Cutting-Edge Tech for All from Indian Labs
From: Business Standard (India) - 03/11/2010
By: Shivani Shinde and Leslie D'Monte

Hewlett-Packard (HP) Labs India researchers are developing Web applications
designed to make the Internet easier to use for illiterate populations and
those in remote locations. One application enables users to take a picture of
written text and email addresses, and automatically send the email based on
the image alone. HP Labs also has developed technology based on touch and
gesture, making the keyboard and mouse obsolete. The goal is to make
interaction with the personal computer as simple as possible, says HP Labs
India director Sudhir Dixit. Meanwhile, IBM's Spoken Web project is
developing voice-enabled technology that helps people with little literacy to
access and share information, perform business transactions, and create
social networks using mobile or landline phones. IBM also recently announced
a joint research initiative with the National Institute of Design in India
and the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology to develop a
common user interface platform for mobile devices geared toward elderly and
illiterate populations in developing countries. 

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Links:
Sudhir Dixit
http://www.hpl.hp.com/people/sudhir_dixit/

Spoken Web
http://spoken-web.com/index.cgi?p=download

Project Spoken Web
http://www.research.ibm.com/irl/projectspokenweb.html

IBM teams up with universities to make elderly friendly cell phones
http://www.mobileburn.com/news.jsp?Id=8940

IBM hopes to make mobile devices more accessible
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-10466781-76.html