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| Google launches contest to promote Hindi content |
| Press Trust of India / New Delhi Dec 07, 2009, 15:57 IST |
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Search engine giant Google today announced the launch of a contest to promote creation of Hindi content on the Internet.
"We found that there was a lack of high-quality content in Hindi and other Indian regional languages on the Internet. Through this contest, we want to spur the creation of high-quality Hindi content on the web," Google India Product Manager Sanjay Jain said.
The 'Hai Baaton Main Dum?' contest is open to those above 13 years of age. The participants can create the content Google's Indic Transliteration tool, which enables one to translate words written in English to Hindi and other Indian languages.
"Currently, the contest is open to Hindi content only but we would certainly look at extending it to other languages," he said.
The contest is open from December 7, 2009 to January 31, 2010 and is entries can be sent for five categories: entertainment, politics, travel, sports and health, Jain added.
There are about 60 million Internet users in India and of these only 13 per cent of Indian Internet users prefer to use English, while the rest are more comfortable using the Internet in their own language.
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