Difference between revisions of "Ideas for Google Summer of Code/Desktop GUI"

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The point of this project is to create a desktop GUI that works with any of the pairs that you can use through the terminal, and that offers at least the features of [[apertium-html-tools]]. We want users to be able to just click an icon, and have an app come up with a UI similar to https://apertium.org (at least as user-friendly). Document translation should be included (currently turned off on apertium.org).
The point of this project is to create a desktop GUI that works with any of the pairs that you can use through the terminal, and that offers at least the features of [[apertium-html-tools]]. We want users to be able to just click an icon, and have an app come up with a UI similar to https://apertium.org (at least as user-friendly). Document translation should be included (currently turned off on apertium.org).


The backend should probably use a locally running apertium-apy (since
The backend should probably use a locally running apertium-apy (since this already handles pipeline management quite well), starting it up
this already handles pipeline management quite well), starting it up
along with the app and shutting it down when the app exits.
along with the app and shutting it down when the app exits.



==Features and tasks==
==Features and tasks==
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==See also==
==See also==
* [[Interfaces]]
* [[Interfaces]]
* http://wiki.apertium.org/wiki/Category:Using_Apertium
* http://wiki.apertium.org/wiki/Category:Using_Apertium


[[Category:Ideas for Google Summer of Code|Desktop GUI]]
[[Category:Ideas for Google Summer of Code|Desktop GUI]]

Revision as of 09:28, 16 February 2015

We have several User interfaces, but many of them are either unmaintained, or only work on Android, or require a net connection, or only work with pairs that use only Java-ported modules, or require a lot of terminal work to set up.

The point of this project is to create a desktop GUI that works with any of the pairs that you can use through the terminal, and that offers at least the features of apertium-html-tools. We want users to be able to just click an icon, and have an app come up with a UI similar to https://apertium.org (at least as user-friendly). Document translation should be included (currently turned off on apertium.org).

The backend should probably use a locally running apertium-apy (since this already handles pipeline management quite well), starting it up along with the app and shutting it down when the app exits.


Features and tasks

  • Should "just work" for the user
  • Work with package-installed as well as self-compiled pairs
  • Handle startup and management of apertium-apy
    • We might need some minor enhancements to apy, to ensure not too many pipelines are running at once and using up all the RAM
  • Nice and functional GUI :)
  • Translate-as-you-type
  • Document translation
  • Spelling (could just use locally installed myspell/enchant here) on both input and output
  • Possibly a button to do OCR if tesseract is installed (low priority)

Coding challenge

  • Install apy and some language pair(s), and make a simple desktop GUI with an in-box and and out-box, which translates as you type using the server on localhost.

Frequently asked questions

  • none yet, ask us something! :)

See also