New Hindi Recognition Software Launched by IBM

IBM in collaboration with Center for Development of Advanced Computing, has developed a new technology called The Desktop Hindi Recognition Technology which converts Hindi speech into text format.

This system can recognize more than 75,000 Hindi words with dialectical variations giving 90-95% accuracy. There is also spellchecker facility, which corrects the spoken-word errors. Along with this, it is a very user friendly system and has the facility to convert text into digit and decimals, date and currency format, and fonts which is compatible with any window-based application.

This new technology can be used in voice enabled ATMs, car navigation systems, banking, telecom, railways and airlines. It can also serve to ensure high accuracy Hindi translation in various domains including administration, finance, agriculture, and small scale industry.