[IC3] Request: RTL support and localization for Hebrew, Urdu, and Arabic (+ info on localization contributions)

[Tamoormughal]

VSTS #1663019

[edited by @corinagum)

Feature request: RTL support for languages like Hebrew, Urdu, and Arabic, as well as localization support for Hindi and the previously listed languages.

[Question]
is it possible speech to text of google is implement in bot frame work V4 like hindi and urdu and arabic?

[corinagum]

Hi @Tamoormughal, are you asking about adding localizations to V4 in Hindi, Urdu, and Arabic? (Please correct me if I am wrong), but I believe two of these languages would need RTL support, as well as the addition of the localized strings.
We have a PR already in existence, provided by the community, for which the review has been put on hold due to lack of bandwidth. #1548 If you have the time, it would be great if you could take a look at this PR and provide some feedback.

I am leaving this question as tracking for the RTL feature. If there are other Web Chat users interested in this feature, please leave your +1 comment here. :)

I believe Hindu does not need RTL support. If this is the case, providing localization will be a much simpler process. We welcome Pull Requests that add or modify the language files in ____. Please take a look at #1966 if you would like to look into the basics of creating a PR related to localization. You would be adding a new file to the BotFramework-WebChat/packages/component/src/Localization/ directory.

[corinagum]

This also needs to involve discussion with Adaptive Cards :)

[corinagum]

We have stale PRs related to Localization that haven't been completed yet due to scheduling problems. Those links are:
#2369
#1548
#2477

ALL contributions are very much appreciated! The dev team will implement these with original credit as one PR in the near future.

I am closing both above PRs, but any contributors are welcome to add to discussion here. For customers looking for these languages/RTL support, please chime in below.

[geea-develop]

@corinagum let me know if you need any assistance. we continuously merging the master to our fork but this takes time all because RTL is not natively supported. I don't think we are very far from it. Although adaptive cards will need some adjustments since they are not natively supported either.

[corinagum]

@geea-develop I don't have a timeline for working on RTL support, but I hope that once I do I can consult with you! Thanks again for your contributions, and I apologize that this has taken a long time.

[geea-develop]

@corinagum hi, I see it has been added to todo for R8. let me know if you need me to assist as I don't see a pull request or work in process that has started.
thanks.

[corinagum]

Thanks, will do!

[corinagum]

@geea-develop for now, would you be able to provide your latest he-IL.js file? :)

Right now I'm using this: https://github.com/LeoChat/BotFramework-WebChat/blob/master/packages/component/src/Localization/he-IL.js

[geea-develop]

https://gist.github.com/geea-develop/938f1a44267fb17164b41b7ecd2cfece

[Tamoormughal]

through js file of direct line we can handle RTL and LRT

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