Andrew Bonwick
Vice President of Product Development at Relm Insurance
Madhav Sheth
CEO of Ai+ Smartphone
Stephen Rose
CEO Render Networks

Google has announced various new features for some of its products at the company’s ‘Google for India’ event. With an aim to help more users get on board for using the internet, Google announced new tools one to make more content in Indian languages go online. As part of the same, Google Feed will now display content in Hindi language as well. The search giant further stated it would add more languages such as Telugu, Tamil to show up in Google Feed very soon. At present, the amount of online content in Indian languages is only one per cent of what is available in English.

To make online content relevant for more Indian users, Google announced a project called Navlekha, a word derived from Sanskrit meaning “a new way to write.” This project comprises a tool that uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) to render any PDF containing Indian language content into editable text, making it easy for print publishers to create mobile-friendly web content, the Mountain View, California-headquartered tech giant said at its annual Google for India event here.
“Google is working with more than 100,000 offline Indian language publishers on Project Navlekha, which allows them to easily start their website and publish on a branded domain with a few simple clicks,” said Shashidhar Thakur, Vice President, Engineering, Google Search, as reported by IANS.
Participating in this project will help publishers receive training and support, and a branded page domain for the first three years, Google said, adding that Navlekha has already opened up for publishers in New Delhi and in the coming month it would be ready to welcome more from other regions.