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Synthesis of the Devanagari orthography

Abstract: The problem of acceptance of an orthography by newly literate tribespeople in Nepal has been overcome by the use of computational techniques. A table-driven context-sensitive conversion algorithm is interposed between a typewriter keyboard and an arbitrary font printing system. The familiar man-machine interface, the typewriter keyboard, is retained for the preparation of documents but the character set available is carefully designed and expanded to provide an acceptable document. The major application of this technique is in early experiments in the design of written material in a literacy programme and in the preparation of literacy material. Further applications have been found in the preparation of language teaching material for students of languages using the Devanagari script and the preparation and production of research reports in the script, or incorporating the script, without the use of specialized printing equipment.