# SMC Updates

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## [About the SMC Updates category](https://community.smc.org.in/t/about-the-smc-updates-category/234)

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## [SMC Monthly Newsletter: June and July 2024](https://community.smc.org.in/t/smc-monthly-newsletter-june-and-july-2024/638)

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**Author:** [@discobot](https://community.smc.org.in/u/discobot)\
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**Last updated:** [August 3, 2024, 10:58am UTC](https://community.smc.org.in/t/smc-monthly-newsletter-june-and-july-2024/638 "2024-08-03T10:58:05Z")

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Santhosh Thottingal published a new dataset, 'A Day in History' on Huggingface. This is a dataset prepared out of wikipedia pages like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Days\_of\_the\_year. This is a companion discu…

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## [SMC Monthly Newsletter: May 2024](https://community.smc.org.in/t/smc-monthly-newsletter-may-2024/636)

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**Author:** [@discobot](https://community.smc.org.in/u/discobot)\
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**Last updated:** [June 6, 2024, 3:39am UTC](https://community.smc.org.in/t/smc-monthly-newsletter-may-2024/636 "2024-06-06T03:39:33Z")

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Swathanthra Malayalam Computing mourns the demise of Dr. V. Sasikumar, a free software activist and science writer. This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://blog.smc.org.in/monthly-newslet…

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## [Monthly News letter of Swathanthra Malayalam Computing](https://community.smc.org.in/t/monthly-news-letter-of-swathanthra-malayalam-computing/631)

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**Author:** [@discobot](https://community.smc.org.in/u/discobot)\
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**Last updated:** [May 2, 2024, 8:38am UTC](https://community.smc.org.in/t/monthly-news-letter-of-swathanthra-malayalam-computing/631 "2024-05-02T08:38:09Z")

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Samam.net is the online 4-language Dravidian dictionary (Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada). Its content was compiled by the veteran Njattyela Sreedharan in a span of 25 years. This is a companion discussion topic …

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## [SMC Monthly Newsletter: March 2024](https://community.smc.org.in/t/smc-monthly-newsletter-march-2024/630)

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**Author:** [@discobot](https://community.smc.org.in/u/discobot)\
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**Last updated:** [April 5, 2024, 4:54pm UTC](https://community.smc.org.in/t/smc-monthly-newsletter-march-2024/630 "2024-04-05T16:54:15Z")

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Indic subtitler is an open source subtitle generator for Indic Languages. Supported by SeamlessM4T, faster-whisper, WhisperX and Vegam-Whisper which support almost 12 Indic languages by default. This is a companion dis…

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## [Announcing Poorna Web: The Web Editor for Poorna Keyboard Layout](https://community.smc.org.in/t/announcing-poorna-web-the-web-editor-for-poorna-keyboard-layout/628)

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**Author:** [@discobot](https://community.smc.org.in/u/discobot)\
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**Last updated:** [March 23, 2024, 7:32am UTC](https://community.smc.org.in/t/announcing-poorna-web-the-web-editor-for-poorna-keyboard-layout/628 "2024-03-23T07:32:06Z")

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In our ongoing mission to improve Malayalam typing, we're proud to introduce Poorna Web, the web-based iteration of our Poorna keyboard layout. This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://blo…

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## [SMC Monthly Newsletter: February 2024](https://community.smc.org.in/t/smc-monthly-newsletter-february-2024/627)

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**Author:** [@discobot](https://community.smc.org.in/u/discobot)\
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**Last updated:** [March 3, 2024, 1:49pm UTC](https://community.smc.org.in/t/smc-monthly-newsletter-february-2024/627 "2024-03-03T13:49:59Z")

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payyans, a tool to convert ASCII text to Malayalam has been ported to Go. You can find the source code and development here: https://github.com/smc/payyans-go. A web version of it is available at https://payyans.smc.org.…

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## [SMC Monthly Newsletter: January 2024](https://community.smc.org.in/t/smc-monthly-newsletter-january-2024/625)

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**Author:** [@discobot](https://community.smc.org.in/u/discobot)\
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**Last updated:** [February 1, 2024, 3:45am UTC](https://community.smc.org.in/t/smc-monthly-newsletter-january-2024/625 "2024-02-01T03:45:07Z")

