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Indic Typing Booster
Summary
Indic Typing Booster is a predictive input method for ibus and scim. It suggests complete words based on partial input, which can then simply be selected from a list, and boost one's typing speed for more enjoyable input.
Owner
- Name: Pravin Satpute, Naveen Kumar
- Email: psatpute AT redhat DOT com, nkumar AT redhat DOT com
Current status
- Targeted release: Fedora 15
- Last updated: 2011-02-01
- Percentage of completion: 20%
Detailed Description
This is an input method engine using scim-tables or ibus-table to look words in a dictionary table. More information about project can be found at https://fedorahosted.org/indic-typing-booster/
Indic Typing Booster supports currently widely used maps, so the user does not need to switch his existing input maps, like inscirpt, itrans, typewriter. So with this new input method he can type the same way as he did with his older IME's but with prediction.
The mission of this project is to provide user friendly predictive text entry for Indic language users.
Benefit to Fedora
User can create content in his native language wit enhanced speed, accuracy and easiness.
Speed:
Since after few characters hits user can get expected work in candidate windows. he can quickly select that.
Example: Entering word 'भारतीय' with itrans keyboard required 'bhaaratiiy' 9 keys press. With Indic Typing Booster it will required only 6 key press, after inputting "bhaar" user can get 'भारतीय' in suggestion box, and then just need to press corresponding number key and done.
Accuracy:
Since the suggestions come from validated words database, the selected words always give 100% accurate word. Note: Though present generated database is from random websites data, but in long time from community help, we can review these words and surely make them 100% accurate as per standard.
Easiness:
Indic script are complex since it does not render the way we enter it. It has reordering ( क ि -> कि ), feature conjunct feature ( क ् ष -> क्ष) as well split matras. Many times new user not familiar with these things and can enter wrong or invalid data. Indic Typing Booster give easiness to it. As user not required to enter complete word.
Adding New Words: One can add new words in IME's database. So those will also appear in suggestion box.
Its easy with scim-table, type phrase/word and then hit control+'=', user will be prompted for corresponding key just add key and done.
Scope
1) This feature working fine with scim-table for Marathi Language, Upstream work is going on for creating database for Hindi, Malayalam.
2) Ibus table has few problem, and not giving good results for Indic Typing Booster IME, so plan is to fix those bugs.
How To Test
Still not initiated New Package Request
User Experience
1) predictions for entered word. 2) easiness for typing complex words. 3) improved typing speed. 4) Many time native user type language words using latin script (transliteration) so with this IME i think they will type words in there own script.
Dependencies
This package is depends on scim-tables and ibus-tables
scim-tables giving nice results
need fixes in ibus-tables
Contingency Plan
As this is not going to hamper any existing input methods, there will be no harm.
Documentation
Release Notes
- Nothing available presently