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