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| Title | Article: Technology Rejuvenates Neglected Languages |
| Body | From http://www.smh.com.au/technology/blogs/untangling-the-web/technology-rejuvenates-neglected-languages/20100715-10bvl.html Technology rejuvenates neglected languages Gorder Farrer July 15, 2010 Internet users in the West take for granted that they can communicate in the digital world in their own language. But what if standard QWERTY keyboards aren't available in your native tongue? It's an issue for many minority communities that have emigrated to Australia, especially from places affected by drought, famine, civil unrest and underdevelopment. Keh Blut hopes that his native S'gaw Karen language will one day be as available and easy to use online as behemoth Asian languages Chinese and Japanese. Blut has been working with Andrew Cunningham of the State Library of Victoria to develop software that will enable native speakers of S'gaw Karen, a minority tongue used by the Karen communities of Burma and Thailand, to use computers in their own language. Under Vicnet's Open Road project, Cunningham is building software tools for languages not supported by the traditional keyboard or standard computer operating systems. Read the full article at http://www.smh.com.au/technology/blogs/untangling-the-web/technology-rejuvenates-neglected-languages/20100715-10bvl.html |
| Source | Sydney Morning Herald |
| Inputdate | 2010-07-18 10:42:51 |
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