Google Announced Hindi Voice Search And Indian Language Internet Alliance

Google, the search giant, has finally recognized the need for Indian language content on the Internet and announced the Indian Language Internet Alliance on Monday so as to encourage the same.

According to Rajan Anandan, Google India MD, the search giant has an aim of getting around 500 million users in India by the year 2017. Google also announced its Hindi Voice search option, which is also a part of its effort to encourage local language content on the Internet. The Internet giant also launched hindiWeb.com, a website that will offer curated content in Hindi language.

Following this announcement, Google Voice Search and Knowledge graph suggestions will soon be available in the Hindi language along with the option of multiple Hindi fonts from Google.com/fonts. Things like keyboard predictions in Hindi language, a feature which is already available on Android One devices will also be extended to other devices.

Earlier in June this year Google started supporting voice search in Indian accent and dialects which work on the Google Search App for iOS, Android and Chrome browsers for laptops and desktops.

Google has realized the potential that India holds for them and has therefore been investing its energy and marketing efforts in the country. The search giant released its Android One devices with stock Android experience, standardized hardware and timely updates in September this year. Through its Android One devices, Google is trying to find its footing in the extremely lucrative and low end Smartphone segment.

The search giant took a definitive step in the Indian internet landscape with the launch of its voice search and translation feature in Hindi. According to Anandan, India has a total of 19.8 crore English speakers and almost all of them are online. Regional language content will act as a great means of getting more and more non-English speaking users online.

Google Announced Hindi Voice Search And Indian Language Internet Alliance

Google, the search giant, has finally recognized the need for Indian language content on the Internet and announced the Indian Language Internet Alliance on Monday so as to encourage the same.

According to Rajan Anandan, Google India MD, the search giant has an aim of getting around 500 million users in India by the year 2017. Google also announced its Hindi Voice search option, which is also a part of its effort to encourage local language content on the Internet. The Internet giant also launched hindiWeb.com, a website that will offer curated content in Hindi language.

Following this announcement, Google Voice Search and Knowledge graph suggestions will soon be available in the Hindi language along with the option of multiple Hindi fonts from Google.com/fonts. Things like keyboard predictions in Hindi language, a feature which is already available on Android One devices will also be extended to other devices.

Earlier in June this year Google started supporting voice search in Indian accent and dialects which work on the Google Search App for iOS, Android and Chrome browsers for laptops and desktops.

Google has realized the potential that India holds for them and has therefore been investing its energy and marketing efforts in the country. The search giant released its Android One devices with stock Android experience, standardized hardware and timely updates in September this year. Through its Android One devices, Google is trying to find its footing in the extremely lucrative and low end Smartphone segment.

The search giant took a definitive step in the Indian internet landscape with the launch of its voice search and translation feature in Hindi. According to Anandan, India has a total of 19.8 crore English speakers and almost all of them are online. Regional language content will act as a great means of getting more and more non-English speaking users online.

Finally, Google Voice Search supports Indian Accent

India is an important market in the mobile world and it seems Google has finally realized that. On Tuesday, the tech giant announced that its voice search will now support Indian dialects and accents. This will work on the Google Search App for iOS, Android and Chrome browsers for laptops and desktops.

The voice search engine can transliterate the query the user asked in Hindi, as the language option is still limited to English only. Google can now finally correctly answer all the queries of its Indian customers ranging from the cricket scores to the latest movies that one can watch.

Google voice search

According to Sandeep Menon, who is the head of marketing for Google, India, Google’s this moves shows its commitment towards Indian market and how the company is continuously working hard to improve the Indian users’ search experience. According to Menon, the company is extremely happy that now its Indian customers will be able to get all the answers that they need and that too without any glitch or error.

At the announcement, the tech giant also mentioned that in order to accomplish this task, the company had to deploy around 700 volunteers all around India. The company has collected spoken utterances to create the specific language models that power English voice search in the Indian accent.

These volunteers were asked to read popular search queries in a variety of acoustic conditions such as out on a busy street, inside cars and in restaurants, in order to best reflect the real life conditions and the role that search plays in day to day life of users by connect them with relevant information.

The voice search is currently available in iOS devices like iPad and iPhone, Android phones having a version 2.3 or above and Windows computer through Google Chrome browser.

The knowledge graph has also been improved to display more relevant results in order to enhance the voice recognition. The voice recognition engine can understand certain Hindi phrases and words though a native voice search for Indian languages is still not available.

The tech giant has combined voice search with Google Now, which is a feature that displays information cards when demanded by the user, to offer them a smart virtual assistance to which they can order commands.

Finally, Google Voice Search supports Indian Accent

India is an important market in the mobile world and it seems Google has finally realized that. On Tuesday, the tech giant announced that its voice search will now support Indian dialects and accents. This will work on the Google Search App for iOS, Android and Chrome browsers for laptops and desktops.

The voice search engine can transliterate the query the user asked in Hindi, as the language option is still limited to English only. Google can now finally correctly answer all the queries of its Indian customers ranging from the cricket scores to the latest movies that one can watch.

Google voice search

According to Sandeep Menon, who is the head of marketing for Google, India, Google’s this moves shows its commitment towards Indian market and how the company is continuously working hard to improve the Indian users’ search experience. According to Menon, the company is extremely happy that now its Indian customers will be able to get all the answers that they need and that too without any glitch or error.

At the announcement, the tech giant also mentioned that in order to accomplish this task, the company had to deploy around 700 volunteers all around India. The company has collected spoken utterances to create the specific language models that power English voice search in the Indian accent.

These volunteers were asked to read popular search queries in a variety of acoustic conditions such as out on a busy street, inside cars and in restaurants, in order to best reflect the real life conditions and the role that search plays in day to day life of users by connect them with relevant information.

The voice search is currently available in iOS devices like iPad and iPhone, Android phones having a version 2.3 or above and Windows computer through Google Chrome browser.

The knowledge graph has also been improved to display more relevant results in order to enhance the voice recognition. The voice recognition engine can understand certain Hindi phrases and words though a native voice search for Indian languages is still not available.

The tech giant has combined voice search with Google Now, which is a feature that displays information cards when demanded by the user, to offer them a smart virtual assistance to which they can order commands.