• DocumentCode
    3222804
  • 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
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    13-15 Dec. 2002
  • Firstpage
    189
  • Lastpage
    196
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Language Engineering Conference, 2002. Proceedings
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7695-1885-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEC.2002.1182308
  • Filename
    1182308