STEP: New software to digitise manuscripts

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  • Published On: August 12, 2008
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The fragile Palm leaves inscribed with knowledge thousands of years ago. These mysterious texts will soon be decoded by a click of a mouse. That's correct, scientists at the National science academy in Coimbatore have developed STEP - the software that photographs these ancient manuscripts and magnifies the words that have now become invisible to naked eye on the computer screen.

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