Don,
You have consistently left out the Keyboard effort from Andrew and myself: http://www.openroad.net.au/languages/african/igbo/igbo301.html

Do you have any reason for leaving it out of the page on Igbo?

Chinedu...




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Edited by author 02-16-2007 08:05 PM
Hi Chinedu, sorry for the slow reply. No there is no reason for leaving it out, just an oversight while juggling too many things - my apologies. I will see to it, but please feel free to add it or other information yourself(ves). The editing password is Africa, as indicated in the left column on the wiki.

All the best. Don

Hello Don,
It's ok.
I've just made the addition.
all the best,
Chinedu...




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Thanks Chinedu, I appreciate your taking the time.

One of my current headaches is trying to figure out why the RSS feeds of the Hausa and Ibibio boards display at http://www.panafril10n.org/wikidoc/pmwiki.php/NG-L10n/L10nForums but not this one (Igbo) and Yoruba. I think it must have to do with the fact that the latter 2 have >100 messages while the other two are less than 100. Strange minutiae. The hope is that the NG-L10n pages can permit more people to keep up with and join in discussions and work on localization of Nigerian languages.

More on this later. All the best...

Don

Hi Don,
I really do not know what could be the problem.

May be it might be connected with the configuration of the two groups.
All the best,

Chinedu...




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I am happy to see everthing about igbo land in computer world but what i wanna encourage all igbo christian musician to make sure they post their music in the internet.Look at yoruba any time i wanna make research here in Australia i always see yoruba on the front, why we are christians we suppose to make sure that igbo christians music both enlish and igbo is posted here in the internet cos we use to listen to it by so doing it exposes what we are,where are those people that saved many soul via their christain songs ,luke Ezeji, Obigwe,Patty Obaassi,Chika okpara,Agape love etc.I don't know whether this msg is relevant but pls help me to send it to the apprpriate body thanks.

Echee,
Please go to www.youtube.com. You would find some good Igbo gospel songs AND videos!

Here are some examples:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wr3kp-adUpg

Once this opens up, look at the right hand cornner for more titles.
Jisie ike!

Chinedu Uchechukwu





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FYI, the Teaching and Learning with Technology site of the Pennsylvania State University has a page on "Igbo Accent Codes" at http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/interna...ylanguage/igbo.html

Don Osborn
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Don,Thanks for the link.Chinedu...> Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 02:36:15 +0000> Subject: Igbo language and ICT> From: qtopic+17-tCcDxVXHgQxN@quicktopic.com> To: qtopic+subs@quicktopic.com> > --QT-------------------------------------------------------------> Reply by email or visit> http://www.quicktopic.com/17/H/tCcDxVXHgQxN/m205>; -------------------------------------------------------------- --> > FYI, the Teaching and Learning with Technology site of the> Pennsylvania State University has a page on "Igbo Accent Codes"> at> http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/interna.../bylanguage/igbo>; .html> > Don Osborn> Bisharat.net> PanAfriL10n.org> _________________________________________________________________> To unsubscribe: http://www.quicktopic.com/17/X/tCcDxVXHgQxN>; Start your own topic in 20 seconds: http://www.quicktopic.com |QT _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm0...STRIPMIME_JOINLINES

The Centre for Text Technology (CTexT) at the North-West University (South Africa) are developing data for several African languages, viz. Hausa, Igbo, Kinyarwanda, Wolof and Yoruba. The developed data will be used in proofing tools such as spelling checkers and grammar checkers. These tools are important human language technology resources that enable speakers of the language to preserve and promote their language and culture while benefitting from Information Technology advancements.

This project is a part of Microsoft’s Local Language Program, a global initiative to provide desktop software and tools to their customers by collaborating with local experts (governments, universities and other interested parties). Their aim is to help build a robust local IT economy to:

- Help bridge the language and digital divide between developed and emerging markets.
- Help preserve language and culture. Help technology impact language and culture in a positive way.
- Help maintain the connections between communities.

In order to conduct this project successfully, we are currently sourcing any available resources, most notably electronic resources (word lists, corpora, etc.) and people (experts and assistants) to contribute to the project.

Should you have access to any resource, or if you could suggest someone who would be interested in being a subcontractor for us, please contact me: Sulene.Pilon@nwu.ac.za and provide us with a broad idea of your expertise/resources, as well as contact information (especially a telephone number and time when we can call you, if necessary).

We look forward to hearing from you soon!

Hi Suléne, Belated thanks for your message. I'd be interested in knowing more about how the project is going.

In the meantime I've added a page on CTexT to the PanAfrican Localisation wiki at http://www.panafril10n.org/wikidoc/pmwiki.php/PanAfrLoc/CTexT

Don Osborn
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Several Nokia mobile phone models apparently have text menu support in Igbo. Does anyone have any experience with using this? How good is it?

See http://www.panafril10n.org/wikidoc/pmwiki.php/PanAfrLoc/Nokia for a list of models.

TIA for any info.

Don Osborn
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PanAfriL10n.org

Edited by author 11-23-2007 02:00 PM
During the last four weeks there has been a discussion about keyboard layouts on the a12n-collaboration list. The main topic is plans by the One Laptop Per Child project for a multilingual keyboard for its "XO" laptop. The keyboard layout would be intended to support languages of Nigeria (including Igbo) or the whole of West Africa.

If you are interested, see http://lists.kabissa.org/lists/archives/pu...a12n-collaboration/ (Note- this list is not an official OLPC forum)

The OLPC layouts are shown at:
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Image:WAfrica-Alt-1.png
&
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Nigeria_Keyboard

See also /m194

Don

The One Laptop Per Child project (OLPC) has a page for people who want to work on localization at http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Pootle#Sign-up . For languages like Igbo not yet in the table, it looks like you will have to add appropriate rows in order to enter your name.

Note link to their page on Igbo.

Don Osborn
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Hallo Don,
The registration and admin are not clear at all.
SOmetimes it is as if some of the people involved in
some of these projects just write for themselves or
people like them (whoever that might be).
There is NO SIMPLE WAY of registration or administring
a localization, apart from simply

Well, I have registered with the pootle localization site
and hope to read from them.
All the best.
Chinedu...

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Hi Chindeu, I'm not sure how it works on their site. Apparently there are some sort of permissions involved? (Of course one can register on their wiki like one would with Wikipedia, but that's another matter.) You can put Igbo and your name in the signup table, but I don't know if that implies any recognition of your initiative. And although I know of some names in the hierarchy of OLPC I am not clear on who is managing translation of the interface. Maybe on the "localization" list mentioned on the page there would be more answers. Let us know how it goes. Don