Re: [OLPC library] A proposal to give some DICTIONARY pre-installed on the XOs that will be delivered to Peruvian Kids

2008-03-11 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello Dr. Kalyanaram >I had earlier given a free licence to use, and submitted my Indian Lexicon (for 25 languages) for inclusion in OLPC. When you say "Indian lexicon"... it means a "25 international languages lexicon build in India" or "25 Indian languages" ??? (In Peru we have Quechua (ar

Re: A proposal to give some DICTIONARY pre-installed on the XOs that will be delivered to Peruvian Kids

2008-03-11 Thread Samuel Klein
2008/3/11 [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I agree: some "dynamic" database will be better than a "static" database. > It is not hard to build: just add a form and some "append/sort" routine to > the main database. Easy to say! (smile)... the "upgrade/add words" option > can not be done

Re: A proposal to give some DICTIONARY pre-installed on the XOs that will be delivered to Peruvian Kids

2008-03-10 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From the threads... "For the XO, it would be great if dictionaries were *not* constant databases. Many of the countries where the XO is/will be deployed have local languages for which good free electronic dictionaries very much do not exist. Moreover, even in places where the local language is

Re: A proposal to give some DICTIONARY pre-installed on the XOs that will be delivered to Peruvian Kids

2008-03-10 Thread Chris Ball
Hi Javier, > An idea is born I have read that the boys and girls in the "pilots" > develop in the high andes of my country (Peru) has been demanding > some tool to translate some english words that they want to know. > I understand fully their curiosity and need. We both had the same

A proposal to give some DICTIONARY pre-installed on the XOs that will be delivered to Peruvian Kids

2008-03-10 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The English Spanish Dictionary Number of english words: 16,938 Date: March 10. 09:08 p.m. EST. Published on http://www.olpc-peru.info/dictionary Download the zipped files here: http://www.olpc-peru.info/dictionary/english-spanish.zip Size 600K aprox.