<s>
Google	B-Application
IME	I-Application
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Google	B-Application
Input	I-Application
Tools	I-Application
,	O
is	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
input	B-General_Concept
method	I-General_Concept
editors	I-General_Concept
by	O
Google	B-Application
for	O
22	O
languages	O
,	O
including	O
Amharic	O
,	O
Arabic	O
,	O
Bengali	O
,	O
Chinese	O
,	O
Greek	O
,	O
Gujarati	O
,	O
Hindi	O
,	O
Japanese	O
,	O
Kannada	O
,	O
Malayalam	O
,	O
Marathi	O
,	O
Nepali	O
,	O
Persian	O
,	O
Punjabi	O
,	O
Russian	O
,	O
Sanskrit	O
,	O
Serbian	O
,	O
Tamil	O
,	O
Telugu	O
,	O
Tigrinya	O
,	O
and	O
Urdu	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
virtual	B-Device
keyboard	I-Device
that	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
type	O
in	O
their	O
local	O
language	O
text	O
directly	O
in	O
any	O
application	O
without	O
the	O
hassle	O
of	O
copying	O
and	O
pasting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Available	O
as	O
a	O
Chrome	B-Application
extension	B-Protocol
,	O
it	O
was	O
also	O
available	O
as	O
a	O
desktop	O
application	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
until	O
it	O
was	O
removed	O
in	O
May	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
service	O
for	O
Indic	O
languages	O
was	O
previously	O
available	O
as	O
an	O
online	O
text	O
editor	O
,	O
named	O
Google	B-Application
Indic	O
Transliteration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
language	O
transliteration	O
capabilities	O
were	O
added	O
(	O
beyond	O
just	O
Indic	O
languages	O
)	O
and	O
it	O
was	O
renamed	O
simply	O
Google	B-Application
transliteration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
on	O
,	O
because	O
of	O
its	O
steady	O
rise	O
in	O
popularity	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
Google	B-Application
Transliteration	O
IME	O
for	O
offline	O
use	O
in	O
December	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
