"Myanmar technicians have successfully invented computerized unicode Myanmar language character system ... Myanmar language consonants, vowels, numbers and special symbols can be used on computer in digital form, the e-National Task Force was quoted as saying.
The Myanmar language characters, which are in accord with orthography, can be used in word processing, e-mailing and writing web page in any computer system, the sources added. Meanwhile, expedition of the work of translating world languages into Myanmar on computer is also underway."
Yay! Now, Burmese people who don't speak that much English, can use the internet. Only, I have to figure out the complex system of using an English keyboard to type things in Burmese.
Yes, that and I've also got to brush up my Burmese so that I know how most things are spelled properly. =)
Myanmar successfully invent unicode Myanmar language character system
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Myanmar technicians have successfully invented computerized unicode Myanmar language character system, contributing towards the development of information and communication technology (ICT) in the country, the official newspaper New Light of Myanmar reported Thursday.
Myanmar language consonants, vowels, numbers and special symbols can be used on computer in digital form, the e-National Task Force was quoted as saying.
The Myanmar language characters, which are in accord with orthography, can be used in word processing, e-mailing and writing web page in any computer system, the sources added.
According to the report, the Myanmar info-Tech Corporation stands the first organization in launching Myanmar unicode font installer software on the Internet.
Meanwhile, expedition of the work of translating world languages into Myanmar on computer is also underway.
In a bid to expand the country's Internet services, a Canadian ICT company has reached a memorandum of understanding with Myanmar to run an Internet service provider (ISP). The current private ISP in Myanmar went to the Bagan Cybertech Co., which had initiated the Internet and the internet-based telephone system in 2001 in cooperation with the Shin Satellite Co. of Thailand.
Moreover, Myanmar is also finalizing an upgraded draft of an ICT master plan for implementation to speed up the ICT development in every business sector in the country
According to official statistics, the number of internet users in Myanmar has stood over 70,000 since it was introduced. The number of subscribers rose 133 percent within a year from 2003 when it was only 30,000.
Meanwhile, Myanmar has launched some e-government systems including e-visa, e-passport, and e-procurement to effect management of government bodies.
Myanmar introduced e-education system in early 2001. Being a signatory to the e-ASEAN Framework Agreement initiated at the regional summit in Singapore in 2000, Myanmar has also formed the e-National task Force to support the IT development.
The country has also signed a series of MoUs with companies from Malaysia, Thailand and an ASEAN organization on ICT development.
Source: Xinhua
Posted by Yangon Thu at October 13, 2005 09:14 PMOk so now the question is how to use it/where to download installer and where to find more documentation of the system. :-)
I guess it's gonna be en-mm?
Thanks for the info.
Posted by: mayvelous at October 16, 2005 06:43 PM