[Fsf-india] WANTED: Volunteers knowing Java

Frederick Noronha fred@bytesforall.org
Mon, 13 May 2002 00:42:56 +0530 (IST)


Technology Empowerment Network
Member Newsletter #7 May 8, 2002

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Says the TEN Newsletter, of an Indian project: "If You Know Java - Tarahaat
Needs Your Help for Their Multilingual Software Project". Tarahaat is trying
to build stronger and more independent communities in India through its
marketplace technology. 

For a project like this, an Indian language interface is essential. However,
licensing costs for proprietary software and language technologies are too
high for local entrepreneurs. The obvious solution is to use Open Source
software, but support for Indian languages on Linux (*UNIX) platform is
poor. That's where TEN and YOU come in.

The two main objectives of this exercise are:
1. To build an open source (GPL), Java applet to serve as a
multi-platform, multilingual input/ output interface for web applications
in Indian languages. This applet must provide a method to translate
between Font-code and Unicode.
2. To build a WYSIWYG HTML editor using the above applet to support data
entry via touch screen, keyboard, phonetic script and ISCII (Indian
Script Code for Information Interchange).

If you can help provide any of the programming, analysis and development
skills to support Tarahaat's existing team and see this project to
completion, contact TEN Director Ulla Skiden now. More Details of the
exciting partners in this project on the TEN site.

(Search for TEN "Technology Empowerment Network" on the Net... sorry I
seem to have misplaced the address. -FN)