Lapses in Kannada software being used in GOK

Lapses in Kannada software being used in GOK

Nudi software has many lapses like:

Nudi uses non-standard fonts (bilingual) using glyphs and ASCII codes which do not conform to the specified GOK standards.
The typing method in Nudi is not based on the standard typing method followed by typists and being taught in the courses conducted by the Directorate of Technical Education and various Universities and various private institutions and these courses are recognized as the minimum qualification for the posts of Typists and Stenographers vide Govt. Notification DPAR 27 SCR 83 dated 10th May 1983. The GOK while insisting on typing skills based on the standard typing method, installs Nudi, which is not based on the standard typing method, in their computers.
Nudi does not support, “Inscript” keyboard layout, which is a national level (BIS) standard, which was developed keeping frequency analysis and efficiency of fingering in mind.
Does not have good quality fonts.
There is no proper field level customer support, which is essential for any lay user.
There are many existing software installed like Akruti (Cyberscape Multimedia Ltd.), Shabdaratna (SRG), Surabhi (Applesoft), Leap/iLeap (CDAC) for which there are no converters as specified in the G.O.
There is no direct sorting method for tabular Kannada data in packages like Word, Excel etc., which can be used by non-specialist users not capable of doing programming.
There is no Kannada Dictionary help available.
There is no Kannada Spelling Checker.
There is no online Administrative Phrases Dictionary available.
There is no technical support team to refer or discuss any technical problems of Nudi.
No web based, discussion forum or technical support is available for Nudi.
There is no proper Unicode support in Nudi and the converter provided does not work.
There is no direct way of using email in Kannada using Nudi, only Kannada attachments can be sent, which is very cumbersome for those not having the Nudi font.
Nudi does not have proper support for creating web pages and does not support dynamic web fonts.
Nudi does not work with many popular DTP packages like Corel Ventura.
Nudi cannot be used for interactive Kannada website development, since it has no proper support for client level Active-X controls or Java applets and has no proper tools for web server based dynamic pages using the popular ASP or JSP technology
Nudi cannot be used for creating mathematical documentation using a popular software like LaTex.
Nudi cannot be used for many multimedia applications like video subtitling using popular packages like Art Deko etc.
Nudi fonts cannot be used in Unicode based applications in operating systems like Windows XP.