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Google has developed a hindi transliteration tool. While this functionality was available for blogger for some time, they have now released it as an independent application that can be used as an iGoogle gadget. This tool converts text typed using roman characters to unicode hindi characters. An ITRANS like scheme is used. Use of roman characters for typing devanagiri is often criticized by the purists, but it for sure is convenient.

The best part is that its written in Javascript. This means that it runs in the browser, and no you don't need Java applets. Also, it is very easy to steal this code for use with your own application (I know the code is unreadable because of the compression).

Labels: google, hindi

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