Pune Linux Localization Camp (Red Hat) March 19, 2010

A Localisation camp is a place for introducing new people to localisation tools, processes and communities. It is also a place for inviting feedback from wide spectrum of people to improve existing translations. And a place to meet up and interact with other members of the community.

This camp is organised by Swathanthra Malayalam Computing, Uncode (Lokayat Free Software Initiative) and CoEP's Free Software Users Group. Venue provided by Red Hat.

For more details contact Praveen Arimbrathodiyil +91 9561745712

-------Schedule
Saturday 20th

* 9am to 10 am - Registration/Introductions
* 10 am to 11 am - Interactive Session on Free Software
* 11 am to 12 pm - Enabling Applications for Localisation (Internationalisation or i18n) and key software components enabling a localised desktop experience (Unicode standard, Fonts, rendering engine or displaying Indic/complex text, locale, gettext ... ) - Naveen Kumar, Red Hat
* 12 pm to 1 pm - Introducing Input methods (hands on)
* lunch break
* 2 pm to 3 pm - Localisation process and tools (where to get po files, editing PO files, tools available like glossary, fuel, translation memory ..., review and submission process for various languages) - Ankit Patel, Red Hat
* 3 pm to 5 pm - Getting hands dirty with translations

[edit] Sunday 21st

* 9 am to 10 am - Other aspects of local language computing - discussion - (text to speech, speech recognition, optical character recognision/handwriting recognision, rendering issues, Indic calendars with holidays, ascii to unicode conversion ...) - Naveen Kumar, Red Hat
* 10 am to 12 pm - Reviewing existing translations/discussing issues with regards to translations
* 12 pm to 1 pm - Getting hands dirty with translations
* lunch break
* 2 pm to 3 pm - Closing discussion/feedback/todo/roadmap/future sessions/online participation

Registration is closed as they have the requisite number of participants. But if you're desperate to attend, try contacting the organizers.

Official Website: http://wiki.smc.org.in/Localisation_Camp/Pune