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[Marc Valentin]

As written on this page, I did this (for US and Devanagari) :
setxkbmap -layout us,in -variant olpc2,olpc
But I got an error message : "Error loading new keyboard description".
So I did this :
setxkbmap -layout in -variant olpc2
And that worked. But I don't see any Devanagri character when I type.
I see little squares with numbers inside.
I am using Firmware 656.
To put back to normal I dod this : ctrl-alt-erase

On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 9:33 PM, Hemant Goyal <goyal.hemant at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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