Organisation:FUEL Project
Country : INDIA
Website : www.fuelproject.org
Language: English, Multilingual
Email: cpdhutadmal@gmail.com
Launched in July 2008, FUEL is an open source effort that aims to solve the problem of inconsistency and lack of standardization in software translation across platforms. FUEL provides linguistic and technical resources, such as standardized terminology resources, computer translation style and convention guides, assessment methodologies, complex text-layout rendering references, and translation assessment matrices. FUEL can be adopted by any localized content-generating organization or team that wants to ensure consistently high quality. The approach of FUEL to create linguistic resources is not different from any software development.
The uniqueness of the idea behind FUEL is the power of collaborative innovation. FUEL is modular in nature and concentrates on base registers. This makes FUEL citizen-centric, which makes FUEL an ideal solution for e-Governance work. Since its initiation by Red Hat, FUEL has grown into a larger effort. Resources created by FUEL are now used by approximately 40 language communities and many organizations, including C-DAC GIST, Red Hat, andWikimedia Foundation. FUEL is cited as a reference standard in Best Practices for Localization of e-Gov Applications in India.
Organisation: The Kahani Project
Country : INDIA
Website : www.thekahaniproject.org
Language: English
Email: editor@thekahaniproject.com
Launched in February 2013, The Kahani (Hindi word for Story) Project aims to enable differently abled children access the world of stories and fairy tales. The key activities of The Kahani Project are (a) crowd-source stories in a digital audio format to create the largest online, CC licensed library of stories in Indian languages that can be accessed from their website; (b) make the library of stories accessible to children and young adults who are at the margins largely due to disability or other socio-economic conditions; and (c) use stories to build values, generate discussion on ethics, morality, rights and civic participation and bring hope and healing to children (particularly children with disabilities). The Kahani Project brings together technology, the Internet, media, storytellers and storytelling to solve the challenge of accessibility and inclusion.
Visually impaired children are given MP3 players which they use to listen to stories and discussions about stories. The project also conducts story telling sessions in slums, cafes, and schools. At present, the project runs at the Poona School and Home for Blind Boys (Koregaon Park, Pune) & Poona School and Home for Blind Girls (Kothrud, Pune). So far, about 200 visually impaired children have heard over 300 stories in the past 18 months. The project’s website has been accessed from over 75 countries and has an audience of over 20,000 people. Online, the stories uploaded on the website have been heard over 12,000 times. Around 50 students currently have access to the MP3 players. The number will soon go up to 200 students.
Organisation: Institute of Informatics and Development (IID)
Country : Bangladesh
Website : www.iid.org.bd/hellomp
Language: Bangla
Email: syeed@iid.org.bd
Launched in February 2013, The Kahani (Hindi word for Story) Project aims to enable differently abled children access the world of stories and fairy tales. The key activities of The Kahani Project are (a) crowd-source stories in a digital audio format to create the largest online, CC licensed library of stories in Indian languages that can be accessed from their website; (b) make the library of stories accessible to children and young adults who are at the margins largely due to disability or other socio-economic conditions; and (c) use stories to build values, generate discussion on ethics, morality, rights and civic participation and bring hope and healing to children (particularly children with disabilities). The Kahani Project brings together technology, the Internet, media, storytellers and storytelling to solve the challenge of accessibility and inclusion.
Visually impaired children are given MP3 players which they use to listen to stories and discussions about stories. The project also conducts story telling sessions in slums, cafes, and schools. At present, the project runs at the Poona School and Home for Blind Boys (Koregaon Park, Pune) & Poona School and Home for Blind Girls (Kothrud, Pune). So far, about 200 visually impaired children have heard over 300 stories in the past 18 months. The project’s website has been accessed from over 75 countries and has an audience of over 20,000 people. Online, the stories uploaded on the website have been heard over 12,000 times. Around 50 students currently have access to the MP3 players. The number will soon go up to 200 students.