[Aslug] GCompris

[krys haber]

Hi

Fonts can be installed by creating the directory  / usr/ share/
fonts/true type and copying the fonts to that directory.  We have
contacted yolngu section at CDU and we have access to  Yolngu fonts.

I worked with  the linguist who developed and has access to the
materials related to  the Indigenous Picture Dictionaries published by
IAD. Many Aboriginal languages have hard copy readers and we just need
to digitise it, connect to the sounds, videos, music and add a set of
learning activities

Using the materials from the Yipirinya school is a great idea

I would like to see developing a simplified working prototype as soon
as possible  as a priority. This will allow me to load it on XO and
test it with the children. I would like to see it as a children's
project and the comments from them are essential. Once we have a
simplified prototype we can use it to involve other agencies like CDU,
IDA, DET and build on it.

10 years ago in the Kimberley we had a $60K grant and we had
Aboriginal artists painting illustrations, elders recording videos
explaining their flora and fauna, dancing, dreamtime stories related
to the place.  We used the Macromedia Director to develop learning
activities.

As we have no funding we can ask DET or Yipirinya Aboriginal teachers,
Yirrara or CDU indigenous students to provide audio for free. I have
many audio files with Aboriginal words.

With Python as a primary tool, later on, people who have the skills
can transfer it to Flash or other platforms.



On 24/03/2010, ninti at internode.on.net <ninti at internode.on.net> wrote:
> Looking at the Fedora GCompris packages, it seems like a sound package for
> each
> language might be necessary. Does anyone know what is in these packages?
>
> What about fonts? Among the Central Australian languages, Warlpiri and
> Arandic
> languages can get by with the English alphabet.
> The Western Desert languages (Luritja, Pitjantjatjara and several others)
> however
> use underscores for some letters, so is a custom font required? If so, is
> anyone
> "ninti" (cluey) for font technology? Also, there are 3 slightly different
> versions of Western Desert orthography (one each for NT, WA and SA).
> Yolngu in the Top End has at least one character (n+g) that can't be handled
> by
> the English alphabet.
>
> I still know almost nothing about GCompris, but I see that both XML and .po
> files
> are involved. These don't require Python or C programming and can be worked
> with
> using any text editor. It *may* be possible to translate existing GCompris
> content, if appropriate, into indigenous languages without actually writing
> any
> code, given the necessary audio and fonts.
>
> I'm up for supporting a GCompris project with looking into sound files,
> fonts and
> RPM packaging. I'll get GCompris installed on my Fedora 12 laptop and have a
> look
> before the next meeting.
>
> For Fedora users, the following GCompris packages are available at your
> local
> Fedora mirror under Everything and can be installed quickly and easily  with
> yum.
> For Internode users, the URL is:
> http://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/fedora/linux/releases/12/Everything/i386/os/Packages/
>
> gcompris-8.4.12-1.fc11.i586.rpm	 51090028	08-Aug-2009 18:40
> gcompris-sound-ar-8.4.12-1.fc11.i586.rpm	1297137	08-Aug-2009 19:33
> gcompris-sound-cs-8.4.12-1.fc11.i586.rpm	1079043	12-Aug-2009 12:56
> gcompris-sound-da-8.4.12-1.fc11.i586.rpm	494308	08-Aug-2009 19:13
> gcompris-sound-de-8.4.12-1.fc11.i586.rpm	464193	12-Aug-2009 14:39
> gcompris-sound-el-8.4.12-1.fc11.i586.rpm	2349627	08-Aug-2009 18:51
> gcompris-sound-en-8.4.12-1.fc11.i586.rpm	5608778	12-Aug-2009 18:47
> gcompris-sound-es-8.4.12-1.fc11.i586.rpm	1473756	12-Aug-2009 13:04
> gcompris-sound-eu-8.4.12-1.fc11.i586.rpm	934894	12-Aug-2009 11:32
> gcompris-sound-fi-8.4.12-1.fc11.i586.rpm	1845484	12-Aug-2009 13:11
> gcompris-sound-fr-8.4.12-1.fc11.i586.rpm	5300595	12-Aug-2009 15:00
> gcompris-sound-hi-8.4.12-1.fc11.i586.rpm	2685461	14-Aug-2009 06:07
> gcompris-sound-hu-8.4.12-1.fc11.i586.rpm	706780	13-Aug-2009 02:48
> gcompris-sound-id-8.4.12-1.fc11.i586.rpm	388236	08-Aug-2009 20:06
> gcompris-sound-it-8.4.12-1.fc11.i586.rpm	1379316	12-Aug-2009 12:25
> gcompris-sound-mr-8.4.12-1.fc11.i586.rpm	2932273	08-Aug-2009 21:04
> gcompris-sound-nb-8.4.12-1.fc11.i586.rpm	1461087	08-Aug-2009 21:30
> gcompris-sound-nl-8.4.12-1.fc11.i586.rpm	895772	14-Aug-2009 06:38
> gcompris-sound-pt-8.4.12-1.fc11.i586.rpm	1584585	12-Aug-2009 18:59
> gcompris-sound-ru-8.4.12-1.fc11.i586.rpm	1110501	12-Aug-2009 18:01
> gcompris-sound-so-8.4.12-1.fc11.i586.rpm	1070948	12-Aug-2009 14:50
> gcompris-sound-sr-8.4.12-1.fc11.i586.rpm	736492	12-Aug-2009 17:03
> gcompris-sound-sv-8.4.12-1.fc11.i586.rpm	1452047	12-Aug-2009 16:38
> gcompris-sound-tr-8.4.12-1.fc11.i586.rpm	2554431	13-Aug-2009 02:46
>
> Mike
>
>
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