# Developer call March 11, 2021

**URL:** <https://community.smc.org.in/t/developer-call-march-11-2021/520>\
**Category:** Developer Hub\
**Created:** [March 10, 2021, 11:26am UTC](https://community.smc.org.in/t/developer-call-march-11-2021/520 "2021-03-10T11:26:37Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 10, 2021, 11:26am UTC](https://community.smc.org.in/t/developer-call-march-11-2021/520/1 "2021-03-10T11:26:37Z")

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We will have a developer call at 6pm-7:30pm IST on March 11, 2021.

Discussing

- Indic Keyboard
- Ideas list
- General news

Anyone is welcome to join. No development experience required.

[Meeting link](https://bbb.fossunited.org/b/aks-dx0-uaq-rqn)

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**Post date:** [March 11, 2021, 2:09pm UTC](https://community.smc.org.in/t/developer-call-march-11-2021/520/2 "2021-03-11T14:09:40Z")

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Shared notes copy pasted

Attendees:

- Akshay
- Jishnu
- Rag Sagar
- Subin
- Jerin
- Hrishikesh
- Aboobacker
- sabu
- dhacommas
- Anivar

GSoC - good that we have ideas list

### Indic keyboard

Varnam

- Many language packs to be released as APK

F-droid

- Try creating language packs for f-droid
- If they’re delayed or they reject, use our own server

Our own f-droid repo

- Convert jishnu’s download server to f-droid repo

Need fastlane build system

Varnam language dataset

- Google [https://github.com/google-research-datasets/dakshina](https://github.com/google-research-datasets/dakshina)
- Ai4bharath

The reason why Varnam is required:  
words like മ്വോനേ, മോനൂസേ isn’t supported by ML based apps like google’s or manglish

The reason why Varnam is outdated:  
neural model based things are the future (says jerin)

Does it make sense to include varnam in Indic Keyboard?

- avoid sunk cost fallacy
- UX of incorporating “varnam”

To think of a different name for the feature “varnam”  
Use that as a branding opportunity “Indic keyboard adds machine learning”

SEO / play store optimization required

Possibly rebrand after varnam integration is stabilized and tested

For now, slow down on varnam and get point releases going.

Emoji search:  
- search result is a hack on suggestions  
- possibly use third party libraries to provide search and directly use that for search  
should separate xml files of emojis to android 9 specific and android 10 specific to avoid square boxes being shown to users with older android

> **[Next release · Milestones · Indicproject / Indic-Keyboard · GitLab](https://gitlab.com/indicproject/indic-keyboard/-/milestones/6)**
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> \[\] #139 \[\]

Personal shortcut bug:  
- dictionary works

Other enhancements

- Android 10/11 has password integration for keyboard. Suggestion box can integrate with password manager.
- Clipboard integration (OTP copy paste, etc)
- Play store signing has a new method

### Jerin’s translation, language pitch

> **[The translation, language pitch](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Yt_2f0ZENlDdxA6s9gAFyIsptg8r70wfqfq_Frt1yPQ/edit?usp=sharing)**
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> Language: Possible Open Fronts My Masters thesis was on multilingual translation for Indian Languages. There are a bunch of papers you can find at Bhasha: Bhasha/MT. The code I wrote over 3-4 years is rather unrefined, and I’m currently attempting...

- C++ library being built by jerin
- Can build JNI layer over it
- lots of things that SMC can do

Jerin to expand the proposal into a larger mission for SMC

### Olam

English-Malayalam dictionary data enhancement capability

T Ramalingam Pillai old dictionary out of copyright

How to use the dictionary data?

ML Morph part of speech

Think outside the box

### Next meeting

- In 2 weeks
- Focus not on indic keyboard

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**Post date:** [April 2, 2021, 12:02pm UTC](https://community.smc.org.in/t/developer-call-march-11-2021/520/3 "2021-04-02T12:02:30Z")

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[Recording](https://bbb.fossunited.org/playback/presentation/2.0/playback.html?meetingId=979a77d29db143c58eed79aa357e74fc705f0d92-1615465233876)