A software which would break the script barrier enabling the people across the globe to read and communicate any piece of Punjabi writing in Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi (Urdu), Devnagri and Roman scripts have been developed at the Punjabi University, Patiala.
"The software suite developed in four stages spread over four years is expected to benefit around 10 crore people of the state around the world," Dr Gurpreet Singh Lehal, who developed the software, told reporters in Chandigarh on Tuesday.
"With the launch of the fourth stage of the software, the script barriers in this part of South Asia and Punjabi diaspora will fall for ever," Lehal, a professor at the department of computer sciences, said adding one can type Punjabi