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We're announcing the relaunch of our monthly newsletter starting January 2024. Stay tuned for updates on our ongoing projects, noteworthy developments in Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) and Language Computing, and o…

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## [വോട്ടര്‍പട്ടികയില്‍ ഗുരുതരമായ ടൈപ്പിങ്ങ് പിഴവുകള്‍](https://community.smc.org.in/t/topic/243)

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**Author:** [@discobot](https://community.smc.org.in/u/discobot)\
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**Last updated:** [June 28, 2023, 10:48am UTC](https://community.smc.org.in/t/topic/243 "2023-06-28T10:48:41Z")

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ഈ രാജ്യത്തെ പ്രായപൂര്‍ത്തിയായ എല്ലാവരുടെയും പേരും വീട്ടുപേരും രക്ഷിതാവിന്റെ പേരും വിലാസവും വയസ്സും ഫോണ്‍ നമ്പറും ഒക്കെ അടങ്ങിയ ഒരു വലിയ ഇന്‍ഫര്‍മേഷന്‍ സിസ്റ്റമാണു് വോട്ടര്‍ പട്ടികകള്‍. വോട്ടര്‍പട്ടികകളിലെ അക്ഷരത്തെറ്റുകള…

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## [പൂൎണ്ണ എക്സ്റ്റന്‍ഡഡ് മലയാളം ഇന്‍സ്ക്രിപ്റ്റ്, റെമിങ്ടണ്‍
കീബോര്‍ഡുകള്‍ പുറത്തിറക്കുന്നു.](https://community.smc.org.in/t/topic/601)

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**Author:** [@discobot](https://community.smc.org.in/u/discobot)\
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**Last updated:** [January 19, 2023, 6:13am UTC](https://community.smc.org.in/t/topic/601 "2023-01-19T06:13:28Z")

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ഇന്ത്യൻ ഭാഷകൾക്കൊന്നാകെ ഒരേ കീ കോംബിനേഷൻ ലോജിക്‍ ഉപയോഗിച്ചു് പ്രവൎത്തിക്കുന്ന കീബോർഡ് ലേയൗട്ടാണു് ഇൻസ്ക്രിപ്റ്റ്. ഒരു ഇന്ത്യന്‍ ഭാഷ ടൈപ്പ് ചെയ്യാൻ പഠിച്ചാൽ മറ്റു് ഇന്ത്യൻ ഭാഷകളും ഇതുപയോഗിച്ചു് അനായാസമായി ടൈപ്പ് ചെയ്യാനാവ…

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## [ഉബുണ്ടുവില്‍ മലയാളം ഫോണ്ടുകള്‍ ഇന്‍സ്റ്റാള്‍ ചെയ്യേണ്ടതെങ്ങനെ?](https://community.smc.org.in/t/topic/233)

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**Author:** [@discobot](https://community.smc.org.in/u/discobot)\
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**Last updated:** [August 12, 2022, 7:14am UTC](https://community.smc.org.in/t/topic/233 "2022-08-12T07:14:43Z")

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ബാലശങ്കര്‍ സി നമ്മള്‍ ഉപയോഗിക്കുന്ന മലയാളം ഫോണ്ടുകള്‍ പുതുക്കേണ്ടതെന്തുകൊണ്ട് എന്നതു നമ്മള്‍ കഴിഞ്ഞ ബ്ലോഗ് പോസ്റ്റില്‍ വിശദമാക്കി.അതില്‍ പറഞ്ഞതുപോലെ ഉബുണ്ടുവില്‍ ഫോണ്ടുകള്‍ പുതുക്കാനുള്ള എളുപ്പവഴിയായി ഒരു റെപ്പോസിറ്ററി …

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## [ലിപിപരിഷ്കരണം 2022](https://community.smc.org.in/t/topic/587)

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**Last updated:** [April 23, 2022, 8:38am UTC](https://community.smc.org.in/t/topic/587 "2022-04-23T08:38:31Z")

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മലയാളലിപി പരിഷ്കരിക്കാനായി സർക്കാർ രൂപീകരിച്ച വിദഗ്ദ്ധസമിതിയുടെ നിർദ്ദേശങ്ങൾ അംഗീകരിച്ചെന്നും ഉ ചിഹ്നങ്ങൾ മാത്രം വിട്ടെഴുതുന്ന പഴയലിപി സമിതി നിർദ്ദേശിച്ചുവെന്നുമുള്ള വാർത്തകളുടെ അടിസ്ഥാനത്തിൽ ചില പ്രതികരണങ്ങളും ചിന്തകളും…

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## [Our fonts are now available on Xiomi Android phones](https://community.smc.org.in/t/our-fonts-are-now-available-on-xiomi-android-phones/564)

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**Author:** [@joice](https://community.smc.org.in/u/joice)\
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**Last updated:** [June 5, 2021, 5:33pm UTC](https://community.smc.org.in/t/our-fonts-are-now-available-on-xiomi-android-phones/564 "2021-06-05T17:33:43Z")

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Follow this guide to install our fonts on non-Xiomi unlocked devices.

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## [Indic Keyboard 3.4](https://community.smc.org.in/t/indic-keyboard-3-4/577)

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**Author:** [@V4vachan](https://community.smc.org.in/u/V4vachan)\
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**Last updated:** [August 11, 2021, 2:31pm UTC](https://community.smc.org.in/t/indic-keyboard-3-4/577 "2021-08-11T14:31:15Z")

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Updates to Arabic Layout Fixed default theme bug New Mobile Inscript layout for Malayalam Updates to native numerals in several languages and layouts

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## [Challenges Intermediary Code of IT Act, Equity for Covid-19 Resources and More: SMC Monthly Report April 2021](https://community.smc.org.in/t/challenges-intermediary-code-of-it-act-equity-for-covid-19-resources-and-more-smc-monthly-report-april-2021/575)

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**Author:** [@discobot](https://community.smc.org.in/u/discobot)\
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**Last updated:** [July 31, 2021, 6:04am UTC](https://community.smc.org.in/t/challenges-intermediary-code-of-it-act-equity-for-covid-19-resources-and-more-smc-monthly-report-april-2021/575 "2021-07-31T06:04:44Z")

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Praveen Arimbrathodiyil, FOSS advocate and SMC member, with the assistance of SFLC moved to Kerala High Court challenging certain provisions of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics…

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## [The Mysterious Island is no more mysterious!](https://community.smc.org.in/t/the-mysterious-island-is-no-more-mysterious/569)

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**Last updated:** [June 24, 2021, 9:37am UTC](https://community.smc.org.in/t/the-mysterious-island-is-no-more-mysterious/569 "2021-06-24T09:37:24Z")

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Earlier this month, there were reports flooding on the new channels, online media and the wildfire social media. In fact it was initiated there in social media itself regarding an island formation near the Kochi coast of…

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## [Indic Keyboard 3.3](https://community.smc.org.in/t/indic-keyboard-3-3/567)

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**Author:** [@V4vachan](https://community.smc.org.in/u/V4vachan)\
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**Last updated:** [June 14, 2021, 9:07am UTC](https://community.smc.org.in/t/indic-keyboard-3-3/567 "2021-06-14T09:07:51Z")

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Indic Keyboard v3.3. Important changes Adding Urdu Navees input method Improvements to Swanalekha Add Gujarati Numbers Next word prediction for English Support Incognito Mode Keyboard theme for system navigation bar O…

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## [Twitter verified our account](https://community.smc.org.in/t/twitter-verified-our-account/563)

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**Author:** [@joice](https://community.smc.org.in/u/joice)\
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**Last updated:** [June 2, 2021, 6:23am UTC](https://community.smc.org.in/t/twitter-verified-our-account/563 "2021-06-02T06:23:00Z")

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https://twitter.com/smcproject/status/1399737384888012803

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## [New Versions of Manjari and mlmorph, OpenData Day and More: SMC Monthly Report March 2021](https://community.smc.org.in/t/new-versions-of-manjari-and-mlmorph-opendata-day-and-more-smc-monthly-report-march-2021/561)

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**Author:** [@discobot](https://community.smc.org.in/u/discobot)\
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**Last updated:** [May 22, 2021, 5:37am UTC](https://community.smc.org.in/t/new-versions-of-manjari-and-mlmorph-opendata-day-and-more-smc-monthly-report-march-2021/561 "2021-05-22T05:37:12Z")

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A new version of popular Malayalam font - Manjari released. This version includes a few bug fixes and glyph additions. The new version can be downloaded from SMC Fonts. Read more about this release by designer Santhosh T…

