Latvia
Name of organisation TILDE, SIA
Address1 Vienibas gatve 75a
Address2
Town Riga
Postcode LV 1004
Country Latvia
Phone +371 7605001
Fax +371 7605750
E-mail anitav@tilde.lv
URL www.tilde.lv
Managing Director Uldis Dzenis
Delegate 1 Andrejs Vasiljevs
Job title Director, software development
Responsibilities Administrating all software
development projects
Delegate 2 Anita Vasiljeva
Job title System development
specialist
Responsibilities System specification and managing
Company size 500+
Key activities Tilde is a software development and distribution company.
Tilde is a leader in the market of Latvian language software
products. Our products cover Latvian language support,
proofing tools, electronic dictionaries, multimedia
encyclopaedia and TV on the Web.
Tilde's Latvian language support software has become the
best selling local software in Latvia. Several thousands of
users in Latvia, including Government, state organizations,
schools and banks, have purchased Tilde's language
software. Tilde also works in the field of multimedia and
Internet technologies and is interested in collaboration in the
following areas of multimedia technologies: dealing with
multimedia content, Internet technologies, creating
multimedia applications for educational and inquest
purposes.
Our company has established good co-operation with the
Academy of Science of Latvia and the Institute of Mathematics
and Computer Science.
Tilde Localisation Group works for such companies as IBM,
Microsoft, Hewlett Packard and Canon, localising software
and documentation for Latvian. Microsoft co-operates with
Tilde to create Latvian version of Ms Office.
Tilde is a member of the Terminology Commission of
Academy of Science of Latvia and participates in IT
Terminology Subcommittee. Tilde is a member of the
Standardisation Committee on Information Technology of
Latvia.
Key products The History of Latvia - Digital Encyclopaedia - the first MM
CD-ROM in Latvia and in Latvian language, an electronic
encyclopaedia about the history of Latvia. This encyclopaedia
contains a wide range of information covering the history of
Latvia from ancient times till today. The way of presentation
and media variety helps in thoroughly discovering the history
EU projects
Non-EU funded projects "The History of Latvia - Digital Encyclopaedia" was
co-financed by Soros Foundation-Latvia and the MM training
was organised by OSI of Latvia. All the work was done by ourselves collecting and
processing material (texts, picture, audio, video materials
etc.), developing content and specification, designing,
programming and testing.
WebTV project (www.laiks-lnt.com). It allows you to watch the
news of Latvian TV news channel LNT through Internet.
Tilde's Advanced Latvian - English - Latvian Computer
Dictionary provides quick search and translation from English
to Latvian and vice versa. Extensive data storage and search
algorithm instantly provide complete dictionary information
about the translated word. Dictionary is now available also on
the Web: www.tilde.lv/Dictionary/English/.
Latvian spelling checking and hyphenator program Tildes
Gramatikis is the first and the only commercial Latvian
proofing tool. It is closely integrated with all MS CSAPI
compliant applications that support spelling checking. The
software is licensed by Microsoft for inclusion in Latvian
version of MS Office.
Countries of Interest
No Austria No Belgium No Czech Republic
No Denmark No Estonia No Finland
No France No Germany No Greece
No Hungary No Iceland No Italy
No Latvia No Lithuania No Luxembourg
No Netherlands No Norway No Poland
No Portugal No Republic of Ireland No Romania
No Slovakia No Slovenia No Spain
No Sweden No Switzerland No UK
Specific Sectors
Yes Authoring and Design Systems
Yes Content Management and Personalisation
Yes Digital Preservation of Cultural Heritage
No Education and Training
Areas of Interest
No 3D and virtual reality
Yes Applications software
No CD-ROM/DVD/Multimedia
Yes Content Owner
Yes Search engines
Yes Security and payment systems
No Systems hardware
No Systems integration
No Transaction and e-commerce
No User interfaces
No Web design
Areas of Specialisation
No 3D and virtual reality
Yes Applications software
No Artificial intelligence
Yes CD-ROM/DVD/multimedia
Yes Content Owner
No Search engines
No Security and payment systems
No Systems hardware
No Systems integration
Yes Transaction and e-commerce
Yes User interfaces
Yes Web design