Data Sorcerers · UTY Yogyakarta · EdTech AI · 2024–Present

ARUTALA
AKSARA

AI-powered interactive app for learning traditional Nusantara scripts — Javanese, Sundanese, Balinese, Lampung & Batak. Like Duolingo, but built for Indonesia's endangered cultural heritage.

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300K+
User Activities
60%+
International Users
0
Scripts Supported
1.5mo
MVP Dev Time
marchel@sys:~$ mpv ./arutala_demo.mp4 --fullscreen
DEMO VIDEO — ARUTALA AKSARA
  Official demo — interactive script learning with AI handwriting recognition & real-time feedback
ABOUT.MD

ARUTALA was born from a single insight: when the 2021 Javanese Script Congress planned to expand aksara usage in Yogyakarta's public spaces, most people — including native Javanese — couldn't read it.

"Kita aja orang Jawa nggak semua bisa baca, apalagi orang luar daerah atau turis asing." — Marchel Shevchenko

After 2.5 years of research and data collection (powering IndoLLNet), the team built the full app MVP in just 1.5 months. Within weeks of BETA launch, Arutala recorded 300,000+ user activities, with over 60% from outside Indonesia — USA, Singapore, China, and Hong Kong.

Aksara Jawa ᮃ Aksara Sunda ᬅ Aksara Bali ꤡ Aksara Lampung ᯀ Aksara Batak
marchel@sys:~$ ls ./features/ --verbose
AI Handwriting Recognition
Write any Nusantara character and receive instant AI feedback. Powered by IndoLLNet CNN — the same 95–98% accuracy engine built from 2.5 years of handwriting dataset collection.
Interactive Learning Path
Gamified learning flow inspired by Duolingo — progress from basic characters to full words, diacritics, and conjuncts. Each script type has its own structured curriculum.
5 Scripts, 1 Platform
Javanese, Sundanese (Baku), Balinese, Lampung, and Batak (Mandailing) — all in one app. No other platform covers this breadth of Nusantara scripts with AI-assisted practice.
marchel@sys:~$ curl ./press/ --coverage --all
sarwomiju.jogja.wiki · Oct 2025
ARUTALA: Aplikasi berbasis AI Karya Anak Bangsa yang Hidupkan Kembali Aksara Nusantara
Meski baru diluncurkan dalam versi BETA kurang dari satu bulan, ARUTALA Aksara telah mencatat lebih dari 300.000 aktivitas pengguna, dengan lebih dari 60% berasal dari luar Indonesia.
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mojok.co · March 2025
Kala Aksara Jawa Tak Lagi Menarik di Kalangan Anak Muda, tapi Eksis di Dunia
Upaya Mahasiswa UTY melestarikan Aksara Jawa sebelum punah — Arutala hadir sebagai jembatan antara generasi muda dan warisan budaya leluhur.
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blog.amikom.ac.id · July 2025
Apa Itu Arutala Aksara? Aplikasi untuk Belajar Aksara Lokal Secara Interaktif
Dengan memanfaatkan kekuatan kecerdasan buatan, aplikasi ini membuka akses luas bagi masyarakat umum mulai dari pelajar, budayawan, hingga siapapun yang tertarik pada kekayaan aksara leluhur.
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itb.ac.id · June 2025
Bandung Startup Pitching Day June 2025 — AI, IoT, EdTech, Green Tech & SDGs
Arutala Aksara featured at ITB's Bandung Startup Pitching Day — recognized alongside innovations in AI, IoT, EdTech, and Green Technology in empowering Indonesia's future.
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itb.ac.id (EN) · June 2025
Bandung Startup Pitching Day — Empowering the Future through Innovation
English coverage from Institut Teknologi Bandung highlighting Arutala's role in the EdTech and AI innovation ecosystem at the national startup pitching event.
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arutalaaksara.com · Website
Official Website — Currently Under Maintenance
The official Arutala Aksara website is temporarily offline for maintenance and upcoming feature updates. Check back soon for the full public release.
MAINTENANCE MODE ⚠
marchel@sys:~$ cat ./project.json --roadmap --status
ROADMAP.LOG
2021
SPARK
Marchel reads about the 2021 Javanese Script Congress. Yogyakarta plans to expand aksara in public spaces — but most people can't read it.
Research Begins Problem Identified
2022–
2024
INDOLLNET DATASET
2.5 years of handwriting data collection with 122+ contributors. CNN model trained — 95–98% accuracy. Presented at PyCon US 2025.
IndoLLNet v1.0 PyCon US 2025
2024–
NOW
MVP BETA LAUNCH LIVE
MVP built in 1.5 months. BETA launch records 300K+ user activities. 60%+ users from USA, Singapore, China, HK. Featured at Bandung Startup Pitching Day (ITB).
300K+ Activities ITB Featured EdTech AI
2026
SCALE UP
Target: 3 million users. Full public website launch. Expanded script support. Social media integration for aksara sharing.
3M Users Target Social Integration
2028
GLOBAL REACH
Target: 15 million users worldwide. Arutala as the global digital identity layer for Nusantara scripts — bringing aksara back to the world stage.
15M Global Users Digital Identity
PROJECT.JSON
PROJECT:Arutala Aksara
STATUS:BETA — Live & Growing
ORG:Data Sorcerers / UTY
FOUNDER:Marchel Andrian Shevchenko
RESEARCH:2.5 years (2022–2024)
MVP BUILD:1.5 months
WEBSITE:arutalaaksara.com (maintenance)
PLATFORM:Mobile App (iOS & Android)
AI ENGINE:IndoLLNet CNN — 95–98% acc
SCRIPTS:Jawa · Sunda · Bali · Lampung · Batak
FEATURED:ITB Bandung Startup Pitching Day 2025
USERS:300K+ activities <1 month BETA
MISSION.TXT

Aksara Nusantara adalah identitas bangsa.
Arutala hadir agar ia tidak hilang —
tapi justru bersinar lebih terang di era digital.

marchel@sys:~$ ls ./collaborators/ --open-source --links
ARUTALA-PREPROCESSING
Image preprocessing pipeline for Arutala's handwriting recognition dataset. Open-source on GitHub by collaborator Jaystka.
github.com/Jaystka/ARUTALA-PREPROCESSING
ArutalaAksara Dataset — HuggingFace
Public handwriting dataset for Nusantara scripts, hosted on HuggingFace by collaborator akbarrizqi167. Available for research use.
huggingface.co/datasets/akbarrizqi167/ArutalaAksara
IndoLLNet v1.0
The CNN backbone powering Arutala — trained on 122+ contributors, 95–98% accuracy across Javanese, Sundanese & Lampung. Presented PyCon US 2025.
See IndoLLNet project page →