Social activist and software designer Nathan Freitas has found a way for Tibetan writing characters to be supported by the new Android smart phones.
The software enables Tibetan support in all applications on Android, including the web browser, e-mail apps, instant messaging, and short messaging (SMS), among others.
Freitas says on his Web site: “thanks to the open-source movement and the hard work of many Tibet supporters and typography experts, I am happy to announce that rendering of Tibetan characters is now supported on the most fantastic of mobile smartphones, Google Android!!!
Tendor’s Yarlung Raging blog viewed on a T-Mobile myTouch3G Android Phone
For those interested the Freitas’s Web site has for no charge the technical “how to” to support the Tibetan language on Android.
Filed under: tibet | Tagged: android, email, Freitas, google, internet, smart phones, sms, tibet, tibetan language | 1 Comment »