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## [Digital Literacy Program Launch, OSM News and More: SMC Monthly Updates Feb 2021](https://community.smc.org.in/t/digital-literacy-program-launch-osm-news-and-more-smc-monthly-updates-feb-2021/553)

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**Author:** [@discobot](https://community.smc.org.in/u/discobot)\
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**Last updated:** [April 10, 2021, 3:42am UTC](https://community.smc.org.in/t/digital-literacy-program-launch-osm-news-and-more-smc-monthly-updates-feb-2021/553 "2021-04-10T03:42:32Z")

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Inauguration of SMC's Digital Literacy Program was conducted on International Mother Language Day - 21st February. Famous Malayalam writer, N.S. Madhavan inaugurated the event and followed by a panel discussion consist o…

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## [ഡിജിറ്റല്‍ സാക്ഷരതാ പദ്ധതിയില്‍ ഇന്റേണ്‍ഷിപ്പിനായി അപേക്ഷകൾ ക്ഷണിക്കുന്നു](https://community.smc.org.in/t/topic/540)

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**Author:** [@discobot](https://community.smc.org.in/u/discobot)\
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**Last updated:** [April 3, 2021, 7:34am UTC](https://community.smc.org.in/t/topic/540 "2021-04-03T07:34:19Z")

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എന്റെ കമ്പ്യൂട്ടറിനു് എന്റെ ഭാഷ എന്ന മുദ്രാവാക്യത്തിന്‍കീഴില്‍ കഴിഞ്ഞ രണ്ടു് പതിറ്റാണ്ടുകളായി അന്താരാഷ്ട്ര സോഫ്റ്റ്‍വെയര്‍ കുട്ടായ്മകളോടും, കേരള സര്‍ക്കാറിനോടും, മലയാളികളോടും, മറ്റെല്ലാ തത്പരകക്ഷികളോടും ഒത്തൊരുമിച്ചു് പ്…

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## [Mini deb conf, Community portal. SMC Monthly report January 2021](https://community.smc.org.in/t/mini-deb-conf-community-portal-smc-monthly-report-january-2021/536)

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**Author:** [@discobot](https://community.smc.org.in/u/discobot)\
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**Last updated:** [March 21, 2021, 6:36am UTC](https://community.smc.org.in/t/mini-deb-conf-community-portal-smc-monthly-report-january-2021/536 "2021-03-21T06:36:45Z")

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Debian India conducted Mini DebConf Online India 2021 from 23 to 24 January 2021. The conference had many tracks in regional languages including Malayalam. Recorded videos of the session are available at: https://meeting…

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## [Govt. Stepped Back on 118A, Malayalam OCR, KDE Localization and More: SMC Monthly Report Nov 2020](https://community.smc.org.in/t/govt-stepped-back-on-118a-malayalam-ocr-kde-localization-and-more-smc-monthly-report-nov-2020/494)

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**Author:** [@discobot](https://community.smc.org.in/u/discobot)\
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**Last updated:** [February 27, 2021, 4:28pm UTC](https://community.smc.org.in/t/govt-stepped-back-on-118a-malayalam-ocr-kde-localization-and-more-smc-monthly-report-nov-2020/494 "2021-02-27T16:28:15Z")

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Santhosh Thottingal optimized OCR for Malayalam and released for public use. There were many attempts to build Malayalam OCR. Akshara OCR from SMC by Praveen Areembrathodiyil, Nayana by CDAC, Pottan OCR by Harish are few…

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## [Year in review: 2020](https://community.smc.org.in/t/year-in-review-2020/497)

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**Author:** [@discobot](https://community.smc.org.in/u/discobot)\
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**Last updated:** [February 27, 2021, 6:26am UTC](https://community.smc.org.in/t/year-in-review-2020/497 "2021-02-27T06:26:30Z")

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The year 2020 was in many ways a year of incremental updates. We pushed the envelope of knowledge a little, but in many directions. We continued to uphold our commitment to freedom of speech and democracy and stood with …

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## [VLC Localization, OSM Activities and More: SMC Monthly Updates Dec 2020](https://community.smc.org.in/t/vlc-localization-osm-activities-and-more-smc-monthly-updates-dec-2020/495)

