Title :
Language technology solutions in Simputer: an overview
Author :
Bali, Kalika ; Hariharan, Ramesh ; Manohar, Swami ; Vinay, V. ; Vivek, K.S.
Author_Institution :
Picopeta Simputers Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore, India
Abstract :
Simputer is a low-cost multilingual, mass access handheld device that uses Indian language user interfaces to provide information technology based services to the multilingual population of India. We discuss the language technology components of Simputer that help realize this experience. The architecture and detailed working of multilingual text rendering and display as well as multilingual text-to-speech systems, in particular the IML browser and Dhvani ITS engine, deployed in the Simputer are outlined.
Keywords :
natural language interfaces; rendering (computer graphics); speech synthesis; Dhvani ITS engine; IML browser; Indian language user interfaces; Simputer; architecture; language technology components; low-cost multilingual mass access handheld device; multilingual text display; multilingual text rendering; multilingual text-to-speech systems; Connectors; Costs; Engines; Handheld computers; Information technology; Linux; Liquid crystal displays; Natural languages; Speech synthesis; User interfaces;
Conference_Titel :
Language Engineering Conference, 2002. Proceedings
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1885-0
DOI :
10.1109/LEC.2002.1182308
