Re: GCompris project - raw video

Good to know! Thank you, Johnny!
Don’t work too hard - life’s too short! ;-)

> On 22 Jul 2022, at 10:45, Johnny Jazeix <[email protected]> wrote:
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> Hi,
> 
> sorry, I have too much work right now to answer fully but it's less than 50 languages. It was more than 50 in the Gtk+ version, but we currently (version 2.4) have 36 languages available (above 70%, https://l10n.kde.org/stats/gui/stable-kf5/package/gcompris/ <https://l10n.kde.org/stats/gui/stable-kf5/package/gcompris/>).
> 
> Thank you for the video, I'll check it when I have more time :).
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Johnny
> 
> Le ven. 22 juil. 2022 à 10:41, Frances Tait <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> a écrit :
> Great! Thanks for the feedback, Paul.
> 
> We’ll certainly change 'community' to ’team', no problem.
> I can also say "well over 50 languages" if I don’t hear more before we go public.
> 
> Happy summer,
> 
> Frances
> 
>> On 22 Jul 2022, at 09:36, Paul Brown <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
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>> On Thursday, 21 July 2022 13:25:21 CEST Frances Tait wrote:
>>> Hi Paul et al,
>> 
>> Hello Frances!
>> 
>>> I hope you’re all enjoying the summer and not suffering too much from
>>> excessive heat.
>>> 
>>> You should be able to access the video interview we made with Bruno, edited
>>> down, and with an intro from Robert, here:
>>> 
>>> https://nextcloud.kdab.com/s/9fbSKN9rWztsiEa <https://nextcloud.kdab.com/s/9fbSKN9rWztsiEa>
>>> <https://nextcloud.kdab.com/s/9fbSKN9rWztsiEa <https://nextcloud.kdab.com/s/9fbSKN9rWztsiEa>>
>>> 
>>> It’s currently getting worked on for sound improvement by one of KDAB’s
>>> providers, who may also help us improve it in other visual ways.
>> 
>> Well, it already looks really, really good. Congrats to everybody who worked 
>> on this.
>> 
>>> We like the content a lot, but would of course want your feedback before
>>> releasing it - current deadline is late September.
>>> 
>>> Below is my suggested "About this video" text - written to more-or-less
>>> match the way KDAB videos are described on our youtube channel
>>> <https://www.youtube.com/c/KDABtv/playlists <https://www.youtube.com/c/KDABtv/playlists>>, (it’ll go int our new
>>> 'Insights' playlist there). Let me know if I got anything wrong here :-)
>>> 
>>> All the best,
>>> 
>>> Frances
>>> 
>>> Video Description
>>> In this video for our 'Insights' series, we talk to Bruno Coudoin, the
>>> creator and founder of GCompris software, about what inspired him and how
>>> GCompris became so successful.
>>> 
>>> About GCompris
>>> GCompris is a free and open source, high quality, educational software suite
>>> for kids aged 2 – 10, that’s built with Qt. It was originally written in C
>>> and Python using the GTK+ widget toolkit, but a rewrite in C++ and QML
>>> using the Qt widget toolkit was initiated by Bruno Coudoin in 2014.
>>> 
>>> GCompris is used as a teaching aid worldwide. It is available in more than
>>> 50 languages and has global users estimated to be in the millions.
>> 
>> It may have support for more languages nowadays, but Johnny, Timothée and 
>> Emmanuel will be able to fill you in better in that regard.
>> 
>>> With its
>>> multiple datasets, GCompris Activities can be adjusted to fit student’s
>>> learning needs, and fitted into their existing lesson plans, individually
>>> or in groups.
>>> 
>>> Aside from its benefit as an addition to any teaching curriculum, GCompris
>>> is proven to be especially helpful for children with learning difficulties
>>> or neurological differences. Its content is less violent, quieter, and free
>>> from distractions like pop-ups or advertisements.
>>> https://gcompris.net/index-en.html <https://gcompris.net/index-en.html>
>>> 
>>> These days, GCompris is a project under the umbrella of KDE, a long-term
>>> partner of KDAB.
>>> 
>>> About KDE
>>> KDE is an international team supporting the cooperative development and
>>> distribution of Free, Open Source Software for desktop and portable
>>> computing: https://kde.org/ <https://kde.org/>
>> 
>> Can we change "team" for "community"? That is how we usually refer to KDE.
>> 
>> From my point of view, that is it with regard to tweaks. I am sure the 
>> GCompris team will have some helpful corrections.
>> 
>> This is a really nice video and I look forward to promoting it when it goes 
>> live. Well done all involved!
>> 
>> Cheers
>> 
>> Paul
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Frances Tait | [email protected] | Marketing and Partner relations
Klarälvdalens Datakonsult AB, a KDAB Group company
Tel: Sweden (HQ) +46-563-540090, USA +1-866-777-KDAB(5322)
KDAB - The Qt, OpenGL and C++ Experts

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