The State Government has roped in major IT companies like the Microsoft to develop necessary Oriya-friendly software soon. The State-run Odia Bhasa Pratisthan (Institute of Oriya) has been entrusted with this task.Experts from five such companies, besides the Orissa Computer Application Centre (OCAC) and the Department of Science and Technology held a brainstorming session with Chief Secretary Ajit Kumar Tripathy and language exponents of the Pratisthan at the State Secretariat.
According to the institute's director Sevak Tripathy, efforts are on to evolve a collaborative project involving all the companies and organisations that are already on the job of developing the software for Oriya language so as to ensure that there is no danger of duplication. Emphasis would be on standardisation of the keyboard of the computer, besides the provision of lexical assistance, which would include spell-check and grammar.Keeping in view the use of multiple uses of some alphabets in the Oriya language, the language committee of the Pratisthan would finalise the number of alphabets to be used, sources said. The improvised software would help in translation of Oriya into other languages.
The Odia Bhasa Pratisthan is also chalking out an ambitious plan to bring out dictionaries of the State's colloquial languages. As part of the project, 30 district units have been set up to compile such words in use in the respective regions. The dictionaries would also be made available on the website of the institute soon. It was felt necessary to document the rich regional flavours of the Oriya language, sources said.
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