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Swarachakra (Devanagari: स्वरचक्र) is a free text input application developed by the IDID group at Industrial Design Center (IDC), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay for Indic scripts.〔(आता अँड्रॉइड फोनवर मराठी टायिपग सहज शक्य )〕 Swarachakra's alphabetical keyboard layout performed better than the Inscript layout (a QWERTY-based design and government standard in India). Currently, it is available for Android devices〔(Swarachakra Marathi Keyboard - Android Informer. )〕〔(मराठीसाठी चक्र फिरलं ) Maharashtra Times.〕 in twelve languages: *Assamese (স্বৰচক্র অসমীয়া) *Bengali (বাংলা স্বরচক্র) *Gujarati (ગુજરાતી સ્વરચક્ર) *Hindi (हिंदी स्वरचक्र) *Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ ಸ್ವರಚಕ್ರ) *Konkani (स्वरचक्र कोंकणी) *Malayalam (മലയാളം സ്വരചക്ര) *Marathi (मराठी स्वरचक्र) *Oriya (ଓଡ଼ିଆ ସ୍ଵର ଚକ୍ର) *Punjabi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਸ੍ਵਰਚਕ੍ਰ) *Tamil (ஸ்வரச்சக்ரா தமிழ்) *Telugu (స్వరచక్రం తెలుగు) Work on other languages is in progress. This is one of the many projects taken up to develop interactive products for developing countries at IDC. == Motivation == India is a multilingual country with 1,635 languages (including dialects and sub dialects) while Indian currency notes display 15 major languages. Although smartphone penetration is increasing in India, text input in Indic scripts has been a challenge for many years. According to the 2005 India Human Development Survey, the surveyed households reported that 72 per cent of men did not speak any English, 28 per cent spoke some English, and five per cent spoke fluent English. Among women, the corresponding percentages were 83, 17, and 3. While Indian languages are preferred in other means of communication in India (e.g. oral and written communication, radio, TV, newspapers and magazines), English is still the most preferred language for text input. The focus of this project is to increase the Indian text input on smartphones and tablets. A better text input mechanism will be helpful to people with little or no knowledge of English, and also for those who prefer not to use English. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Swarachakra」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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