Scilab/C2/Why-Scilab/English-timed

Time	Narration
00:01	Welcome to the spoken tutorial on Why Scilab.
00:06	In this tutorial, you will come to know some of the capabilities of the Scilab package and benefits of shifting to Scilab.
00:16	Scilab is free and open source, user friendly numerical and computational package,
00:23	used in various streams of Engineering and Science.
00:28	It is available for various operating systems (OS) namely Windows, Linux and Mac OS/X.
00:35	Scilab is to be pronounced with “Sci” as in Scientific and “Lab” as in Laboratory.
00:43	Because Scilab is a free and open source software , users can:
00:48	* See and modify the source code.
00:51	* Redistribute and improve the source code.
00:55	* Use the software for any purpose.
00:59	This is obvious advantage for Private Industries, Entrepreneurs, Defence Establishments,
01:05	Research Organisations, Academic Institutions and the Individual User.
01:12	As an institution, piracy of commercial packages is avoided fully by adopting FOSS tools.
01:20	Skills learnt using Scilab, at academic level, are useful later in the industry as usage is free of cost.
01:29	Scilab, together with various toolboxes which are also free, can perform operations like-
01:36	* Matrix operations
01:38	* Control Systems
01:40	* Image and Video Processing
01:43	* Real-time Control of Hardware using (Serial Toolbox)
01:48	* Interfacing Data Acquisition Systems/Cards using (HART Toolbox)
01:54	* Simulation with the help of (Xcos-Block Diagram Simulator)
01:59	* Plotting.
02:01	Hardware In Loop i.e. (HIL) Simulation:
02:06	* Hardware-In--Loop differs from the pure real-time simulation by the addition of a real component in the loop.
02:14	* Scilab in combination with 'Single Board Heater System device' is used as a HIL setup for performing control system experiments.
02:26	Syntax is very easy for Scilab.
02:29	Many numerical problems can be expressed in a reduced number of code lines, as compared to similar solutions using traditional languages, such as Fortran, C, or C++.
02:42	Scilab like many well known proprietary packages uses “State-of-art” libraries i.e LAPACK for numerical computations.
02:52	There is a very large user community that uses and supports Scilab by contributing a great deal in the form of:
03:00	* Mailing lists,
03:02	* Usenet groups i.e (Internet Discussion forums), and websites.
03:07	For more information about scilab, its toolboxes and mailing lists visit; scilab.org or scilab.in website.
03:18	Some organizations that are using Scilab very successfully are
03:23	* CNES which is French Space Satellite Agency
03:28	* EQUALIS
03:31	* Techpassiontech and
03:33	* IIT Bombay for research and academic purposes.
03:37	Some of the activities for promoting Scilab through NMEICT projects at IIT Bombay are:
03:45	* Lab Migration that is Shifting all computational laboratories to Scilab.
03:51	* Virtual Labs that is Remote Access to the Single Board Heater System.
03:56	In addition, the FOSSEE Project funded by the National Mission on Education through ICT, MHRD, Govt of India, currently focuses on Python and Scilab.
04:07	We have several spoken tutorial on Scilab at this time.
04:12	Scilab Effort in India is coordinated through this website scilab.in
04:18	There are some interesting projects. One of them is the Textbook Companion project, that codes worked out examples of standard textbooks using Scilab.
04:28	The link project allows users to link known Scilab documents and rank them.
04:34	We also help organize Scilab Workshops.
04:38	We have two mailing lists, one for announce and another for discuss.
04:43	We invite your participation in all our activities.
04:47	Let us get back to spoken tutorials.
04:50	The spoken part will be available in various Indian Languages as well.
04:56	These are available at spoken-tutorial.org website.
05:01	These tutorials form a part of Level 0 training in Scilab.
05:06	These tutorials are available absolutely free of cost.
05:10	We wish to cover many FOSS systems through this route.
05:14	We welcome your feedback on these.
05:17	We also welcome your participation:
05:19	* On writing the outline for the software.
05:22	* To write the original scripts.
05:24	* To record the spoken tutorial.
05:27	* To translate the script into various Indian Languages.
05:31	* To dub the audio in Indian Languages using the script.
05:35	* To review and give your feedback on all of the above.
05:39	We welcome you to conduct workshops using these spoken tutorials.
05:44	We also invite you to conduct efficacy studies on Spoken tutorials.
05:49	We are also looking for experts who can give technology support for audio, video, automatic translation, etc.
05:57	We have funding for all these activities.
06:00	This spoken tutorial: has been created by the Free and Open Source Software in Science and Engineering Education(FOSSEE).
06:08	More information on the FOSSEE project could be obtained from fossee.in or scilab.in website.
06:16	Supported by the National Mission on Eduction through ICT, MHRD, Government of India.
06:22	More information, visit: http://spoken-tutorial.org/NMEICT-Intro.
06:31	This is Anuradha Amrutkar from IIT Bombay, signing off.
06:34	Thank you for joining us, Good Bye

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