Organization:Swathanthra Malayalam Computing

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Swathanthra Malayalam Computing
AbbreviationSMC
Mottoഎന്റെ കമ്പ്യൂട്ടറിനു് എന്റെ ഭാഷ (My language for/on My Computer)
TypeNGO for Indic computing
Legal statusSociety
HeadquartersThrissur, Kerala, India
Location
  • Kerala
Websitesmc.org.in

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.[3] 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]

References

  1. "ഇന്ത്യന്‍ ഭാഷകളെ കൈപിടിച്ചു നടത്താന്‍ ". Mathrubhumi. 2014-12-17. http://mathrubhumi.com/agriculture/swathanthra-malayalam-computing-smc-free-software-indic-indic-project-icfo-ss-508229.html. Retrieved 2015-08-03.  (in Malayalam)
  2. "Non-neutral net regime will impact free software movement". http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/features/smartbuy/tech-news/nonneutral-net-regime-will-impact-free-software-movement/article7137120.ece. Retrieved 2015-08-03. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Helping Malayalam Take the Digital Leap". 2016-02-22. http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/Helping-Malayalam-Take-the-Digital-Leap/2016/02/22/article3289685.ece. Retrieved 2016-09-04. 
  4. "Malayalam Translation Team". https://l10n.gnome.org/teams/ml/. Retrieved 2015-08-03. 
  5. "Malayalam | മലയാളം Team (ml)". http://l10n.kde.org/team-infos.php?teamcode=ml. Retrieved 2015-08-03. 
  6. "L10n:Teams:ml". https://wiki.mozilla.org/L10n:Teams:ml. Retrieved 2015-08-03. 
  7. "Firefox Malayalam version fully loaded" (in en-IN). The Hindu. 2010-10-14. ISSN 0971-751X. http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/firefox-malayalam-version-fully-loaded/article829718.ece. 
  8. "SMC’s Indic Keyboard now supports 23 languages in Asia". http://www.medianama.com/2015/06/223-smc-indic-keyboard-language-support/. Retrieved 2015-08-03. 
  9. "ആന്‍ഡ്രോയ്ഡ് ഫോണില്‍ മലയാളമെഴുതാന്‍ ഇന്‍ഡിക് കീബോര്‍ഡ്". http://www.mathrubhumi.com/technology/mobile/indic-keyboard-android-swathanthra-malayalam-computing-smc-icfoss-language-computing-436943/. Retrieved 2015-08-03.  (in Malayalam)
  10. "Enhanced Android keyboard for Indian languages released" (in en-IN). The Hindu. 2015-06-07. ISSN 0971-751X. http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/enhanced-android-keyboard-for-indian-languages-released/article7291192.ece. 
  11. "Swathanthra Malayalam Computing - News: Complete works of Sree Narayana Guru available in Malayalam WikiSource [Savannah"]. http://savannah.nongnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=6471. 
  12. "Malayalam's Wiki warrior" (in en-IN). The Hindu. 2011-03-23. ISSN 0971-751X. http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/society/malayalams-wiki-warrior/article1564461.ece. 
  13. "Swatantra 2014". http://icfoss.in/fs2014/. Retrieved 2015-08-03. 
  14. "GSOC 2007". https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/2007/#swathanthra-malayalam-computing. Retrieved 2015-08-03. 
  15. "GSOC 2013". https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org2/google/gsoc2013/smc. Retrieved 2015-08-03. 
  16. "GSOC 2014". https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org2/google/gsoc2014/smc. Retrieved 2015-08-03. 
  17. "Malayalam All Set to Go Mobile". http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/Malayalam-All-Set-to-Go-Mobile/2014/03/19/article2117683.ece#.Uyu_K_vQvNS. Retrieved 2015-08-03. 
  18. "ICFOSS Standardizes Malayalam Use on Mobile Platforms". http://www.technoparktoday.com/icfoss-standardizes-malayalam-mobile-platforms/. Retrieved 2015-08-03. 
  19. "Supporting Malayalam might soon become easier for app developers". http://www.medianama.com/2014/03/223-developers-malayalam-apps/. Retrieved 2015-08-03. 
  20. "At-Large Members". ICANN. https://atlarge.icann.org/alses/apralo. Retrieved 2016-09-04. 

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