digitization. Being a part of it, Wikisource's >>>>> Malayalam version - Wiki Grandhasala community, a voluntary unit >>>>> engaged in collecting and digitizing valuable Malayalam books of >>>>> yesteryears, is organizing a digitization (Typing & Proofreading) >>>>> competition, along with various Government as well as >>>>> Non-Governmentestablishments and other voluntary organisations with >>>>> similar interestslike Kerala Sahithya Academy, IT@schoolProject, >>>>> Swathanthra Malayalam Computing and Center for Internet and Society >>>>> (CIS-A2K) under the banner of Malayalam Wiki community.. This >>>>> digitisation competition is being conducted as a part of an effort that >>>>> collects Malayalam Books whose copyright date has expired in digital form >>>>> (in unicode format) preserving the content and makig them more accessible >>>>> and popular. The competition lasts for a month, starting on January 1, >>>>> 2014 >>>>> and ending on Jan 31, 2014. The competition focuses especiallyindividuals >>>>> and schools andincludes someattractive prizes including E-book readers, >>>>> Tablets and selected books for >>>>> those who lead the scoreboard. In this competition, books that was >>>>> recently released by Kerala Sahithya Academy to its public collection >>>>> will be digitised. >>>>> >>>>> Details of the competition;There are two specific competitions >>>>> >>>>> *Competition for individuals:-* >>>>> This competition is for the general public. It includes typing and >>>>> proofreading of selected books. The main aim is to attract people who >>>>> are active in social media into Wiki Grandhasala activities. Those >>>>> who wish to participate in this competition should register before January >>>>> 31st 2014. Here are the pages which are to be typed in as part of this >>>>> competition. >>>>> >>>>> *Competition for schools:-* >>>>> Presently many student groups, through the IT Cell of their >>>>> respective schools, participate actively in the Wiki Grandhasala >>>>> effort. This version of the competition aims to increase the >>>>> participation of such student groups. The idea is to inculcate more love >>>>> for their mother tongue among the students. The process also aims at >>>>> providing >>>>> awareness out about such collaborative activities, getting them >>>>> interested in computer related areas, specifically Language Computing. >>>>> Scanned copies of books that are in public domain will be made available >>>>> to >>>>> the respective schools. Under the supervision of IT@schoolcoordinators >>>>> of each school, students have to typethemand proof read,which will be >>>>> added >>>>> to Wiki Grandhasala. >>>>> >>>>> The prizes (like E-book readers, Portable scanners) are sponsored by >>>>> Center for Internet and Society, Kerala Sahithya Academy and Swathanthra >>>>> Malayalam Computing. Also, certificates will be awarded to all >>>>> students who participate in the school level competition and >>>>> IT@schoolcoordinators >>>>> , for their coordination activities. >>>>> >>>>> Those who wish to sponsor more prizes, and those who wish to >>>>> makescanned/hard copiesbooks in >>>>> the public domain availale to Wiki Grandhasala can contact >>>>> [email protected]. >>>>> >>>>> Project Page: https://ml.wikisource.org/wiki/WS:DC2014 >>>>> Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/265018530322640/ >>>>> Score Bord : http://balasankarc.in/ProofreadingContest/index.html >>>>> >>>>> For Malayalam Wikisource Community >>>>> >>>>> Manoj.K/മനോജ്.കെ >>>>> General Convener, Malayalam Wikisource Digitization Contest 2014 >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Wikisource-l mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikisource-l >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikisource-l mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikisource-l >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikisource-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikisource-l >> >> > > > -- > Aarti K. 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