8th World Hindi Conference will be held in Newyork this year. Millions of money will be spent on the name of Hindi. But are these things happening for the sake of Hindi ? The real men who are working on the ground level are marginalised. Read the story of a farmer's Handicapped Son who developed Hindi Browser. Now he is in penury. Due to renal ailment his health is worsening. But this man of Madhya Pradesh is not getting any kind of sop or help.
Jagdeep Dangi, a physically challenged youth hailing from a small town in Madhya Pradesh was a victim of the (English) language barrier that left many unfortunate citizens in this country in complete technological darkness.
So instead of waiting for the rest of the country to wakeup and address his problem, Dangi developed a fully functional Web browser in Hindi for the benefit of the countless Net-savvy Hindi-speaking populace in the country.
Sharing with CXOtoday the inspiration behind developing the browser, Dangi stated, "Being a Hindi medium student, I have faced the same difficulties, which scores of other vernacular medium students at some time or the other have faced -- the perennial language block of English. This problem turned more acute especially when I was pursuing my computer engineering degree. And that was the turning point that inspired me to develop this Hindi Web browser."
The browser is replete with the functionalities of Internet Explorer but all in Hindi (Devanagari). In addition, it also has extra functions such as opening multiple files, saving files, a search bar, slides and auto history viewers.
One of the key functionalities of the browser is the word translator. All that the user has to do is to click on any word online or offline and it would instantly translate the same in Hindi along with the correct pronunciation.
The browser also offers two type of translators -- one is local and the other is a global word translator that is compatible with all Windows applications online or offline.
Dangi has used object-oriented methodology in coding with Visual Basic, creating 1027 KB lines of codes with all program blocks and algorithms being his own (Absolutely no copy-pasteÂ's). Developed single-handedly, it took him more than three years to make the application.
The browser can run on all Windows operating systems right from 95, 98, 2000 to ME, NT and Windows XP. However, it is not compatible with Unix or Linux.
An English to Hindi or vice-versa digital dictionaryhas been also developed by him, which currently supports 20,320 words and allows users to add more words as per their requirements. This dictionary enables users to search for synonym words either in English or Hindi within a few seconds.
With a B.E. from SATI College in Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh, 26-year old Dangi revealed that he houses a mini-library of 400-500 computer and engineering books, which keep his innovative mind always occupied; a diversion that is extremely necessary as his mobility is severely restricted due to handicapped lower limbs.
Though short on money and resources, Dangi, the son of a farmer, nurtures a dream of developing an entire operating system in Hindi. However, until then, he is content with savoring the success of his browser.
But who cares these inventions, Dangi is facing penury because he didnot harness commercially his invention.
Another Story by The Statesman
For combined with SAFA and Vachak, it may prove a boon to blind persons using Hindi or other regional languages for their studies who I suppose far outnumber us--English using folks.
Fine reader, as far as I know, does not have OCR capacity for Hindi or any Indian language in its vast repertoire of 179 languages.At last, the ordeal of a Vidisha boy who developed the first Hindi software of the world, has ended. The Central government has recognised the software, thanks to the rigorous follow-ups by the handicapped developer. Mr Jagdeep Dangi's software is now on the website of the Technology Development for Indian Languages. The Union ministry of information technology gave the go-ahead after software experts gave their clearance. The government will use Mr Jagdeep Dangi's software for expansion of computer knowledge in Hindi. Mr Dangi of Vidisha, who lost his right leg and left eye in childhood, did not let it affect his academic zeal and worked for years to develop the "Hindi Explorer" that matches the functions of Internet Explorer and can translate English into Hindi at the click of a mouse. Mr Dangi saw an advertisement by the Central government and C-DAC on 22 May 2005 inviting "individuals or companies" to become "partners of the Nation" by providing Hindi software. Mr Dangi applied and received an e-mail from C-DAC Bangalore office asking him to submit the software or the screen shots. He complied promptly. Mr Dangi was invited by Union IT ministry to demonstrate his software to experts at New Delhi. The Department of Information Technology, C-DAC New Delhi and C-DAC Noida MIT also "appreciated his software very much." Mr Dangi's software is an improvement on internet explorer since it provides extra functions like opening multiples files, a search bar and auto history viewers. The word translator in Mr Dangi's browser will translate English into Hindi with instant Hindi translation and pronunciation.
Courtesy: The Statesma
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