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    Texting (SMS) is the essence of mobile communication and connectivity, as evidenced by today’s teenagers, tomorrow’s workforce. SMS is hugely popular in India, where youngsters often exchange lots of text messages, and companies provide alerts, infotainment, news, cricket scores updates, railway/airline booking, mobile billing, and banking services on SMS. Arguably, today’s technologies support mobile text input poorly, primarily due to the size constraints of mobile devices. According to 2005 India Human Development Survey, only 4 percent are fluent in English. The rest 96% can communicate in one of the 24 major native languages of India. In order to connect these 96% of users to the global mobile community, we need to design effective and efficient localized keyboard for text input on mobile devices. CALTS mAta is the keyboard for Android devices which can bridge to fill the gap. CALTS, UoHyd has developed a keyboard which can support all the 9 scripts and 23 language of India, since the keyboard is developed using the UNICODE values text can be directly uploaded to any mailing or message service which can be viewed anywhere in the world, irrespective of the availability of fonts of that language. It allows one to type in ones language on the android phone or any android device where in letters are realized by single key-strokes (instead of multitaps) very fast and very conveniently. All characters are accommodated in two layers unlike other apps. Furthermore, everyone would benefit from the effective mobile texting for safety and speed

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    Texting (SMS) is the essence of mobile communication and connectivity, as evidenced by today’s teenagers, tomorrow’s workforce. SMS is hugely popular in India, where youngsters often exchange lots of text messages, and companies provide alerts, infotainment, news, cricket scores updates, railway/airline booking, mobile billing, and banking services on SMS. Arguably, today’s technologies support mobile text input poorly, primarily due to the size constraints of mobile devices. According to 2005 India Human Development Survey, only 4 percent are fluent in English. The rest 96% can communicate in one of the 24 major native languages of India. In order to connect these 96% of users to the global mobile community, we need to design effective and efficient localized keyboard for text input on mobile devices. CALTS mAta is the keyboard for Android devices which can bridge to fill the gap. CALTS, UoHyd has developed a keyboard which can support all the 9 scripts and 23 language of India, since the keyboard is developed using the UNICODE values text can be directly uploaded to any mailing or message service which can be viewed anywhere in the world, irrespective of the availability of fonts of that language. It allows one to type in ones language on the android phone or any android device where in letters are realized by single key-strokes (instead of multitaps) very fast and very conveniently. All characters are accommodated in two layers unlike other apps. Furthermore, everyone would benefit from the effective mobile texting for safety and speed

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    CALTS - Mata: Unicode Based Indian Language Keyboard For Android Device

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    Christopher Mala
    Texting (SMS) is the essence of mobile communication and connectivity, as evidenced by today’s teenagers, tomorrow’s workforce. SMS is hugely popular in India, where youngsters often exchange lots of text messages, and companies provide alerts, infotainment, news, cricket scores updates, railway/airline booking, mobile billing, and banking services on SMS. Arguably, today’s technologies support mobile text input poorly, primarily due to the size constraints of mobile devices. According to 2005 India Human Development Survey, only 4 percent are fluent in English. The rest 96% can communicate in one of the 24 major native languages of India. In order to connect these 96% of users to the global mobile community, we need to design effective and efficient localized keyboard for text input on mobile devices. CALTS mAta is the keyboard for Android devices which can bridge to fill the gap. CALTS, UoHyd has developed a keyboard which can support all the 9 scripts and 23 language of India, since the keyboard is developed using the UNICODE values text can be directly uploaded to any mailing or message service which can be viewed anywhere in the world, irrespective of the availability of fonts of that language. It allows one to type in ones language on the android phone or any android device where in letters are realized by single key-strokes (instead of multitaps) very fast and very conveniently. All characters are accommodated in two layers unlike other apps. Furthermore, everyone would benefit from the effective mobile texting for safety and speed

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    CALTS- mAta: Unicode Based Indian Language Keyboard for Android Device

    G. Uma Maheshwar Rao


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    , Hari Santosh
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    , Christopher Mala
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    ,
    Parameshwari K.
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    , Nagara! "
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    Center for Applied Linguistic and Translation Studies
    University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad
    guraohyd@yahoo.com
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    , efthachris@gmail.com
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    , parameshkrishnaa@gmail.com
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    ,
    vpp.nagaraju1234@gmail.com
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    , santosh1991.hari@gmail.com
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    Abstract
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    connect tese /01 of users to te global !obile co!!unity, #e need to design effective and
    efficient locali(ed $eyboard for text input on !obile devices% CALTS !Ata is te $eyboard for
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    U4&C5,. values text can be directly uploaded to any !ailing or !essage service #ic can be
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    one to type in ones language on te android pone or any android device #ere in letters are
    reali(ed by single $ey6stro$es (instead of !ultitaps) very fast and very conveniently% All caracters
    are acco!!odated in t#o layers unli$e oter apps% 7urter!ore, everyone #ould benefit fro! te
    effective !obile texting for safety and speed%
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    A*3 .xtended Abstracts on Hu!an 7actors in Co!puting Syste!s, ACMB 7t% Lauderdale, 7L,
    ()**3), C+-6C++%
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    CenterB 9asington, ,%C%, ()*<<)%
    Castellucci, S%8%, Mac=en(ie, &%S% &nB ?roceedings of te t#enty6sixt annual ACM S&:CH&
    conference on Hu!an factors in co!puting syste!s, pp 3*+E3*F ()**F)%
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