BhashaX
BhashaX is trying to break the language barrier for all, interested in programming, necessary for future generations and make Computer Science inclusive for all.
Today all syntax in programming languages is in English only. India has only 10% of its population who can speak English. Whereas Indonesia lacks the exact percentage for English speaking population, though rough estimates suggest it is around 20-25%. Whenever people from languages other than English start programming, they are confused about what their code means, which discourages people from entering the domain.
Project BhashaX can provide support for a literally UNLIMITED number of languages, this also means that one can create his/her own language in BhashaX. For any language, BhashaX requires two files only, firstly the Environment file which anyone can create or reuse, and secondly the official transpiler. The environment file contains a map of important words and is used by the transpiler to translate syntax to the original language. This enables BhashaX language users to harness the utter power of the original language and its modules. Example Bhasha Python (BhashaPy) shall have syntax extremely similar to Python, and Bhasha Python transcompiler converts BhashaPy back to Python. One can also use packages like TensorFlow, pygame, Tkinter, etc in BhashaPy.
The new BhashaJS can be used on the internet and even on mobile
BhashaX’s main target is to provide the entire population on Earth a platform in which they can code in their mother tongue, be it Hindi, Indonesian, Bengali, Javanese, English, Marathi, Sundanese, Tamil, and many more. Coding being one of the most important skills of the future shall be a necessity for most people. Currently, language emerges as a hurdle in people from underprivileged backgrounds from dwelling in Computer Science.
Therefore BhashaX can act as a helping hand for people of non-English background to coding. People tend to understand better and clearer in their native language, kickstarting their voyage in Computer Science.
I and interested team members have an extremely large network and bring together an extremely fine skill set. Also, many professionals are ready to provide us with mentorship. Overall the team is completely capable not only to complete targets but outperforming them.
- Lift administrative burdens on educators and support teacher professional development for schools serving vulnerable student populations
- Pilot
I believe that it is very important for all to learn to program, as it shall drive the future, in order to do so we must immediately break language as a barrier. I am sure that the challenge and partner organizations can play a pivotal role in the project and give us a platform to serve the various communities for free. This shall help easily upskill people
- Public Relations (e.g. branding/marketing strategy, social and global media)
The solution is innovative as it has the potential to allow programming in a literally UNLIMITED number of languages. And anyone in the world can code in their mother tongue language. It is easy to access and code in.
Its the first such publicly available solution.
In upcoming years, with the help of strategic partnerships and a large growing community, we would be able to cover more than 50 different languages and 1000+ beneficiaries.
If we get support from this challenge we might be able to achieve more than double targets at the same time.
There are analytical APIs installed on the website. We have also released a membership system on the website, which helps us to keep a track of user usage and how helpful the project is. Also, I have started a discord community where I am constantly coordinating with users for their feedback, upgrades, etc.
For keeping a track of schools, translator and languages we use Google forms and sheets
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- A new application of an existing technology
- Crowd Sourced Service / Social Networks
- Software and Mobile Applications
- 4. Quality Education
- 8. Decent Work and Economic Growth
- 9. Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
- 10. Reduced Inequalities
- 16. Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions
- 17. Partnerships for the Goals
- Bangladesh
- India
- Israel
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Afghanistan
- Algeria
- Argentina
- Fiji
- Kenya
- Nonprofit
We require negligible funding.
We use GitHub to host most of the website components, for free.
To have contributions to the project, we organize challenges and then incentivize people for solving them.
In case of need of money, we can use Ads or we can charge the organizers a certain cost, for teaching their students,
- Individual consumers or stakeholders (B2C)
We require negligible funding.
We use GitHub to host most of the website components, for free.
To have contributions to the project, we organize challenges and then incentivize people for solving them.
In case of need of money, we can use Ads or we can charge the organizers a certain cost, for teaching their students,
We have received MIT Solv[Ed] $600 grant, which covers the cost of our expenses for the entire year. Thus we will be providing resources completely free.
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