writeKA - now on Google's सबसे लोकप्रिय सामग्री

Yes! The writeKA Hindi Transliterator gadget made it to the blue list, the list of most popular Google Gadgets on the Hindi version of iGoogle. Its a volatile virtual world out there, so I'm going to enjoy my moment of glory. :-) When you read this, if I'm lucky, it'll still be there. Go to http://www.google.co.in/ig/hi and if you are NOT logged in, iGoogle will show you a list of most popular utilities.


Apart from this great news, I've updated writeKA's transliteration gadgets to use the new intelligent Scripton engine.

You can add them to your Google home page -
writeKA Hindi Transliterator for iGoogle
writeKA Malayalam Transliterator for iGoogle

You can also also add them to your website -
writeKA Hindi Transliterator for your website
writeKA Malayalam Transliterator for your website

Introducing Scripton . . .

I just realised I never formally introduced Scripton, the new intelligent online transliteration engine on writeKA (and a distant cousin of Scripto from the previous post)! OK, now I did. :-)

Right now, only the Hindi version of Scripton is publicly available. Other languages will follow soon. (as soon as I get to work on it!) Why do call Scripton intelligent? Because, it does a moderately good job of trying to guess the words correctly when you write in Hindi. For example, if you write tamatar aur kabutar, it will give the correct output as टमाटर और कबूतर. This wouldn't be possible in a fixed map engine like the ones used earlier. The engine will only improve with time as more people use it and correct presently incorrect outputs.

Give it a shot - writeKA Scripton.

Tools and Services #1

This is the first tools and services update.
All tools/services are currently in Beta and will be so for at least an year. You can find the following online tools at present.

Online Transliterators:
A transliterator is used to change letters, words, syllables or other language elements into corresponding characters or elements of another language or alphabet. This is different from translation. WriteKA has developed two language tranlisterators:
1. English(Roman) to Hindi(Devanagari)
Editor Style (Unicode only)
Simple (Includes Graphic support in addition to Unicode)
2. English(Roman) to Malayalam
Editor Style (Unicode only)
Simple (Includes Graphic support in addition to Unicode)

Search in Vernacular Languages:
WriteKA currently hosts Hindi and Malayalam search using a combination of it own transliteration engine and Google search. The search functionality can be added to your browser if you are using Internet Explorer 7 or Mozilla FireFox 2.0. Getting the plug-in is easy - Just go to http://www.writeka.com/ and click on the drop down list next to your browser's search box. You'll automatically have an option to add the additional search options; or add them from here:
Hindi Search for your browser
Malayalam Search for your browser

If you use an older version of Internet Explorer, but have the Google Toolbar installed, you can still use this search functionality. Click the links below.
Hindi Search for Google Toolbar
Malayalam Search for Google Toolbar

Website Directory:
The website directory is still in the early stages of development. At the moment, the concentration is on Language related websites and giving additional information on languages.
Language Directory