"Only 1% of Content on Internet is in Indic languages"
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This is the problem most Indian users face when they try to understand the internet. As more users are getting connected to internet, Now it has become a problem to provide these new users with content in their own language. Google has various methods of providing content in indic languages to these users. Google Translate plays a major role in this. But the problem arises when machine language conversion is not understandable by the native user.
Google has recently launced a new product "NAVLEKHA". This will enable small local newspapers to create their presence in the digital world.
The problem with Indic language content is that the content is only available offline and geting it online is the biggest problem. Google has started testing navlekha in various parts of India. Everyone got a glimpse of this at the Google for Telugu event held yesterday.
Google has started testing many other products like Internet Sathi, Gboard with Indic languages and many more. The Google for telugu event also saw the signing of the second MoU between Govt. of Telangana and Google for providing infrastructure for a good internet all over Telangana.
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The main announcement of the event was the Google BOLO application. The application is under testing in English and Hindi Languages which was launced in March of this year.
As per the annual ASER 2018 report, of all students enrolled in grade 5 in rural India, only about half of them can confidently read a grade 2 level textbook. Lack of reading ability can significantly impact further education, and ultimately children's ability to realize their full potential. While the reasons behind the lag in learning levels are varied and complex, limited access to quality material, under-resourced infrastructure, and barriers to learning outside the classroom, are amongst the primary ones.
The applicaton aims at helping young children learn english and hindi by just using an android smart phone.
Nitin Kashyap, Product Manager, Google India said, “Bolo is designed as a reading-tutor app that helps primary grade students to improve their reading -- anytime, anywhere. With Bolo, we aim to encourage and engage kids so their love for reading grows and it becomes a daily habit. We believe that technology can be a powerful enabler, and we want to ensure that students, parents, teachers and the education ecosystem, benefit from it. We have been piloting Bolo in 200 villages, and the early results are very encouraging. We are now actively working with a number of nonprofit partners to take it to more people across the country who could benefit from it."
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The app will now also will be available in Telugu within a month. This app will enable young children of primary school to learn and understand english in a good and enjoyable environment. The app teaches children through stories and it comes with predownloaded content. The app also include Diya a reading buddy, Diya talks to the user and helps in understanding the text and makes them speak by themselves. BOLO is now available in Hindi on Playstore under early acess.
We have tested it and have seen Bolo Telugu under action. So we have say that this will give chance to students of rural areas to learn and speak english and their mother tounge.
The speaking of english hepls in using the internet through voice searches and recent reports claim that 75 percent of indian google searches are voice based.
More details about google BOLO are avialable here.
We appreciate the efforts Google has been doing to create a database of conrent in Indic languages but this will take some time and efforts form everyone to get to it.
