Typing in Indian Regional Languages: Government Programs in 2020- Essential for Net Neutrality

Using the Phonetic Keyboard

  • Quillpad & lipikaar is a free online typing tool in Indian languages.
  • Translit eration technologies according to pre-defined rules are supported.
  • A translit eration technology is one that allows users to type words as they would casually do such as rigid case-sensitive typing rules.

Fonts Download

  • Technology Development for Indian Languages (TDIL) .
  • TDIL Programme is being initiated by the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DEIT) , Govt. India.
  • To develop information processing tools to facilitate human machine interaction in Indian languages.
  • To develop technologies to access multilingual knowledge resources.
  • Free availability of fonts to public through language CDs and web downloads fort the maximum benefit of masses.

Padma Plugin

  • A technology for transforming Indic text between public and proprietary formats.
  • Languages such as Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil, Devanagari (including Marathi) , Gujarati, Bengali, and Gurmukhi are being supported.
  • The main goal is to bridge the gap between closed and open standards until the availability
  • Of the Unicode support on all platforms.
  • Encoding of Padma transforming Indic text in proprietary formats.
  • Also supports transforming from ISCII and translit eration schemes like IT RANS and RTS (Telugu only) .

Net Neutrality

  • Internet՚s guiding principle.
  • Preserves our right to communicate freely online.
  • It is an internet that enables and protects free speech.

Internet Service Providers should:

  • Provide us with open networks.
  • Should not block or discriminate against any applications or content that ride over those networks.
  • Telecom operators⟋ISPs are access services providers.
  • Can control how much you access, what you access, how fast you access and how much you pay to access content and services.

Net Neutrality is about

  • No telecom-style licensing of Internet companies
  • No gateways censorship or selection
  • No speeding up of specific websites (that may or may not pay telcos)
  • No “zero rating” or making some sites free over others

Basic Design Principles instrumental to the development of the internet

  • Were noted by the Authority in the Explanatory Memorandum to the Prohibition of Discriminatory Tariff for Data Service Regulations, 2016.
  • End-to-end design principle
  • Adoption of universal network protocols
  • Transit and peering arrangements
  • Other governing principles

TRAI՚s Recommendations on Net Neutrality Document

  • Amendment of various license agreements governing the provision of Internet services in India (UL, VNO license, UASL and CMTS) .
  • To incorporate the principles of non - discriminatory treatment of content by Internet Access Services.
  • Appropriate exclusions and exceptions.

Examrace Team at Aug 26, 2021