FYI, this item may be of interest. TalkaSoft Soro is described on the site (URL below) as a "Universal Language Tutor and highly accurate Translator plus LifeStyle Information Library." It seems like a kind of dictionary with translator and some meta-information. It would be of interest to hear from anyone who has used it.
The company is based in Australia, and is another example of Africans abroad are playing interesting roles in using ICT for/in African languages. Don (From H-Africa) Date: Tuesday, 16 October 2007 From: Chika Anyanwu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Perhaps members may be interested to know of this new universal language translation software which was designed by a colleague here in Australia. It has already completed translating Igbo, Yoruba and Hausa languages into each other and English and the Ghanaian and Indian languages are being perfected. It is called Talkasoft-Soro. The URL is below. http://www.talkasoft.com/ Chika Anyanwu PhD Discipline of Media University of Adelaide Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AfricanLanguages/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AfricanLanguages/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/