C-DAC releases ISM V6 for Odia (Oriya) Language Computing

With over twenty years of pioneering research in Language Technology, C-DAC through its Graphics and Intelligence based Script Technology (GIST) Group has spearheaded the development and deployment of several innovative products and cutting edge technology, which have revolutionized computing and made GIST synonymous with Indian Language Computing.

GIST Group of C-DAC has now released ISM V6, the latest product from their range of ISM software, which has evolved to provide the state-of-the-art Indian language edge to existing as well as custom, designed application software. The latest ISM V6 is completely UNICODE compliant, which offers support for Open Type fonts. ISM V6 will cater to diverse user requirements from word processing, database applications, web based applications, publishing and even custom built software.

All the user needs to do is install this software in the desired operating system and work on it. The keyboard for the languages will also come with a software kit which will be inbuilt.

ISV V6 supports 19 Indian languages such as Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Malayalam, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telegu, Manipuri, Nepali, Konkani, Bodo, Santhali, Maithili, Dogri besides English with a rich collection of designs and clip arts.

The ISM V6 new GUI comes with enhanced spellchecker for Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Tamil, Malayalam, Bengali. It includes Open Office and MS Word macros like Find-replace, Keyboard shortcut, Convert macro, Spellchecker, Synonym dictionary and Official Language Dictionary available for documents in Open Type Font. The transliteration macro is provided as macro to convert English words to Hindi.

User can type Indian Language words as easily as users type them in English during chatting and e-mails with the keyboard named ‘Easy Phonetic. Floating keyboard with transparent effect is added so that user can type on any editor using floating keyboard and can also see the editors behind floating keyboard at the same time. Now it is possible to Convert data in any fonttype (like BiWeb, BI, and MONO) to Unicode and make it available globally using Convert macro.

The ISM Installer automatically modifies the settings necessary for Indian Language typing in the word processors as well as operating system. With Date and Time, user can generate any number, date or time in Indian language in different formats. It is also possible to transfer those numbers, dates and time generated to any editor in Unicode format on single click. With official language dictionary, it is possible to transfer, display data in Unicode format. It is possible to add words after typing in Unicode in personal dictionary.