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@(#)overview.html
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Copyright 2001-2002 Tibetan and Himalayan Digital Library
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This software is the confidential and proprietary information of
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the Tibetan and Himalayan Digital Library. You shall use such
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information only in accordance with the terms of the license
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agreement you entered into with the THDL.
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<body bgcolor="white">
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Provides facilities for manipulating text, audio, and video in Tibetan and other Himalayan languages.
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From the THDL Tools project's
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<a href="http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=214100">
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News</a> archive:
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<pre>
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Posted By: eg3p
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Date: 2002-09-26 12:14
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Summary:THDL Projects and Goals
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</pre>
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<p>
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Hello. You'll see that we at the Tibetan and Himalayan Digital Library
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have been developing several Tibetan language and culture related
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software tools, all of which take advantage of Tony Duff's free
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cross-platform TibetanMachineWeb fonts. We think these tools have
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reached a level of development that they now need the active
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participation of the larger programming community in order to
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progress.
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On the one hand, we've developed Java-based tools for inputting and
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displaying Tibetan script (Jskad), as well as for the transcription of
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Tibetan-language videos (QuillDriver), and the synchronized playback
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of videos along with their associated transcripts (Savant).
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On the other hand, recognizing the ubiquity of Word, we've also
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developed Visual Basic macros for inputting Tibetan script (WylieWord)
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and diacritics useful for Asian studies (DiacriticsForWord,
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DiacriticsForWin2k) into Microsoft Word.
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The Java side of our project has several goals. First, we'd like to
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create a high quality cross-platform word processor/display engine
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optimized for Tibetan script input and display. This probably means
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embedding Jskad in an established open source text editor.
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Second, we are developing educational and research-oriented software
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that takes advantage of these basic Tibetan display
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capabilities. QuillDriver, designed for transcription of videos, and
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Savant, an integrated tool for learning language from digital video,
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are examples of this. Here, several tasks are on the horizon: merging
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QuillDriver and Savant into the same tool, which has both edit
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(QuillDriver) and display (Savant) modes; and integrating both with
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Tibetan dictionary, grammar and pedagogy modules also being developed
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at the THDL. Finally, note that unlike Jskad, both QuillDriver and
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Savant are meant to be truly multilingual, and not just specialized
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Tibetan software.
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<p>
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Still, we know that no matter what the open source community does,
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Microsoft Word will still remain the most dominant (and arguably the
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best) word-processor. There will always be people, and always
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occasions, to type Tibetan into Word. Therefore, we are also pushing
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our Visual Basic macros for Tibetan and diacritic input. Our main
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goals with these tools is to make them as bug-free and user-friendly
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as possible, and to develop stable Mac versions. Another possible goal
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would be to extend these tools to work with other Office applications,
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such as Excel or Access.
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</p>
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<p>
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Given the various projects, we are setting up several forums for
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specialized discussion:
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</p>
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1) General
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2) Jskad
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3) QuillDriver/Savant
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4) WylieWord
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5) Diacritics
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</p>
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<p>
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Please occasionally consult those forums of interest to you. Also,
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please take a look at the mailing lists and subscribe to those you
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want to follow.
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</p>
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<p>
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Spread the word: THDL Tools are on SourceForge!
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</p>
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