Press about Matnsaz
- The Fight to Preserve the Urdu Script in the Digital World, Time Magazine, as part of the Time 2030 series which documents the decade's most important innovations for equity and sustainability – Sep 27, 2023
- 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
- Lecture about Matnsaz in the Design Histories class for the Products of Design MFA Program at the School of Visual Arts, New York – Mar 19, 2024
- Matnsaz, A breakthrough typing technology for Urdu – Conference talk at Typodiversity 01 – Nov 4, 2023
- 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
My writing about Matnsaz
These are some selected pieces that explain the building of Matnsaz and it's importance to the region: