Swathanthra Malayalam Computing Explained

Swathanthra Malayalam Computing
Abbreviation:SMC
Type:NGO for Indic computing
Status:Society
Headquarters:Thrissur, Kerala, India
Location:Kerala

Swathanthra Malayalam Computing (SMC) is a free software community and non profit charitable society working on Malayalam and other Indic languages.[1] [2] It is the biggest language computing developer community in India.[3] This group has been involved in the Malayalam translation of GNOME,[4] KDE,[5] and Mozilla projects[6] like Firefox.[7] They developed Indic Keyboard which is a multi-language keyboard for Android.[8] [9] [10] They have created several Malayalam fonts. The community also actively contributes towards Malayalam Wikipedia.[11] [12]

They supported Swatantra 2014[13] and were a part of Google Summer of Code in the years 2007,[14] 2013,[15] and 2014.[16] Along with ICFOSS and The Frequently Used Entries for Localization (FUEL) Project, SMC was involved in creating a standard set of Malayalam words that developers can use while creating interfaces for mobile apps.[17] [18] [19] Since August 2016, SMC community is an ICANN At-Large Structure.[20]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: ഇന്ത്യന്‍ ഭാഷകളെ കൈപിടിച്ചു നടത്താന്‍ . Mathrubhumi . 2014-12-17 . 2015-08-03.
  2. Web site: Non-neutral net regime will impact free software movement . 2015-08-03.
  3. News: Helping Malayalam Take the Digital Leap . https://web.archive.org/web/20160223104123/http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/Helping-Malayalam-Take-the-Digital-Leap/2016/02/22/article3289685.ece . dead . February 23, 2016 . 2016-02-22 . 2016-09-04.
  4. Web site: Malayalam Translation Team . 2015-08-03.
  5. Web site: Malayalam | മലയാളം Team (ml) . 2015-08-03.
  6. Web site: L10n:Teams:ml . 2015-08-03.
  7. News: Firefox Malayalam version fully loaded. 2010-10-14. The Hindu. en-IN. 0971-751X. 2016-07-31.
  8. Web site: SMC's Indic Keyboard now supports 23 languages in Asia . 29 June 2015 . 2015-08-03.
  9. Web site: ആന്‍ഡ്രോയ്ഡ് ഫോണില്‍ മലയാളമെഴുതാന്‍ ഇന്‍ഡിക് കീബോര്‍ഡ് . Malayalam Indic Keyboard for Android Phones . 2015-08-03.
  10. News: Enhanced Android keyboard for Indian languages released. 2015-06-07. The Hindu. en-IN. 0971-751X. 2016-07-31.
  11. Web site: Swathanthra Malayalam Computing - News: Complete works of Sree Narayana Guru available in Malayalam WikiSource [Savannah]]. savannah.nongnu.org. 2016-07-31.
  12. News: Malayalam's Wiki warrior. 2011-03-23. The Hindu. en-IN. 0971-751X. 2016-07-31.
  13. Web site: Swatantra 2014 . 2015-08-03 . 2018-12-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181225170409/https://icfoss.in/fs2014/ . dead .
  14. Web site: GSOC 2007 . 2015-08-03.
  15. Web site: GSOC 2013 . 2015-08-03.
  16. Web site: GSOC 2014 . 2015-08-03.
  17. Web site: Malayalam All Set to Go Mobile . https://web.archive.org/web/20140320161431/http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/Malayalam-All-Set-to-Go-Mobile/2014/03/19/article2117683.ece#.Uyu_K_vQvNS . dead . March 20, 2014 . 2015-08-03.
  18. Web site: ICFOSS Standardizes Malayalam Use on Mobile Platforms . 17 March 2014 . 2015-08-03.
  19. Web site: Supporting Malayalam might soon become easier for app developers . 21 March 2014 . 2015-08-03.
  20. Web site: At-Large Members . ICANN . 2016-09-04.

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