Information Revolution

OUTLINE 1. What is information revolution? 2. What are the advantages of information in electronic form? 3. What is hyper-text? 4. Where are Indian languages in the information revolution? 4.1 Digital content 4.2 Machine translation 4.3 Speech 4.4 Optical character recognition 4.5 Search and knowledge organization 4.6 Other applications 5. Relevant technologies 5.1 Basic research 6. Are computers affordable? 6.1 Innovative solutions 6.2 Sharing the use of computers 6.3 Future cost projections 7. What is the status of Indian language content in electronic form? 8. How can we create electronic content in Indian languages? 9. Can the collaborative method for creation of digital content work? 10. What can I do? what are some of the concrete tasks that can 10.1 Dictionary refinement 10.2 Dictionary refinement English to Indian languages 11. What are the immediate tasks being undertaken? 12. What do I gain by participating in collaborative activity? 12.1 Hell and heaven 13. Conclusions Acknowledgements References