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LOCATION:The Heyman Center\, Second Floor Common Room
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SUMMARY:Preserving the World’s Languages and Cultures (through cha
 racter encoding)
DESCRIPTION:This talk will discuss the preservation of the world’s lan
 guages and cultures from the perspective of written text\, fo
 cusing on work currently underway to make the modern and hi
 storic texts accessible in the digital world via the Unico
 de Standard.  What is the process to make languages availa
 ble on mobile devices and computers\, and how many scripts u
 sed to write languages are “missing”?  Why is this impo
 rtant\, and how does emoji play into the work? The presentat
 ion will include examples of successes and challenges. It w
 ill conclude with a brief question and answer period.
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