ICTA in close collaboration with Microsoft Corporation and Microsoft Sri Lanka spearheaded the project as part of their mission to take IT across the country enabling people access computers in their preferred language, says ICTA in an announcement
.The first copy of the LIP software CD was presented to MP Namal Rajapaksa at a recently held event in Beliatta.
"User friendliness, which has been a signature trait of the Windows 7 operating system, has been taken to a whole new level with this new Sinhala LIP - bringing software closer to Sri Lankan users. The introduction of Sinhala LIP takes information technology to a whole new audience who have until now been left behind only due to their lack of English knowledge. We are thankful to ICTA for collaborating with us on this project and hope to continue working together to spread ICT to all parts of the nation," said Channa de Silva, Director, Public Sector for Microsoft Sri Lanka.
Senior Programme Head of Strategic Communications and Media at ICTA of Sri Lanka Athula Pushpakumara hoped that the new Language Interface Pack will help in changing the widely held view that computer technology is only for those who are English literate and tech savvy and not for all the people of the country.
"We want to encourage more and more Sri Lankans to adopt IT into their daily lives and become more efficient and productive. We know that introducing this Sinhala LIP cuts through a very prominent language barrier for a majority of the people of the nation. Our longstanding partnerships with international IT giants such as Microsoft have helped us in our endeavour to improve the levels of IT penetration in the country," Pushpakumara said.
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