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**Author:** [@discobot](https://community.smc.org.in/u/discobot)\
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**Last updated:** [February 27, 2021, 6:01am UTC](https://community.smc.org.in/t/vlc-localization-osm-activities-and-more-smc-monthly-updates-dec-2020/495 "2021-02-27T06:01:02Z")

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Various VLC projects, including popular VLC Media Player, VideoLan website are almost finished localized into Malayalam. This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://blog.smc.org.in/smc-month…

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## [ഡിജിറ്റൽ സാക്ഷരതാ പദ്ധതിയുടെ ഉദ്ഘാടനം](https://community.smc.org.in/t/topic/436)

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**Author:** [@discobot](https://community.smc.org.in/u/discobot)\
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**Last updated:** [February 20, 2021, 6:52am UTC](https://community.smc.org.in/t/topic/436 "2021-02-20T06:52:58Z")

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സുഹൃത്തുക്കളേ, സ്വതന്ത്രമലയാളംകമ്പ്യൂട്ടിങിന്റെ ഡിജിറ്റൽ സാക്ഷരതാ പദ്ധതിയ്ക്ക് ഈ ലോകമാതൃഭാഷാദിനത്തിൽ (ഫെബ്രുവരി 21ന്) തുടക്കമാവുകയാണ്. This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://blog.smc.or…

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## [നിർദ്ദേശിത നോൺ പേഴ്സണൽ ഡാറ്റ ചട്ടക്കൂടിനൊരാമുഖം](https://community.smc.org.in/t/topic/383)

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**Author:** [@discobot](https://community.smc.org.in/u/discobot)\
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വ്യക്തിഗതമല്ലാത്ത ഏതു ഡാറ്റയും നോൺ പേഴ്സണൽ ഡാറ്റ നോൺ-പേഴ്സണൽ ഡാറ്റ (എൻ.പി.ഡി) എന്ന ഗണത്തിൽപ്പെടുപെടുമെന്നാണ് ഇന്ത്യൻ ഗവണ്മെന്റിന്റെ നിർദ്ദേശിത നോൺ-പേഴ്സണൽ ഡാറ്റ ചട്ടക്കൂട് പറയുന്നത്. This is a companion discussion top…

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## [ഭാഷാസാങ്കേതികവിദ്യയിലെ വിപ്ലവവഴികള്‍](https://community.smc.org.in/t/topic/356)

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**Last updated:** [January 30, 2021, 6:57am UTC](https://community.smc.org.in/t/topic/356 "2021-01-30T06:57:24Z")

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മലയാളഭാഷാ സാങ്കേതികവിദ്യയില്‍ ഉത്തരവാദി­ത്തപ്പെട്ടവരെന്നു നമ്മള്‍ കരുതുന്നവരൊക്കെ നോക്കുകുത്തികള­ാവുകയും അതേ സമയം തന്നെ മലയാള ഭാഷയ്ക്കു ക്ലാസിക്കല്‍ പദവി വേണമെന്നും, പഠന, ഭരണ ഭാഷയാക്കണമെന്നുമൊക്കെ മുറവിളി കൂട്ടുകയും ചെയ്…

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## [SMC 13th Anniversary - Programs](https://community.smc.org.in/t/smc-13th-anniversary-programs/355)

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SMC Celebrates its 13th anniversary with a two day program on December 16 and 17 at Vailoppilli Samskrithi Bhavan, Thiruvananthapuram. Detailed schedule of programs is given below This is a companion discussion topic f…

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## [16, 17ഡിസംബര്‍ : സ്വതന്ത്രമലയാളംകമ്പ്യൂട്ടിങ്ങിന്റെ പതിമൂന്നാം  വാര്‍ഷികാഘോഷം](https://community.smc.org.in/t/16-17/354)

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!\[\](upload://1a2JS6aNdhfAoATvBRo02SwwzE6.jpeg) സുഹൃത്തുക്കളേ , 2001 മുതല്‍ മലയാളഭാഷയുടെ ഡിജിറ്റല്‍ വളര്‍ച്ചക്കൊപ്പം നടന്ന സ്വതന്ത്രമലയാളംകമ്പ്യൂട്ടിങ്ങ് പതിമൂന്നു വര്‍ഷം പൂര്‍ത്തിയാക്കിയിരിക്കുന്നു. ഇത്തവണത്തെ വാര്‍ഷിക…

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