Hello, Developers! On Pratham Books’ StoryWeaver, all storybooks are open-licensed, and can be used and adapted freely - with appropriate attribution - to suit a user’s needs. To amplify our reach, we are open sourcing the code under the OSI-approved MIT license, so that developers across the world can use it as is, or adapt it to meet their needs.
It’s also your chance to help make StoryWeaver even better!
StoryWeaver is built on Rails, a web application framework with ReactJS as its front-end technology. The third-party libraries we use are also open-source. All our code is on GitHub where anyone can view and participate in the further development of StoryWeaver - make sure you take a look at our participation guidelines. All the code that we release is mature. The platform continues to be actively developed by Pratham Books and new code will be released as soon as it passes internal QA processes.
Your contributions - in any kind, like bug reports, patches, suggestions, and feature requests - are not just welcome, they’re eagerly anticipated.
Having seen the rapid adoption and extensive usage of StoryWeaver in India, as well as globally, we believe that many more can benefit from our platform. Educators can customise reading material for their classrooms. Parents can co-create stories with their children. Readers, of all levels, can discover storybooks of their choice and language.
Developers may wish to contribute to the standalone components and algorithms - the recommendation engine, image processing tools, cropping and formatting features, and more.
If you’d like to adopt StoryWeaver as a platform for your needs, our developer team would love to connect. Drop us an email at [email protected]
For more information please go to https://open.storyweaver.org.in/
Be the first to comment.StoryWeaver now offers more than 26,000 storybooks in 280 languages. Thanks to the efforts of our wonderful translator community, we are able to give children access to storybooks in their own language, help protect linguistic heritage, encourage diversity & understanding, and build a culture of reading.
We are continuously looking for ways to support translators, and are delighted to announce the launch of StoryWeaver Mobile Translate!
You can now use StoryWeaver to translate storybooks straight from your phone. With more than 270 supported languages, thousands of curated books, and a simple, intuitive interface, all you have to do is follow 5 steps:
1. Pick your language
2. Pick a book
3. Translate
4. Check your work
5. Publish!
To explore the Mobile Translate experience on your phone, click here.
Happy translating!
comments (7)Contest extended till May 10, 2019
Welcome to the 2019 edition of Retell, Remix and Rejoice, StoryWeaver’s annual storytelling contest. Every year, on World Storytelling Day, we invite our community to join us and celebrate stories by hosting the Retell, Remix and Rejoice contest. And this year you can let your creative juices flow in 10 languages. More languages. More original stories for everyone to enjoy.
This year our focus remains on Level 1 and Level 2 books for our early readers, with stories that reflect their lives and the world around them. The themes have been handpicked by our editors.
Themes for this year
Family, friends and neighbourhood stories: Stories that explore children’s relationships with family, friends, and even pets as well as their home environments and neighbourhoods.
Funny stories: Themes that use humour to tell a story and promise to make you laugh.
Sports stories: Football, cricket, gilli danda — stories that involve playing a sport and the community around it. Know of an inspirational sports person who deserves his or her story? We are listening!
School stories: Life in a school, friendships in school, teachers, time spent in school and even lunchtime in school!
Reading levels
For this year’s edition, we’re asking you to be as creative as you can and convey as much as you can – using as few words as possible. Use our reading level guidelines as you create your stories.
Regional languages first
Through the contest our aim is to promote original stories in English, Bengali, French, Hindi, Kannada, Konkani, Marathi, Tamil, Spanish and Urdu. If you have an original story to tell in your language then we are all ears. We want to discover writing talent in the above mentioned languages and you could be one of our stars.
The win-win situation
Three finalists will win a hamper of books plus a one-on-one editorial feedback session with one of our editors. One grand finalist will win the chance to have his or her book re-illustrated!
Guidelines for submission
1. The contest runs from March 20 2019 to April 20, 2019.
2. All stories submitted must be your original work.
3. Stories must be in English, Bengali, French, Hindi, Kannada, Konkani, Marathi, Tamil, Spanish and Urdu.
4. Participants must be over the age of 18 to participate.
5. By submitting your work to Retell, Remix and Rejoice 2019, you are agreeing to a CC-BY 4.0 license being applied to it. This license lets others distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon your work, even commercially, as long as they credit you for the original creation. To know more about CC-BY 4.0, click here.
6. Terms and conditions apply. All final decisions rest with StoryWeaver. For more read here.
For any queries, do write to us at [email protected]
How to enter
You can submit your story for Retell, Remix and Rejoice 2019 by using illustrations from our image bank here. Here’s also a quick video tutorial on how to create stories on StoryWeaver.
Note: You will have to sign up or log in first to access the contest page on StoryWeaver.
You can enter the Retell, Remix and Rejoice contest page, by clicking on the button below.
All the best!
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