Welcome to IndiX

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Welcome to IndiX
A project at C-DAC Mumbai
Funded by TDIL Programme
Ministry of Communications
Information Technology, Govt of India
To facilitate Indian language usage on computers
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What is IndiX
To enable suitable components within the
GNU/Linux Graphical User Interface system so that
users can create, edit, view and print text
(contents) in 12 major Indian languages,
including Marathi language just as they do with
English
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Why IndiX
The basic IndiX agenda is that the text
processing should be as easy for the Indian
scripts as it is for English for the user.
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IndiX features

• Minimal, logical and required changes within the
  lowermost level of widely used and deployed
  software architecture GNU/Linux
• It is not a product but a capability added
  whenever text processing is present.
• Any internationalized software can work on IndiX
  without recompiling.
• Just as X11 server accesses fonts for English,
  and converts English characters to their shapes,
  in IndiX X11 server accesses fonts for Marathi,
  Hindi, hence efficient
• Most general transformation from M characters to
  N glyphs and intelligent font used with Indic
  scripts.

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IndiX features
6. Based on grouping and reordering of characters
on the Unicode standard and the minimal model of
fonts. 7. Separates page layout operations from
the OpenType layout operations using the improved
standard proposed for visual glyph encoding named
Raghu. 8. Filenames, directory names can be
given in Indian languages 9. Commands can be
given in Indian Languages 10. Quality Printing is
possible using print-tools.
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IndiX architecture
Core windowing system of the GNU/Linux (X11
server and Client) are enhanced with Indic
capability. X11 server accesses the fonts for
Indic languages and converts them to shapes. (In
alternative architectures Indic text has to be
cooked in the X11 Client backyard alone)
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IndiX platform

• The IndiX Live CD can be used on top of any
  operating system without disturbing the operating
  system
• IndiX can be put as an alternative OS along with
  the resident OS, on a different partition (of
  size about 5GB)
• The programs which work with alternate/resident
  shaping engines (yudit,openOffice) can be run
  from IndiX platform.

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Multilinguality
In IndiX Multilingual text can be easily
entered/searched/modified/deleted using flexible
input schemes. Supports both Inscript (national
standard) and Rupantar (phonetic input scheme).
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Action plan

• Standardisation
• Make non-internationalised popular softwares also
  work on IndiX
• Localisation
• User-friendliness, documentations, howtos, books
• Variety of fonts
• Creative content designs

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Proposals

• Creating IndiX community
• Arranging workshops for Technology transfer, font
  developments
• Bi-lingual Maharashtra

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Acknowledgements
Those Worked under Indian Language at NCST
Present Staff Members
Ex Staff Members
Dr. Alka Irani, Chief Investigator,

Senior Research Scientist Shri. Vinod Kumar,
First
Co-investigator,
Software Specialist Shri. Sandeep
Rao, Staff
Scientist Smt. Rekha Sharma,
Infosys Fellow Shri. Jitendra
Mandalia, Software
Specialist Shri. Shrinath V. Shanbhag,
Senior Staff Scientist Smt. Rekha Nair,
Staff
Scientist Miss. Gracy Abreo, Secretary
Dr. S. P. Mudur,
Associate Director Late Dr. P. K. Ghosh,
Senior Research
Scientist Shri Jeetendra Loyal,
Asst Manager Shri S. H. Pathak,
Asst Manager Shri. K. Suresh,
Staff
Scientist Miss. Laxmi Parida,
Senior Staff Scientist Shri. Deepraj
Dixit, Senior Staff
Scientist
Shri. Niranjan Nayak,
Staff Scientist Shri. Howard
DSouza,
Staff Scientist Shri. Ajit Joshi,
Staff
Scientist Shri. Yogesh Ketkar,
Staff
Scientist Shri. Keyur Shroff,
Staff
Scientist Shri. Yogin Mashruwalla,
Staff Scientist Miss.
Apurva Joshi Visiting Scientist
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Acknowledgements
Those Worked under Indian Language at NCST
Present Font Designers
Prof. R.K.Joshi,
TypeFont Design Director Prof. Vinay Saynekar,
TypeFont Designer Miss. Jui
Mhatre, TypeFont
Designer Miss. Supriya Kharkar,
Font Type Designer Junior Assistant
Shri. Hemant Kadegaonkar, TypeFont
Designer Shri. Vikram Gaikwad,
TypeFont Designer Miss. Nehal Shah,
TypeFont Designer Miss.
Shruti,
TypeFont Designer Miss. Sejal Shah,
TypeFont Designer Miss. Sunetra
Sarkar, TypeFont Designer Miss. Anagha Gandhi,

TypeFont Designer Miss. Vatsala
Asgaonkar, TypeFont
Designer Shri. Sarang Kulkarni,
TypeFont Designer
Shri. Nirmal Biswas,
Font Type Designer Junior Assistant Miss.
Seema Mangaonkar, Font
Type Designer Junior Assistant Shri. Lokesh
Karekar, Font
Type Designer Junior Assistant Miss. Kruti
Dalvi,
Font Type Designer Junior Assistant Miss.
Riddhi Joshi,
Font Type Designer Junior Assistant Shri.
Amresh Mondkar,
Font Type Designer Junior Assistant Miss. Shruti
Raste, TypeFont
Designer Junior Assistant
Ex Font Designers
Prof. Santosh Shirsagar,
TypeFont Designer Shri. Omkar Shende,
TypeFont Designer Shri. Rajith
Kumar K.M., TypeFont
Designer Shri. Shreepad Joglekar,
TypeFont Designer
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Acknowledgements
C-DAC Mumbai (formerly NCST)
Zia Saquib Executive
Director George Arakal
Director, Admin And other Admin staff Bharat
Desai and ITSS staff Jitendra Mandalia
and Graphics staff Janabhaaratii team
S Ramakrishnan Director
General, C-DAC Dr S Ramani
Ex-Director General, NCST P Sadanandan
Ex-Assistant Director, NCST Prof R
Narasimhan Ex-Director, NCSDCT Other
colleagues at C-DAC
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