New software launched to take IT to Indian masses
By siliconindia   |   Saturday, 08 December 2007, 18:01 IST
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Aiming at enhancing the IT proficiency for about 900 million Indian masses, 'Lekhika 2007' - a software application, developed by an Indian institution and an Israeli company has been formally launched in Tel Aviv. The software developed by Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) under India's IT Ministry, and Israel's FTK Technologies, covers ten scripts and 3000 characters and supports Windows, MAC and Linux. A demonstration of the application showed that the language letters are clearly visible on the screen and it being an intuitive software, predicts the next alphabet or 'matra' making it simple for the user even if he happens to be fairly new to computers. The application hopes to enable masses in India, who do not know English, to gain computer skills in their own language thanks to its user-friendly, comprehensive, cost-efficient format. Hence, poor skills in English will no longer be a hindrance to gain the skills. According to Harel Cohen, CEO of FTK Technologies, as English literacy in India is a mere 10 percent, such a solution will cater to the remaining 90 percent population and can prove to be an effective tool in driving IT literacy programs in India. The software will cost between 2500 and 3000. Currently, the software supports Hindi, Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Urdu and Punjabi. However, by 2009 it will include all the officially recognized Indian languages.

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