Google has introduced the “Indian Languages Internet Alliance (ILIA)” in India. The ILIA is composed of ABP News, Amar Ujala, NDTV, Network 18, Oneindia.com,Patrika Group, Reverie Language Technologies Private Limited etc. and aims to increase the amount of Indian language content on the Web and to get 50 crore Indians online by 2017.
Google also launched a new website called www.hindiweb.com which essentially curates content from these websites in Hindi language, thus making it easier for users who are not proficient in English to access more content.
Google also announced the improved version of the Voice Search in Hindi, a new Hindi keyboard, which is available on Google play.
The company also announced that it would be launching some 15 Hindi font families, to help bloggers, authors who chose to write in Hindi.
Hindi fonts available at google.com/fonts and plans to add up to 50 Hindi fonts by the end of the year. |