Project Ol chiki



Project Ol chiki was started to build a font family and input method(s) for the Ol Chiki script that is used to write the Santali language. The project was discussed when the Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) program collaborated with the Kalinga Institute of Social Science (KISS). It later was made into part of the annual work plan of CIS-A2K.

Plans

 * Santali Wikipedia work plan made during July 2015-June 2016

Outcomes

 * Git for the input method

Input methods

 * Git on Wikimedia jQuery.IME listing rules for all the Ol chiki input methods
 * Sarjom baha, a phonetic input method
 * InScript2, a standard modified InScript input method

Publications

 * Panigrahi, Subhashish. Community digest: Konkani language speakers are separated by scripts but unite by Wikipedia; news in brief. Wikimedia Blog (4 August 2016)
 * Panigrahi, Subhashish. Open source effort gives indigenous language an official typeface. Opensource.com (8 Jul 2016)
 * Pooja, Saxena. Panigrahi, Subhashish. Bringing Ol Chiki to the digital world. Typoday 2016 (25 February 2016)
 * Pooja, Saxena. Panigrahi, Subhashish.
 * କମ୍ପ୍ୟୁଟର ଯୁଗରେ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଭାଷା. Suryaprava (22 February 2016)

Presentations at conferences

 * Pooja Saxena and Subhashish Panigrahi presented a talk titled "Bringing Ol Chiki to the digital world" at the Typoday 2016. Slides here
 * Subhashish Panigrahi presented about the idea of developing language tools in his talk "Rising Voices Spotlight: Indigenous Language Digital Activism" at the Global Voices Citizen Media Summit 2015, Cebu City, Philippines. Watch the video recording of the talk. An annotated piece based on the talk edited by Padmini Ray Muray was published in the book "Digital Activism in Asia Reader".