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Description
**Santali** is a constitutionally recognized language in India and is spoken by over 7 million people, primarily in Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal, and Assam. Its inclusion in Google's OCR services would:
1. **Preserve and promote indigenous languages** in technology.
2. Support users in digitizing and translating documents written in Santali.
3. Enable broader access to technology for the Santali-speaking community.
## **Justification**:
* **Official Script**: Ol Chiki is the official script of Santali and is used in literature, education, and government communications.
* **Significance**: It is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India, recognized under the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution.
* **Community Impact**: Including Santali in Google OCR will empower a historically underrepresented linguistic community and facilitate better engagement with modern technologies.
## **Resources**:
If needed, I can assist by providing resources such as:
* Text samples in Santali (Ol Chiki).
* Fonts and Unicode specifications for Ol Chiki script.
* Documentation or community support for testing.
Thank you for considering this request. Please let me know if further details are required.
Regards,
ᱯᱨᱚᱯᱷᱮᱥᱥᱚᱨ ᱵᱟᱥᱠᱮ
Santali Language Digital Activist
B.Sc. (Physics), B.Ed.