On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 11:54 AM, Shiju Alex <sh...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> *We hope that Wikimedia works on delivering better transliteration >> support or improving the results for Indic languages. * > > > Typing scheme for Transliteration is an issue (for readers) since there is > no standard transliteration scheme for any language. For editors it is not > an issue since they use that in wiki. Providing *help link* to typing > schemes (transliteration/Inscript or other schemes) once a scheme is > selected can be one solution. But the issue here is live.wikimedia is meant > for readers. So they may not really like to go and understand the typing > scheme. So it is a tricky situation. > Hi Shiju, Will try solve the issue. http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Chapter_website_team#Live_Search_Tasks If more issues are there, please feel free to add. Thanks, naveenpf > In addition to the existing typing schemes we can think about providing > more typing schemes to readers (including the google transliteration > option, but not sure that is viable since it is not open source ). > > *However, we got accurate results with the Hindi Inscript input option.* > > > since Inscript uses same layout for all indic scripts if Inscript solution > works for Hindi then it work for all other indic languages including > Kannada. > > > > * > * > On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 1:47 PM, Tinu Cherian <tinucher...@wikimedia.in>wrote: > >> *Medianama : "Wikimedia India Rolls Out Realtime Search; Supports Indic >> Editions" >> * >> >> http://www.medianama.com/2012/03/223-wikimedia-india-rolls-out-realtime-search-supports-indic-editions/ >> >> >> *It looks like Wikimedia India has implemented a project by engineering >> student Shrey Gokani to roll out an instant search engine of its own at >> live.wikimedia.in. The site is under a creative commons license, with >> the code dual licensed under GPL and Creative Commons. The Wikimedia >> Instant site does appear to have additional functionality over Gokani’s >> version, with the ability to choose an Indic Input keyboard, since the >> service supports Indic language editions of Wikimedia services. >> >> The search engine works quite similar to Wikilive, another student >> project about which, we had written in November 2011. And similar to what >> we had wished, Wikimedia Live also covers Wikipedia, Wikitionary, >> Wikibooks, Wikiquotes, Wikiversity, Wikinews and Wikisource, and their >> Indic editions, in realtime. The site also offers other relevant Wikipedia >> search results on the top, followed by a preview of the most relevant >> Wikipedia article to the search query. >> >> >> Indic Language Support: The site allows users to type in queries in 21 >> Indic languages including Kannada, Hindi, Telugu, Marathi, Sanskrit, Bangla >> and others. How it works is that the search engine allows the user to >> choose the language of his preference, following which he has to choose an >> input script which is apt for his language. For instance, if one chooses >> Kannada as his preferred language, he has to choose between the Kannada >> transliteration option or choose the Kannada Inscript option, however if >> you choose Hindi as your preferred language, you will have to select the >> sole Hindi Inscript option. >> >> Irrelevant Results? We weren’t too happy with results generated through >> Indic language transliteration input, since it delivered wrong results in >> most cases when we gave it a spin (we tried it on OS X Lion on Google >> Chrome). We hope that Wikimedia works on delivering better transliteration >> support or improving the results for Indic languages. However, we got >> accurate results with the Hindi Inscript input option. >> >> Similar Portals: Deepanshu Mehndiratta, a second year engineering student >> at BITS-Pilani KK Birla Goa Campus, had created an instant Wikipedia search >> called ‘Wikilive‘ which allowed users to type in a search query and get >> relevant Wikipedia article and topics instantly. WikiInstant and The >> Instant Wiki are other portals which allow users to search Wikipedia in >> realtime. * >> >> >> >> Regards >> Tinu Cherian >> pr...@wikimedia.in >> http://wiki.wikimedia.in/In_the_news >> >> Important Note : Non-commercial reproduction for informative purposes >> only. The publisher ( Medianama) of the above news article owns the >> copyrights of the article / content. All copyrights are duly acknowledged. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >> Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > >
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