<s>
Indic	B-General_Concept
Computing	I-General_Concept
means	O
"	O
computing	O
in	O
Indic	O
"	O
,	O
i.e.	O
,	O
Indian	O
Scripts	O
and	O
Languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
involves	O
developing	O
software	O
in	O
Indic	O
Scripts/languages	O
,	O
Input	B-General_Concept
methods	I-General_Concept
,	O
Localization	O
of	O
computer	O
applications	O
,	O
web	O
development	O
,	O
Database	B-Application
Management	I-Application
,	O
Spell	B-Application
checkers	I-Application
,	O
Speech	B-Application
to	I-Application
Text	I-Application
and	O
Text	B-Application
to	I-Application
Speech	I-Application
applications	O
and	O
OCR	B-Application
in	O
Indian	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
lot	O
of	O
Indic	B-General_Concept
Computing	I-General_Concept
projects	O
are	O
going	O
on	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
best	O
known	O
for	O
developing	O
InScript	B-Language
Keyboard	O
,	O
the	O
standard	O
keyboard	O
for	O
Indian	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
also	O
developed	O
lot	O
of	O
Indic	O
language	O
solutions	O
including	O
Word	O
Processors	O
,	O
typing	O
tools	O
,	O
text	B-Application
to	I-Application
speech	I-Application
software	O
,	O
OCR	B-Application
in	O
Indian	O
languages	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Indlinux	O
organisation	O
helped	O
organise	O
the	O
individual	O
volunteers	O
working	O
on	O
different	O
indic	O
language	O
versions	O
of	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
its	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ankur	O
Group	O
is	O
working	O
toward	O
supporting	O
Bengali	O
language	O
(	O
Bengali	O
)	O
on	O
Linux	B-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
including	O
localized	O
Bengali	O
GUI	O
,	O
Live	O
CD	O
,	O
English-to-Bengali	O
translator	O
,	O
Bengali	O
OCR	B-Application
and	O
Bengali	O
Dictionary	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SMC	B-Application
is	O
a	O
free	O
software	O
group	O
,	O
working	O
to	O
bridge	O
the	O
language	O
divide	O
in	O
Kerala	O
in	O
the	O
technology	O
front	O
and	O
is	O
today	O
the	O
biggest	O
language	O
computing	O
community	O
in	O
India	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Inscript	B-Language
is	O
the	O
standard	O
keyboard	O
for	O
Indian	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nowadays	O
it	O
comes	O
inbuilt	O
in	O
all	O
major	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
including	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
(	O
2000	O
,	O
XP	O
,	O
Vista	O
,	O
7	O
)	O
,	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
Macintosh	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Building	O
up	O
on	O
the	O
idea	O
,	O
one	O
can	O
use	O
phonetic	O
IME	B-General_Concept
tools	O
that	O
allow	O
Indic	O
text	O
to	O
be	O
input	O
in	O
any	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
examples	O
of	O
phonetic	O
transliterators	O
are	O
Xlit	O
,	O
Google	O
Indic	O
Transliteration	O
,	O
BarahaIME	O
,	O
Indic	O
IME	B-General_Concept
,	O
Rupantar	O
,	O
SMC	B-Application
's	O
Indic	O
Keyboard	O
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Indic	I-Application
Language	I-Application
Input	I-Application
Tool	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
SMC	B-Application
's	O
Indic	O
Keyboard	O
has	O
support	O
for	O
as	O
many	O
as	O
23	O
languages	O
whereas	O
Google	O
Indic	O
Keyboard	O
only	O
supports	O
11	O
Indian	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
examples	O
are	O
Indic	O
IME	B-General_Concept
,	O
Rupantar	O
and	O
BarahaIME	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
the	O
popular	O
ones	O
are	O
Google	O
Indic	O
Transliteration	O
,	O
Xlit	O
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Indic	I-Application
Language	I-Application
Input	I-Application
Tool	I-Application
and	O
QuillPad	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
tool	O
to	O
include	O
Remington	O
layout	O
is	O
Indic	O
IME	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
IBus	O
Sharada	O
Braille	O
,	O
which	O
supports	O
seven	O
Indian	O
languages	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
SMC	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
primary	O
usage	O
is	O
SMS	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Indic	O
input	B-General_Concept
methods	I-General_Concept
are	O
yet	O
to	O
evolve	O
for	O
these	O
types	O
of	O
phones	O
,	O
as	O
support	O
of	O
Unicode	O
for	O
rendering	O
is	O
not	O
widely	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Inscript	B-Language
is	O
being	O
adopted	O
for	O
smart	O
phone	O
usage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gboard	B-Device
offers	O
support	O
for	O
several	O
Indian	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Localization	O
means	O
translating	O
software	O
,	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
,	O
websites	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
notable	O
example	O
is	O
the	O
Tamil	O
version	O
of	O
Mandrake	O
linux(defunct since 2011 )	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tamil	O
speakers	O
in	O
Toronto	O
(	O
Canada	O
)	O
released	O
Mandrake	O
,	O
a	O
Linux	B-Application
software	O
,	O
in	O
coming	O
out	O
with	O
a	O
Tamil	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IndLinux	O
is	O
a	O
volunteer	O
group	O
aiming	O
to	O
translate	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
into	O
Indian	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
the	O
efforts	O
of	O
this	O
group	O
,	O
Linux	B-Application
has	O
been	O
localized	O
almost	O
completely	O
in	O
Hindi	O
and	O
other	O
Indian	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Carnegie	O
Mellon	O
University	O
,	O
in	O
collaboration	O
with	O
the	O
Hear2Read	O
project	O
,	O
has	O
developed	O
a	O
text-to-speech	B-Application
(	O
TTS	O
)	O
software	O
that	O
helps	O
the	O
visually	O
impaired	O
listen	O
to	O
text	O
in	O
native	O
Indian	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	O
Inc	O
.	O
added	O
support	O
for	O
major	O
Indian	O
languages	O
in	O
Siri	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amazon	B-Application
's	I-Application
Alexa	I-Application
has	O
support	O
for	O
Hindi	O
and	O
recognises	O
major	O
Indian	O
languages	O
partially	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Assistant	I-Application
also	O
has	O
support	O
for	O
major	O
Indian	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AI	O
based	O
Virtual	O
Assistants	O
Google	B-Application
Assistant	I-Application
provides	O
support	O
to	O
various	O
Indian	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
61%	O
of	O
the	O
Indian	O
users	O
of	O
WhatsApp	B-Application
primarily	O
use	O
their	O
native	O
languages	O
to	O
communicate	O
with	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
