With the inspiration of Madam Sipra Manaswita, DDG(E), Doordarshan Kendra Guwahati, a new web based application of News Script Automation System has been developed by the IT Team of DDK, Guwahati.
The web based application developed on WAMP(Windows-Apache-Mysql-Php)platform is based on FOSS(Free & Open Source Software), thus no licensing is required. For this application a few web technologies were utilized such as Bootstrap, Ajax, jquery ,Java Script. The base language for this web based application is PHP.
In this application Apache web server with Windows 10 OS is used and accessed by all the clients. As per requirement, the News Ingest terminals enters the news text in desired language, which were verified/modified by News Editor before final run down. The Teleprompter extracts data directly from the Server, while On-Air Controller is embedded to control the Prompter Speed, Font size, on-line sorting and archiving of the aired news in both text & pdf format. It is simple and user friendly, which supports multiple languages, no third party software is required for regional bulletin.
The application can be customized at every level according to the requirement of the client with required modifications. At present, it is developed for News Automation system on text scripting & work is in progress to incorporate video files. The whole development process of this app is led by Sri Binoy Krishna Barman, 2008 batch EA & well supported by whole IT Team & its leader Sri Sibayon Chanda, AE. The team express its sincere gratitude to Officers & Staff of RNU Guwahati for their valuable suggestions & support. The application has been taken into regular service of RNU, DDK Guwahati from 15th December 2017 after formal inauguration by respected DDG (E) Madam Sipra Manaswita & Sri Baquer Mirza, Joint director (News). The IT team is happy to share the achievement with Prasar Bharati Parivar. Feeling happy to be a part of the team.
Contributed by : SANJAY ACHARJEE, EA, DDK GUWAHATI