| Software developed to bond millions through language |
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| Written by Tribune News Service, Chandigarh | |||||
| Tuesday, 20 November 2007 | |||||
 This small development has a huge potential, the capability of linking million of Punjabis around the globe. A core group of computer scientists at the Advanced Centre for Technical Development of Punjabi language, literature and culture at Punjabi University, Patiala, have developed a software that can convert Gurmukhi script into roman, devnagri and shahmukhi (Punjabi written in Urdu script as in Pakistan) or any of these scripts into the each.To be officially launched in December, this software makes it possible for anyone knowing one of these languages to read anything written in the other language after a simple conversion through a programme that has been put on a website for free use. Developed at a cost of $ 30,000 through a grant of PAN Asia ICT (R&D) Grant Project, this software suite is perhaps the single largest contribution to link people with diverse backgrounds, sharing common culture and ethnicity. Dr Gurpreet Singh Lehal, director of the Advanced Centre, who has been one of the main forces behind the project said, “The software has numerous applications - something for everyone, who has anything to do with reading or writing. To begin with, anyone interested in reading Pakistani newspapers and magazines online can use this software suit to convert the shahmukhi script into one that he understands. The software has the capability of translating the entire websites along with their hyperlinks”. Giving a demonstration at the Press Club here today, the team of software developers from Punjabi University, Patiala said it took them nearly four years to develop the present software package from their previous attempts. “The software is intelligent and accurately transliterates roman words with different spelling into the exact gurmukhi spellings, making it for a Punjabi speaking person to write effortlessly in gurmukhi”. The software is available online for testing and use at http://s2g.advancedcentrepunjabi.org
joginder singh mehra
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| very nice well done |
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