Registration for the INFITT-FeTNA-Tamilmanam 2008 Tamil IT Workshop
There will be a half-day Workshop on Tamil Computing as part of the
FeTNA 2008 "Tamil vizha" conference to be held in Orlando, Florida
INFITT-FeTNA-TAMILMANAM WORKSHOP ON TAMIL COMPUTING
Saturday, 5th July 2008, FeTNA Conference, Orlando Florida, USA
Tamil Computing Workshop - Program Details
Session I 9.30 to 10.30 AM: keynote address on INFITT
(open to all FeTNA registrants)
9.30 - 9.45: INFITT Mission Objectives
9.45 - 10.00 INFITT-run Tamil Internet Conferences & Workshops
10.00 - 10.15: INFITT Working Groups & Coordination with IT MNCs
10.15 -10.30: Q & A
Session II: 10.40 - 11.30 AM
Tutorial /Hands-on Demo Session on How to use Tamil on Computers
(target audience: general public, open to INFITT members and
FeTNA conf. attendees who register for this session)
Topics to be covered:
1. How to install Tamil fonts
2. How to define default setups for browser
3. How to Type in Tamil in text editors
4. How to send, receive email in Tamil.
Session III: 11.40 - 12.30 AM
Topics in Tamil computing for Advanced users
(target audience: those who are already familiar with Tamil computing basics,
open to INFITT members and FeTNA conf. attendees who register for this session)
Topics to be covered:
1. Tamil Web Site Publishing
2. Tamil Blogging
3. Popular Tamil Web sites / Blogs / Bloggers
4. Tamil in OCR
5. Tamil in Speech Recognition
6. Tamil in NLP
If you are interested to attend sessions II and III, you need to register in advance
using the online facility given below. You will get a confirmation from the INFITT
Secretariat on your registration.
Registration for the INFITT Tamil Computing Workshop
Fill in personal details in the form given below and Click the "signup" button.
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