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BANGALORE: HP on Wednesday announced a revolutionary pen-based technology that allows users to compute in their respective languages even without prior knowledge of English or typing.
The gesture-based keyboard [GKB], developed by researchers at HP Labs India, also holds the potential for Indian languages derived from the Devanagari - Tamil scripts and Kannada scripts - to be used in a similar manner. This is to benefit more than 1.5 billion non-English speaking people, including Indian, Nepalese, Sri Lankan, Bangladeshi and other phonetic script users.
Unlike other prevailing Indian language entry methods, which either use bilingual keyboards or display the Indic keyboard layout on a monitor, HP GKB is a low-cost and rugged solution that helps solve the phonetic language entry problem by allowing users to input data the way most people learn to write - with a pen.
This simple but intuitive data entry method could make it easier to communicate for people who may not understand English or know how to type.
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That is really interesting bit of news and also app. What is even more appealing is that design here (gesture based tech) has identified the very valid audience. Instead of developing this tech for replacing the Palms and The Treo's here, this would have a more profound impact in areas where english has still not become that common.
Kudos to the HP India Team!!
isn't this an example of the technological progression? keyboards are artifical interfaces that we adapt to in order to communicate. though, i suppose, the prerequisite to any form of communication requires learning (how to write, etc.). maybe it's more the idea of closing the gap between direct and natural interface between thought and outcome...hmmmm
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The product is now rebranded as uRekha and being retailed by Prodigy labs. You could contact harsha@prodigylabs.com for more details.
Thanks/Harsha