Google Launches Services in Hindi

Techtree News Staff, Mar 15, 2007 1809 hrs IST

Google today announced the launch of Hindi transliteration on Blogger, its Web publishing service. It also announced its News service in Hindi.

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Google today announced the launch of Hindi transliteration on Blogger, its Web publishing service. The company also announced its News service in Hindi.

The company believes these launches will enable a majority of people, who are fluent in Hindi, to have quicker, easier access to lots more information, paving the way for creation/consumption of Indian language content.

Google's transliteration technology converts English to phonetically equivalent text in Indian languages. Hindi transliteration on Blogger allows users publish content in Hindi, while using English keyboards for text entry.

For instance, when users type 'mera bharat', the technology will convert this into corresponding Hindi script. Besides, users will be able to switch freely between English and Hindi.

Google's News service in Hindi is based on its innovative clustering technology. The service gathers news stories from various Hindi news sources, and presents a ranked one page view with links to users' favorite news sources.

For all Indian language Web sites, Google supports adoption of Unicode
UTF-8 standard. With the launch of Google News in Hindi, users will be able to reach content from even those news sources which are not yet in this format. And, as these news sites transition, Google will internally convert their content to the Unicode UTF-8 standard.

Speaking on the occasion, Prasad Ram, Centre Head of Google India R&D, said, "Google is committed to promoting the creation and consumption of content in Indian languages, and we're proud to launch our first Indian language edition for Google News and Blogger. These launches will enable our Hindi-speaking users to express themselves better, and access information in a language they are comfortable with."

USER COMMENTS

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by Anonymous, india, on Sep 17, 2007 12:07 PM, Report abuse Reply

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by anil chandnani, new delhi, on Jul 16, 2007 08:37 AM, Report abuse Reply

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by Michael Vicks, Arkansas, on Aug 29, 2007 12:44 AM, Report abuse

never again will a single story be told as though it's the only one

by reetu, Bangalore, on Aug 21, 2007 01:18 PM, Report abuse Reply

रफ़्तार खोज (www.raftaar.com) पर जो चाहो खोजो इन्टरनेट पर खोजने के लिये आप हिन्दी में शब्द लिखें और खोज बटन को दबायें। रफ़्तार तुरन्त आप के लिये सब से सही सटीक और ज़रूरी वेब-साईटों के पते देगा। आप इन वेब-साईटों पे जा कर अपनी जानकारी पा सकते हैं। रफ़्तार की खूबियाँ ? रफ़्तार पर आप हिन्दी में की-बोर्ड व माऊस दोनों की सहायता से लिख सकते हैं। ? इन्टरनेट की दुनिया में हिन्दी में उपलब्द्ध सभी तरह की वेब-साईटोकों खोज कर आप को सब से सटीक और सही वेब-साईट तक पहुँचाता है। ? मिलते-जुलते शब्दों की सूची दे कर आपकी खोज को तेज़ और सफ़ल बनाता हैं। कृपया अपने सुझाव हमें feedback@raftaar.com पर दें । रफ़्तार टीम

by Vineet, New Delhi, on Aug 18, 2007 05:46 PM, Report abuse Reply

just go to that site http://quillpad.in/hindi/ you will get a transliteration site for which there is no need of any software and its free

by varun, chennai, on Jul 01, 2007 10:34 AM, Report abuse Reply

hi this all is crap Indians are already having a site in six different indian languages.I have been using that since december last year.

by varun, chennai, on Jun 30, 2007 11:28 PM, Report abuse Reply

hey its not worth giving to me I have been using a site(http://quillpad.in/hindi/) from last 8 months. Please tell google to do something new

by varun, chennai, on Jun 30, 2007 11:23 PM, Report abuse Reply

DEAR SIR I WANT A SOFTWARE WHICH CONVERT ENGLISH TO HINDI & HINDI TO ENGLISH

by NAVEEN, DELHI, on Apr 19, 2007 11:17 AM, Report abuse Reply

Dear sir, I want a computer software which can translate Hindi to English and English to Hindi Regards bksp rao

by bksp rao, Nazira, on Apr 17, 2007 08:44 PM, Report abuse Reply

I want a computer software which can translate Hindi to English and English to Hindi

by Ashish kumar, Rohtak, on Mar 16, 2007 09:47 AM, Report abuse Reply

Download English to hindi fonts from the web, just check it on google.

by Gagan Bassi, Patiala, on Apr 11, 2007 11:04 AM, Report abuse

I am not able to see my comments.. no idea .. is there moderation?

by gabhijit, Pune, on Mar 29, 2007 10:50 PM, Report abuse Reply

it seems techtree does not allow comments thats got a URL in it. Unfortunate :-( Anyways .. we are doing something similar on paahijen ScratchPad. We better spruce it up soon!

by gabhijit, Pune, on Mar 29, 2007 10:51 PM, Report abuse

good one....I really appreciate the efforts behind this work..good work guys..

by gaurav Deshta, Mountain View, on Mar 17, 2007 01:34 AM, Report abuse Reply

google has always remain ahead of others in providing services to its users. This time also the step such as this will help lakhs of users to reap the benifits of technology in their own language.

by Tanvi, New Delhi, on Mar 16, 2007 04:47 PM, Report abuse Reply

bahut achhi shuruaat hui hai.

by rahul singh, mumbai, on Mar 16, 2007 03:32 PM, Report abuse Reply

It's not working ?? Check it out and please tell me how this thing(hindi translation on blogger) can be done ?

by Gagan Bassi, Patiala, on Mar 16, 2007 10:32 AM, Report abuse Reply

excelant bahut badhiya

by jyotirmay, delhi, on Mar 16, 2007 06:44 AM, Report abuse Reply

i Want a computer software which can translate english to hindi

by Ashish kumar, Rohtak, on Mar 16, 2007 09:51 AM, Report abuse