Session 7 Group 2
Localization 5-10 Years
- Contextualizing ICTs & language is fundamental for this
- Multiplatform ICT applications - computers, mobile phones, PDAs, etc. Game consoles
- Replicable & reusable tools - e.g., speech recognition prog.s (multiple languages), dictionaries, spell checkers
- Language policies must include ICTs & ICT policies & strategies must include language
- Advocacy & sensitisation [awareness-raising]
- Recognise the potential of ICTsto promote the use of African languages
- Localisation is a multi-disciplinary endeavoour that can stimulate new careers
- African universities should develop curricula to adequately support the cross-cutting nature of ICTs in languages
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