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Romanaagarii and SARAL scripts
Frequently Asked Questions
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What is Romanaagarii?
Romanaagarii, written in small Roman characters, is based on Devanagari script, Roman
script, ASCII of computers, and Shri Yantra.
Scholars of linguistics and
phonetics have made several suggestions to overcome the shortcomings of
Devanagari script.
Romanaagarii script has been developed after carefully considering these
suggestions and it incorporates all the suggested qualities of a scientific
script. In Romanaagarii, the merits of Roman and Devanagari scripts have been retained while
their
shortcomings have been removed. (For details please see
SARAL _Concept
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What is difference between English and
Romanaagarii?
English uses both capital and small letters while
Romanaagarii uses only small letters. English in syllable based while
Romanaagarii is phoneme based. English in non-phonetic while Romanaagarii is
phonetic.
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How is Romanaagarii the script of the Internet?
Internet is mainly used by
languages written in Roman script. The reason for this is the use of ASCII based
Roman characters for text processing in computers. The word processing in Roman
characters facilitates text transmission and text manipulation through word
processors. Romanaagarii uses the small Roman characters and the addresses of
websites and emails are also written in small letters only.
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How is it easy to learn Romanaagarii?
Romanaagarii script is easy to
learn because it has limited number of symbols. It can be learnt in nine lessons
only.
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How is Romanaagarii compatible with computers?
The processing in computers at present is based on ASCII code which has the
Roman alphabet as the main units for text manipulation. It is, therefore, easier
to process languages which are written in Roman script compared to those written
in other scripts. Word processing programs for Roman characters are in abundance
in the market. Romanaagarii can utilize any word processing program valid for
English.
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What is computer literacy?
Computer literacy is the knowledge and ability a person
has to use computers and technology efficiently. Computer literacy can also
refer to the comfort level someone has with using computer programs and other
applications that are associated with computers. Another valuable component of
computer literacy is knowing how computers work and operate.
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How can Romanaagarii promote computer literacy?
By limiting the number of
writing symbols in Romanaagarii and by making their use systematic as in an
alphabetic and phonetic script, learning the script becomes easy. Romanaagarii
can be conveniently typed and used in computers. Through Romanaagarii, we can
publish and communicate on the Internet as easily as in English. All the English
language programs for computers can be used in Romanaagarii.
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What are SARAL scripts?
SARAL means
simple, alphabetic,
romanaagarii approach to
literacy. SARAL fonts have been
developed for writing several languages. SARAL Hindi, SARAL Roman, SARAL
Gujarati and SARAL Panjabi are the scripts that use those fonts. Through these
fonts, text can be read in five different scripts.
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How is Romanaagarii similar to SARAL scripts?
Both have all the merits of an
alphabetic script. They are phonetic and based on one sound one symbol
correspondence principle.They are ASCII based and can be used in computers with
ease. SARAL Roman, that belongs to SARAL family, appears exactly like
Romanaagarii.
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How can Romanaagarii promote general literacy?
Romanaagarii can be used to promote
literacy among people who can speak but cannot read and write a language. India has several languages and scripts. The high illiteracy
rate in requires special efforts for
promoting literacy. Romanaagarii can contribute considerably in those efforts.
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How can Romanaagarii promote Hindi and other languages?
In the modern scientific and technological
era, the use of computers has increased tremendously. Internet has become a very
useful and effective medium for publishing and transmitting information.
Presently, mostly the Roman script is being used in computers. It is essential
that script is made simple and systematic so that it can be easily used in
computers. Evidently, romanaagarii will facilitate writing Hindi through modern
devices and enable its propagation and popularization.
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How is
Romanaagarii compatible with voice recognition programs?
Voice recognition programs for syllable based
languages such as English are very complicated and difficult. The art of
designing software that can provide context-dependent pronunciation and
inflection is a highly complicated, code-intensive task. Romanaagarii being
phoneme based, avoids those complications.
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What is Text-to-script (TTS) program?
TTS, or text-to-speech, is the digitized audio rendering of computer text into
speech. TTS software can "read" text from a document, Web page or e-Book,
generating synthesized speech through a computer's speakers.
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What are the uses of TTS?
TTS programs can be useful for a variety of applications. For example, proof
reading with TTS allows the author to catch wrongly spelled words, awkward
phrases or missing words. TTS can also convert text files into audio MP3 files
that can then be transferred to a portable MP3 player or CD-ROM. This can save
time by allowing the user to listen to texts in bed, en route to a meeting, or
while performing other tasks. In the area of education, TTS programs provide a
valuable help, particularly for learning new languages. TTS makes a critical
difference to those with disabilities such as poor vision.
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How is Romanaagarii compatible
with TTS?
Romanaagarii being phoneme based, avoids complications such as context-dependent
pronunciation and inflection of syllable based languages such as
English.Romanaagarii being phoneme based, any simpler phoneme based TTS would be
compatible with Romanaagarii.
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Which TTS is usable for Romanaagarii?
Spanish TTS is usable for Romanaagarii with some minor changes.
On this website, we have used Spanish TTS program. However, there in
discrepency of pronunciation of some Hindi-Urdu letters. Hopefully, in future we
will have better TTS programs for more accurate sounds for Hindi-Urdu languages.
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What is Shri Yantra?
Shri Yantra or Supreme Knowledge
Yantra is considered to be a beautiful figure to depict and symbolize the
secrets of the entire universe. It is regarded as the abode of the Supreme
Wisdom or the Mother Goddess of Wisdom That created
all the elements of the universe, sustains them, and finally absorbs them.
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How is Romanaagarii related to Shri Yantra?
In accordance with the formation of the
triangles of the inner circle of the Shri Yantra, romanaagarii can
be learnt in 9 very simple lessons. Each lesson shows clearly the relationship
between the writing symbols being learnt and the characteristics of different
Chakras of the Yantra.
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What is the importance of Shri Yantra?
The relationship between the places in
Chakras of the inner circle of Shri Yantra and the writing symbols
of Romanaagarii is a remarkable feature! In the field of knowledge, this is an
important element which can be a great blessing for the promotion of alphabetic
literacy. It will not only facilitate the simplified learning of all the symbols
of Romanaagarii, but also help in understanding the mysteries of word, language
and knowledge hidden in the Shri Yantra.
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Is it necessary to learn about Shri Yantra for learning Romanaagarii?
Not at all.
Shri Yantra is meant to explain some spiritual aspects of language and script
through a beautiful diagram and make learning simple. Romanaagarii can be learnt without learning about
Shri Yantra. A flower will be as useful guide as the Shri Yantra.
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