MuskogeePhoenix.com, Muskogee, OK

Local News

Discussion

December 19, 2012

Cherokee integrated into Windows 8

Microsoft and Cherokee Nation executives are celebrating the addition of Cherokee as the first Native American language fully integrated into the new Windows 8 operating system.

The Nation will have a launch party from 10 a.m. to noon today in the Sequoyah Gymnasium Recreation Room, 17091 S. Muskogee Ave. in Tahlequah.

Microsoft employee Tracy Monteith, a Cherokee from North Carolina, asked his employers more than 20 years ago to include his native language in the computer’s core operating system.

In 2010 Cherokee Nation language technologists met with Monteith and others at Microsoft to get the project off the ground. A team of translators was assembled, ranging from tribal employees, speakers in the community and Cherokee college students.

Lois Leach, a 56-year-old clerk in the Cherokee Nation roads department, logged more than 100 volunteer hours translating computer terms.

 

Text Only
Local News
AP Video
James Gandolfini Dies at Age 51 Fmr. TWA Flight 800 Investigators Want New Probe Raw: Heat, Spurs Back on Court Ahead of Game 7 Dolce and Gabbana Convicted of Tax Evasion Paris, Prince Depositions Used in Jackson Trial Coiffed Cattle Get Their Close-up In Berlin, Obama Channels Cold War Activism Police at Patriots Tight End's Home for 2nd Day Fed Suggests Bond Purchases Could Slow AP: DOJ Broke Own Rules Seizing Phone Records Raw: Baby White Rhino Debuts at Australian Zoo Time Lapse: Rebuilding Bridge Post-collapse Ohio Woman Accuses 3 of Holding Her Captive Hunt for Ex-Teamster Boss Hoffa's Remains Ends
Poll

Should Congress cut federal food programs in its effort to reduce government spending?

Yes
No
     View Results
Featured Ads
Parade
Magazine
Click HERE to read all your Parade favorites including Hollywood Wire, Celebrity interviews and photo galleries, Food recipes and cooking tips, Games and lots more.
Stocks