Parijan (परीजन) - Indian tongues on the computer

परीजन

Parijan (परीजन) - Indian tongues on the computer

DEMO VERSION

Introduction:

Accessibility is the development of a computing system to be accessible to everyone and Usability is the ability to use those systems for accessing information and gaining knowledge consequently.

So far, Accessibility has remained expensive and within the domain of English Language computing. With initiatives by many GNU/Linux developers, Open Source Community and C-DAC, Mumbai, this Accessibility Technology have also started moving towards supporting Indian Languages on the computer.

It's about helping the non-disabled understand the disabled from the non-disabled perspective.

In the context, Parijan essentially aids disabled (specially visually challenged) to readout Desktop screen in Marathi and Hindi.

Usage:
TO ENABLE SPEECH WITH ORCA*

Login Screen

For speech: ctrl + s

For Magnifier: ctrl + m

For Both: ctrl + g

Running orca (Properties) insert + space

Quitting orca insert + q

TO ENABLE TOOL-TIPS ACCESSIBLE

Currently Orca doesn't speakout tool-tips which Gnopernicus does.

Run 'Gnopernicus'* and set Speech Drivers to the particular voice (viz. hindi_NSK_diphone)

* Screen Reader using Indian Language Enabled Text-To-Speech engine (festival) at a back-end on Debian Sid

ToDos :- Live and/or Installable CD

Keep track of the blog for "Notes on Indic (Hindi and Marathi TTS)"