[LIS-Forum] Hindi software tools and fonts

[Madhuresh]

In a drive to take computers to the masses through local language
interfaces, the IT Department today released free Hindi software tools
and fonts, and said such software would made available in 22 Indian
languages within the next six months. 
Releasing the software in the Capital, the National Advisory Council
(NAC) Chairperson, Ms Sonia Gandhi, said, "With this launch, we have
taken one more progressive step. Mr Rajiv Gandhi would have been happy
to see the rapid strides that our country is taking in the IT sector, as
this was his dream." 
The software can either be downloaded from the Web site www.ildc.gov.in
or ordered in a CD format. The CD contains tools developed by the Centre
for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), IIIT, Hyderabad, and
private companies such as Modular Infotech, Cyberscape Multimedia Ltd,
Priya Informatics, Cadgraf Digital System Ltd, C K Technologies,
Prologix and Softview. 
The tools in Hindi include Hindi True Type Fonts (TTF) with Font Driver,
UNICODE-compliant Open Type Fonts (OTF) for Hindi, Hindi Language
Multifont Keyboard Engine for TTF, Hindi UNICODE-compliant keyboard
driver, BharateeyaOO.o in Hindi, Firefox browser in Hindi,
GAIM-Multiprotocol Messenger in Hindi, Columba-Hindi e-mail client,
Hindi OCR, Hindi dictionary, spellchecker, generic fonts code and
storage code converter for Hindi, Assan typing tutor for Hindi and
English, Integrated Word Processor, and Hindi language translation tool
and text-to-speech system. 

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