This is a gentle reminder that we are startng the release event in 25 minutes. If anyone wants to join, here is the video call link: https://meet.google.com/bgc-wbat-nrv
Regards, Bodhisattwa On Mon, Aug 18, 2025, 9:16 PM Bodhisattwa <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Wikisourcerers, > > We are planning to have an online call to celebrate the release of the > app, where we will discuss the different aspects of the app, gather > feedback and answer questions from the larger Wikisource community. > > Wikisource Reader App release event > Friday, 22 August · 2:30pm – 3:30pm UTC > Video call link: https://meet.google.com/bgc-wbat-nrv > > We sincerely hope to see you there. > > Regards, > Sai and Bodhisattwa > > > On Mon, 18 Aug 2025 at 09:49, Bodhisattwa <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hello Wikisourcerers, >> >> It gives us immense pleasure and excitement to you that the Wikisource >> Reader mobile application >> <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.cis_india.wsreader> >> is now released for Android users at the Google Play Store for them to read >> books which are completely proofread and transcluded on Wikisource >> websites. The Github repo is here >> <https://github.com/cis-india/wikisource-reader> and a website for the >> app <https://cis-india.github.io/wikisource-reader-app/> is also >> created. >> >> The metadata of the books are fetched directly from Wikidata and strictly >> follows the bibliographical book model >> <http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Books> of Wikidata. So to appear >> in the app, any completed book must fulfill the three mandatory criteria >> mentioned below. They need to have corresponding: >> >> - Wikidata items >> - Wikisource sitelink with proofread or validation badges >> - P1957 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1957> property >> linked in the items. >> >> A sample Wikidata item of one such book is here >> <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q51614301>. A sample SPARQL query to list >> the books to be displayed in the app for one specific language is here >> <https://w.wiki/F4Av>. A detailed documentation can be found on this >> Meta-Wiki >> page <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikisource_reader_app/Selection>. >> >> The app currently supports 22 language Wikisource editions like Assamese, >> Bangla, Catalan, Czech, Danish, English, French, Hindi, Indonesian, >> Italian, Javanese, Marathi, Malay, Polish, Punjabi, Spanish, Sundanese, >> Swedish, Tamil, Telugu, Ukrainian and Vietnamese. More languages will be >> added in next releases as and when they fulfill the mandatory criteria in >> due course for at least 1-5 books as a start. >> >> The app has the following features >> >> 1. Clean and beautiful user interface >> 2. Dark and Light theme >> 3. Option to browse free e-books in multiple languages >> 4. Option to import books from non-Wikisource external sources >> 5. Option to filter books in different literary forms >> 6. Option to download books for offline access >> 7. Option to store, read and delete books from library >> 8. Option to jump through chapters >> 9. In-built e-book reader >> 10. Customization of font color, size and weight >> 11. Light, Dark, Sepia and customized color mode for reading >> 12. Adjustment of page margins >> 13. RTL and LTR support >> 14. System default typeface along with options for Literata, Sans >> Sarif, IA Writer Duospace, AccsiibleDfa and OpenDyslexic typefaces >> 15. Option to choose among left, right and justified text alignments >> 16. Customization of line height, paragraph indent, paragraph >> spacing, word spacing and letter spacing >> 17. Options to highlight, underline and annotate texts >> 18. Option to bookmark >> 19. Text to Speech in different languages with customizable speed and >> pitch >> >> The app is dependent on >> >> - WSindex API <https://wsindex.toolforge.org/books/>, which was built >> specifically to fetch books for the app. The source code is here >> <https://codeberg.org/ph4ni/wsindex>. >> - WS export <https://wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:WS_Export> tool >> to generate Epubs >> - Myne app <https://github.com/Pool-Of-Tears/Myne/> by Shivam >> <https://krsh.dev/> for user interface >> - Readium mobile <https://github.com/readium/kotlin-toolkit> by The >> European Digital Reading Lab (EDRLab) >> <https://www.edrlab.org/software/readium-mobile/> for the actual >> reading experience. >> >> The development of the app was initially financially supported by Centre >> for Internet and Society <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K> until >> March 2025, who also host the app on Google play store now. The app is now >> developed and maintained in volunteer capacity and we welcome all open >> source developers and experienced Wikisource contributors to contribute to >> the development of the app for the future. >> >> We sincerely thank everyone who was involved in supporting the app in >> different ways, without whom this app could not have been developed. >> >> Regards, >> Sai Phanindra and Bodhisattwa >> (both as volunteer capacity) >> >>
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