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[Hemant Goyal]

Hi Marc,

The process to change the keyboard layout is described here :
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Devanagari_Keyboard

I guess you'll have to refer to the Devanagari keyboard layout on the same
page to input the correct symbols using the english keyboard layout.

Your feedback regarding speech synthesis for hindi would be very useful to
me, I'd really appreciate if you could post your analysis/results on the
list.

Thanks!
Hemant

On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 7:57 PM, Marc Valentin <mvalentin at oeuvredespains.org>
wrote:

> That is an interesting news. How to type hindi characters with an
> english keyboard ?
>
> On 2/29/08, Walter Bender <walter at laptop.org> wrote:
> > You can type with Hindi characters (as of recent builds, the Lohit
> > fonts are loaded by default). Also the new laptops (as opposed to beta
> > units) that are coming to India this week have Devanagri keyboards.
> > Anyone interested in helping me design keyboards for the other
> > language groups in the sub-continent, please let me know.
> >
> > regards.
> >
> > -walter
> >
> > On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 3:35 AM, Marc Valentin
> > <mvalentin at oeuvredespains.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 7:36 AM, Hemant Goyal <goyal.hemant at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >  > Hi,
> > >  > > I think the opportunity is to have more language teaching
> > >  > > software built in.  From what I saw kids could easily learn
> > >  > > to open and use a particular application, and if that app had
> > >  > > videos, music, and speech and simple fun tests - kids could
> > >  > > learn to use it pretty quickly.
> > >  > >
> > >  > >
> > >  > > If done right, the XO could become the English teacher in
> > >  > > non-english public schools.
> > >  >
> > >  > Absolutely :) Not only English but many many more languages :).
> > >  >
> > >  > We are working on integrating speech synthesis in the XO :)
> > >  > [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Screen_Reader,
> > >  > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Speech_synthesis]. There are tasks we
> need
> > >  > assistance with(primarily with packaging software), if you are
> interested in
> > >  > helping out please contact me.
> > >  >
> > >  > Hemant
> > >  >
> > >
> > >  I added the program "Speak-4.xo" (It is speech synthesis, right ?)
> > >  They like it very much !
> > >  Among the languages available in "Speak", I saw "Hindi". It would be
> > >  nice to be able to type with Hindi characters...
> > >
> > >
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> >
> >
> >
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