Language technology solutions in Simputer: an overview

摘要

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. In this paper we will 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 TTS engine, deployed in the Simputer will be outlined.