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An easier way to type in Hindi and 10 other Indian languages
Google, Google, The Keyword (blog.google), 2016
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- What it is
- Google's January 2016 announcement of a keyboard for Hindi and ten other Indian languages. It describes the Devanagari keyboard's transliteration and handwriting input modes, and how the keyboard suggests Hinglish and English words in English mode.
- How much weight it carries
- Written by the vendor about its own product, so it shows what the keyboard offered in 2016, not what it does today. It gives no typing speed figures. Confirm the current modes in the Gboard app before you rely on them.
Facts taken from this source
- In its January 2016 announcement, Google said the Devanagari alphabet keyboard let you type in Hindi using transliteration or handwriting input modes.
“With the Devanagari alphabet keyboard you can type in Hindi using transliteration or handwriting input modes” (Body text, describing the Devanagari keyboard)
- In January 2016, Google said that in English mode its keyboard let you type Hinglish and get suggestions for both Hinglish and English words.
“you can type in Hinglish and get suggestions for Hinglish and English” (Body text, describing English mode)