Google releases Transliteration Keyboards for Windows & Android

If you've been using Google Interpret on Windows or Android application or have difficulties in typing in your language on the Latin/English keyboard, Google is here to assistance you. The Search giant recently released what I would say, the biggest motion towards localisation and native language support. The Google Input Tools.

After launching Google Translate back in 2022, Google has come a long manner with users posting Terabytes of translation data to its servers everyday. Making use of all its experience, Google has now on offer an input method that is so precise, its unbelievable. You lot wouldn't need a non-Latin keyboard, always.

The Google Input Tools is presently bachelor on the 2 nearly used platforms in the world, aka Android for mobiles and Windows for the PC. It is also available every bit an extension for Google Chrome.

Windows version

The Windows version is a transliteration version for 22 languages at nowadays. It installs like a keyboard language, and can be switched using the Windows + Space combination. For example, If I had to blazon "How are you" in Hindi, which is written as Aap kaise hain on a Latin keyboard, I just accept to type aap kaise hainto go "आप कैसे हैं". Isn't that awesome?

A screenshot for Google Input Tools in Hindi Linguistic communication.

Android Version

A similar keyboard option is on offer for Android for 4 languages at present, i.e. Korean, Pinyin (Chinese), Hindi and Japanese, though support for more languages can be expected. The keyboard do the same job every bit the Windows keyboard, and hopefully support for more than language should come up soon.

Chrome extension

The Chrome extensions offers a switch to typing in a different language with the click of the mouse, and switch back just every bit easily. The Google Input Tools extension provides virtual on screen keyboards for over 90 languages, full IMEs or direct transliteration for over xxx unlike scripts, and handwriting input for over 40 languages.

All keyboard versions are adequately accurate, and also adjust to your custom dictionary as your usage increases. A key betoken to note is that its not a translation keyboard. You demand to phonetically type in your language and leave the rest to the keyboard.

Personal Review:

The Google Input Tools are a gift if you lot've been wanting to write in your linguistic communication simply were not well versed with the native keyboard layouts.After almost a calendar week's usage on both a Windows 8 laptop and an Android telephone, I tin easily confirm that the keyboard is very accurate and gets acquainted to your wording quickly. Apart from some extremely complicated words, I wasn't e'er disappointed by the keyboard.

My rating: 9.5/x

Cheque out Google's video on Google Input Tools.