Press about Matnsaz
- The Journey of Matnsaz, Sukhan Unplugged – Apr 19, 2023
- Segment on Geo Pakistan - Mar 10, 2023
- Matnsaz: Urdu Computing Gets A Digital Makeover With Style And Substance, The Friday Times – Feb 22, 2023
- Feature in Urdu Digest – Feb 14, 2023
- Zeerak Ahmed - Launching his revolutionary Urdu keyboard, Matnsaz!, TPR Podcast Episode 178 – Jan 16, 2023
- How to bring a language to the future, Rest of World – Feb 9, 2021
- Zeerak Ahmed MDE ’18 Builds on Urdu Keyboard Development Project, Harvard Graduate School of Design Alumni Updates – Apr 30, 2020
- Language barrier: Recent grad’s thesis project becomes a mission to better represent Urdu in software, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences News – Apr 15, 2020
- With new tooled-up keyboard, Matnsaz taking Urdu software technology to next level, MIT Technology Review Pakistan – Mar 13, 2020
- Zeerak Ahmed ’13’s Urdu Keyboard Tackles a Tech Issue With Cultural Significance, Princeton Alumni Weekly – Mar 4, 2020
Launch press releases (selected):
Invited Talks
- Type Kijiye: Navigating Design in Urdu – Dissecting Design webinar series by Ideate Innovation – Aug 15, 2023
- Na Maenae Na Numaindgi: Why Urdu fails to be represented on the internet – with Abeera Kamran, Spring 2023 Lecture Series, Indus Valley School of Art & Architecture – May 15, 2023
- Global AI: Reframing the Conversation – Panel Discussion on Designing for Global Languages, Stanford Institute for
Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence – Apr 13, 2023
- Building Better Software for the Underserved – Lecture for Product Design Studio MG-GY8613A, New York University Tandon School of Engineering – Apr 12, 2023
- Developing technology for under-resourced languages, and the edges of modern technological standards - Lecture for graduate class CS 276: Design, Technology and Social Impact, Harvard University School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Allston, MA – Mar 21, 2023
- Presentation to students of Design Engineering – Master of Design Engineering program, Harvard University – Mar 20, 2023
- Plenary Session on Urdu Journalism & Digital Media – International Media Conference, Two Centuries of Urdu Journalism: A Journey of Opportunities and Challenges, University of Management & Technology, Lahore – Nov 23-25, 2022
- Bridging the Digital Divide – Keynote for Conflux, Amazon's Internal Design Conference – Nov 9-10, 2022
- Matnsaz – Talk, School of Visual Arts & Design, Beaconhouse National University, Lahore – Mar 19, 2022
- Matnsaz: A breakthrough new Urdu keyboard; How the development of a new Urdu keyboard can inspire new kinds of language technology for Pakistan – Talk for the UX Design in Pakistan group at Daftarkhwan, Lahore – May 18, 2022
- Bringing Urdu to the Modern Age – Talk, National Incubation Center, Lahore University of Management Sciences – Apr 20, 2022
- Building Better Software for the Underserved – Talk at the International Design Conference – Sep 22, 2021
- Urdu Bolo: Preserving Linguistic Ties in the Global Pakistani Diaspora – Panel Discussion, American Pakistan Foundation – Mar 18, 2021
- Matnsaz, and unconventional user testing methods – Design talk at Remitly, Seattle – Feb 10, 2020
- Matnsaz – Tech talk at Tintash, Lahore – Jan 16, 2020