Microsoft to launch transliteration tools for Indian languages
Microsoft has announced that they would soon launch transliteration tools for Indian languages.
The initial goal is to support languages including Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Bengali, Kannada and Malayalam.
These tools would enable users to type content in English language which would be converted to other languages.
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Google Toolbar for Internet Explorer now with advanced translation capabilities
Google has made available a new version of their Google Toolbar for the Internet Explorer web browser.
This update edition features new advanced translation capabilities.
This new feature automatically detects if the content on a web page is in a different language from the default one set [...]
Facebook is now available in Indian languages
Facebook has announced that they are now supporting a couple of Indian languages on the popular social networking service.
The network now has options for Hindi, Punjabi, Bengali, Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam for its user interface.
Facebook spoke about this new feature addition: “Do you speak Hindi, Punjabi, Bengali, Telugu, [...]
Using Gmail to send emails in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, or Malayalam
Google seems to have integrated their Google Indic Transliteration capability into Gmail webmail service.
The setting seems to be on by default for users in India. If it is not, you can enable it from the General tab in Gmail settings.
This new feature [...]
Microsoft launches Language Interface Packs for Indian languages
US based software giant Microsoft has announced the launch of Language Interface Packs for Indian languages.
These customized language computing solutions are developed for the end user of their applications like Windows OS and MS Office.
The company said that these latest packs would bring support for 12 [...]
Mozilla Firefox 3.05 released
Mozilla has updated their Firefox web browser with a new updated edition.
Mozilla Firefox 3.05 is now available for download.
Existing users can upgrade from the internal updating mechanism.
Mozilla has fixed some critical bugs in this update. The problems fixed in this update are related to cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in SessionStore.
Mozilla [...]
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Alta Vida LLC is proud to announce Babelingo 1.2, their language translation utility for iPhone and iPod Touch. Containing more than 300 useful phrases in 9 languages, Babelingo is an easy-to-use phrase book communicator, allowing anyone to show a professionally translated phrase to a foreign language audience. Phrases are displayed in a large and [...]
Gmail in Hindi
Google has finally added support for the Hindi language which we at TechWhack are not sure how many people would indeed use. However, Google has done a nice job and the interface (at least much of it) can now be viewed in the Hindi language. Of course, writing mails in Hindi in Gmail [...]
