HP Labs India’s new pen-based keyboard
for PC
Deccanherald.com
March 16, 2006
Researchers at HP Labs India have developed
a gesture-based keyboard (GKB),a pen-based technology that
could revolutionise communication in Indian scripts.
HP executives said the technology could
open up the power of computing to vast numbers of new users,
all in their own language and without prior knowledge of
English or typing.
“The gesture-based keyboard can help
bridge the digital divide by simplifying the use of IT,”
said HP Senior Vice-President & HP Labs Research Director
Dick Lampman told reporters here on Wednesday
HP also announced the technology that allows
the Kannada script to be recorded and stored directly on
the computer. Officials said GKB also holds the potential
for Indic languages derived from the Devanagari and Tamil
scripts to be used in a similar manner.
They said unlike other prevailing Indic
language entry methods which either use bilingual keyboards
or display Indic keyboard layout on a monitor, the GKB is
a low-cost and rugged solution that helps solve phonetic
language entry problem by allowing users to input data the
way most people learn to write — with a pen. “This
simple but intuitive data entry method could make it easier
to communicate for people who may not understand English
or know how to type,” they said.
According to HP Labs India Director Ajay
Gupta the device is expected to be manufactured and distributed
by a third party.
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