SBBIC Khmer Word Breaker Using ICU
We’ve been working on getting code into ICU to allow Khmer Unicode to automatically break between words and the newest release of ICU now includes a Khmer word breaker. But access is difficult (unless you are a programmer). So we have made a small program that uses ICU and will allow you to use the Khmer word breaker in Linux (Windows will come soon). We’ve only tested this on Ubuntu 11.x so please test it and let us know if you have any problems. There is still room for improvement, so please let us know how it works for you.
The word-breaker is currently dictionary based, so it will work best on documents that have correct spelling. In the future we hope to add additional programming that will better deal with “unknown” words.
To use the program in Ubuntu place the Unicode .txt file you want to break in the same directory as sbbic-khmer-breaker.out and open the console to the directory where sbbic-khmer-breaker.out is located and type: ./sbbic-khmer-breaker.out yourinputfile.txt youroutputfile.txt (changing the names of the text files to the names you desire).
Again, if you have any issues, please don’t hesitate to ask in the comments.
DOWNLOAD: SBBIC Khmer Word Breaker Using ICU (36)
Which Spelling is Correct?
Latest Khmer Grammar Checker for OpenOffice and LibreOffice
This latest release includes the ability to ensure all quotes and brackets have been closed as well as adds some additional word-coherency checks (to make sure you followed the same style of spelling throughout your document – our list adheres to Chuan Nath’s spelling whenever possible).
This extension can be used with:
OpenOffice
and
LibreOffice
which are both free, and opensource word processors.
Please let us know in the comments if you have any trouble, or would like any additions to the grammar checker.
DOWNLOAD: SBBIC Khmer Grammar Checker (13649)
Tatoeba: Online Sentence Collaborative Dictionary with Khmer
We just came across a site called Tatoeba that is a community designed to create an online sentence dictionary. Khmer has not been officially added, but it is in the works (you can add your own sentences and translations and then add them to the public Khmer list here: http://tatoeba.org/eng/sentences_lists/show/765
Visit: Tatoeba
Read the Christian Khmer Bible Online
The two versions of the Khmer Bible can now be viewed online for free in Unicode!
- The Khmer Standard Version (2005) can be viewed here: http://biblecambodia.org/khsv/
- And the Khmer Hammond Version can be viewed here: http://biblecambodia.org/khov54/
Special thanks to Maurice Bauhahn and the Bible Society in Cambodia!
សាកល្បងកម្មវីធីត្រួតពិនិត្យវេយ្យាករណ៍ថ្មីបំផុត សម្រាប់ OpenOffice
យើងកំពុងធ្វើការចេញផ្សាយកម្មវិធីត្រួតពិនិត្យ វេយ្យាករណ៍ភាសាខ្មែរ ជំនាន់ ALPHA ៣ ដោយប្រើប្រាស់ ឧបករណ៍ភាសា។ សូមសាកល្បងហើយប្រាប់ពួកយើងថាអ្នកគិតយ៉ាងណាដែរ។ លក្ខណៈថ្មីបំផុតរបស់កម្មវិធីនេះគឺសមត្ថភាពក្នុងការរក្សាបាន ភាពដូចគ្នាក្នុងការប្រកបរាល់ពាក្យទាំងអស់ក្នុងអត្ថបទទាំងមូល។ យើងយកតាមការប្រកបភាគច្រើននៅក្នុងវចនានុក្រម សម្ដេចសង្ឃ ជួនណាត។
សូមធ្វើការទាញយកកម្មវិធីនេះ ហើយធ្វើការដំឡើង ជាកម្មវិធីបន្ថែមទៅក្នុង OpenOffice 3.x
Please Excuse Our Mess
The multilingual portion of our site is in the process of being updated. Please excuse the mess as we update our site. We hope the new features will remove some of the problems our users have been having with the Khmer portion of the site. If you are interested in helping with translation of the site, please let us know in the comments.
Thank you!
Khmer Spelling Checker for Adobe InDesign CS 5.5
UPDATE: Our solution does not yet work perfectly – line-breaks do not work with a hair space, so we are still in the process with Adobe trying to find a solution that will work without any issue.
With the release of InDesign CS 5.5 Hunspell dictionaries are now supported. This means we can use the SBBIC spelling dictionary with InDesign! There are some issues though, because InDesign was not tested fully with Khmer, but we are able to get around them (even though it makes things a bit complex). Right now our solution is MAC ONLY because I don’t have my PC here with me – but we will include PC instructions soon (and they won’t me much different than the Mac instruction).
Here are the files you will need:
File 1: Khmer Mac Unicode Keyboard for InDesign by SBBIC (171)
File 2: World Composer Template Files (109)
Thanks to: http://www.thomasphinney.com/2009/01/adobe-world-ready-composer/ for these templates
File 3: SBBIC Khmer Spelling Dictionary 1.4 for InDesign (154)
And here is the video tutorial:
Khmer Language Pack for Microsoft Office 2010
The Khmer language pack for Microsoft Office 2010 is now available. If you use the Microsoft Office suite you will certainly want to download this language pack.
New Release of Khmer Grammar Checker
The latest Alpha release of the SBBIC Khmer Grammar checker is out for you to download. The latest addition is the detection and correction of repeated words (i.e. ហើយហើយ). Download it and install it as an extension in OpenOffice 3.x and let us know what you think!
DOWNLOAD: SBBIC Khmer Grammar Checker (13649)