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[Sayamindu Dasgupta]

You have a volunteer for Bengali (me) :-).

Thanks,
Sayamindu


On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 7:20 PM, 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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Sayamindu Dasgupta
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