Hmm... It's complicated.
Lets go flash. Somewhere in June 2006, I released Orkut Messenger, a messenger for the popular social networking site, Orkut - owned and operated by Google. I'm so glad to receive your nice and happy happy (and a few spam) messages and suggestions either dropped at my mail box or as comment on the post. Orkut Messenger was as an answer to OrkutCute and some thing called ScrapBoy. Well, it worked so great until Google revamped the Orkut portal causing all the scraps to bounce and only a few (in most none) to reach the user. After getting this initial appreciation (fame are for gays), I ventured to make something better, stronger and more importantly flexible. Then this existed. Orkut Messenger v2.
Though Orkut Messenger v2 was not publicly released. A few volunteer tester (thanks dudes, duh!) figured that Orkut was changed again and none of us (or ya, me) got anytime after that to make a new one. I got my internship and they figured something else. Orkut Messenger was forgotten. Basically the project was abandoned.
17 October 2007.
I have decided to restart the project and follow a more professional workflow this time. The technology remains the same - Microsoft .NET (may be 3.0+). Btw, a mention of the ClickOnce Technology used in the previous version was mentioned at Justin (Microsoft Israel Community) blog. Yea - Whatever! So the thing is - .NET based windows and/web application as Orkut Messenger. I am also thinking for changing the name to something sexier? LöL - How about Venedig? - I really like this place and am more inclined to name the messenger the same. I know who cares about the name - ya, its later, so be later.
Fixing the deadline as 19 November 2007, I believe it should be completed. Guys and Barbie hating gals who like to help me code buzz me anytime at shauryaanand@hotmail.com, gmail.com, yahoo.com, gmx.at or any other service you feel like. Important - I'm firm about using Microsoft.NET so don't mail be saying PHP is cool, PERL's awesome and Java's everywhere - I'm staying with .NET as the core engine.
Jai Hind!
Jai Hind! :)
(second one's for my last post, I forgot to attach this then!)
Well, here we have Google India's latest hot shot (or the only), a Hindi typewriter. Kidding, its not pretty much a hardware typewriter but a web application that transcripts all your English typed Hindi mnemonics into Hindi fonts. Truly, this is a magnificent stuff for an Indian having no Hindi (worst a German laid) keyboards but like to express the stuff in India's national language.
Google along with this provides an automatic interaction with your blog (if and only if: Blogspot) that will help you blog in Hindi fonts directly from the text area where you jot your text. But that's just another flash that prints "Blogspot is Google product", one can copy the text after transliteration to wherever he or she wants. Oh! Btw, do your things here: http://www.google.com/transliterate/indic, this is the site!
Now as you know, I'm developer (a lazy one), and I like (maybe love) to copy others work, I tracked the inside for this application and I'm pretty much disappointed to see that the application design is very ugly. Yea, ugly... Ugly as awwwwh! Nah... What I mean is, Google (or the developers working for Google) managed to make a small dictionary (106K) and use this one to translate the basic words.
When it comes to complex (or fundo) words, a server call is made to return a list of available options!
http://www.google.com/transliterate/indic?tlqt=1&langpair=en|hi&text=ugly&tl_app=3, gives the list.
Note, the client gotta download this dictionary to his or her machine and then use the server to process a few complications. This is NOT true AJAX and is more like a desktop application running on a browser updating words here and there when needed! duh!
It is also said that for the transliteration, Internet connection is a must, but now that we know the Google's little secret we can make a basic model for simple words for the offline purpose.
Here's what I could do: http://google-india-labs.googlegroups.com/web/transliterate.zip (117K 78.9K)
The group for this Google tool is here: http://groups.google.com/group/google-india-labs
Just a hunch, if some Google dude can get to me: Is Google Indic Transliteration eligible for Google Lab and be ever listed here?
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