• Transliterate to Indian Languages with MS Software

    Transliterate to Indian Languages with MS Software

    Techtree News Staff, Nov 26, 2009 1204 hrs IST

    Will initially support Bengali, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu

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At the Microsoft India Development Center, the software giant showcased a set of tools that help users enter text of select Indian languages into computers easily and quickly.

The beta version of the tools will be made available as a free download soon and will initially support six languages - Bengali, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu. These tools have been engineered by Emerging Markets Labs (EM Labs) of the Microsoft India Development Center (MSIDC). The technology can be leveraged to support other syllabic languages other than Indian languages.

These input tools use free-form transliteration. Users' need to spell words of an Indian language phonetically using English alphabets, which the tools transliterate into the right words in the chosen Indian language. In addition to desktop and web versions, visual keyboards for all supported languages are also available.  

Microsoft said the desktop version is unique among the free-form transliteration offerings in the market today, as it enables the user to enter Indian language text directly into any application running on Microsoft Windows, such as Microsoft Word or Windows Live Messenger. The web version allows the user to enter text on any web page without requiring software download. The visual keyboard enables users, who are not familiar with English alphabets, to visually select and directly enter Indian language characters.

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(8) Comments
Amitava Bhaumik
,Kolkata, India, on Jun 19, 2010 11:41 AM
Let me test the language software by which I can write down Bengali Language and then I would be able to write comments
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Engeegohain
,Margherita, on Jan 08, 2010 07:33 AM
We require the software of the most ancient Indian "pali" language translator.
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latha vishwanat
,vejelpur, on Dec 05, 2009 03:11 PM
plz allow the newspaper in malayalam language
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kiran kumar
,v, on Dec 01, 2009 11:02 AM
GOOD
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,gunturt, on Nov 28, 2009 05:14 PM
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,mumbai, on Nov 28, 2009 11:34 AM
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vadivel
,cochin, on Nov 28, 2009 10:52 AM
very nice
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Yur
,Koppa, on Nov 27, 2009 05:48 AM
This is going to BE GREAT.
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