Developed by Balendu Sharma Dadhich

Madhyam Hindi Word Processor 1.0 has retired

 

Look out for the official release of Madhyam 2.0: Fully Unicode capable and armed with Artificial Intelligence!

 

माध्यमः हिंदी शब्द संसाधक 2.0 बस कुछ ही दिनों में उपलब्ध होगा। यूनिकोड और कृत्रिम मेधा से युक्त होकर...

 

After the arrival of Unicode, there should have been no problem in use of Hindi on computers. But in reality, you face trouble after trouble whenever you sit down to work in Hindi. There are regional and language options in the computer; there are different kinds of keyboard layouts and IMEs, there are Hindi Unicode fonts available freely, there are even word processors and tiny applications developed to help people type a few lines in Hindi. Still, when it comes to practically working in Hindi, you don’t feel as comfortable as you do when you work in English.

 

Could there be no single application to handle every technical aspect related with Hindi language? Could there be no solution that allows you to concentrate on your work rather than constantly force you to struggle with technical issues and mundane configuration problems? Why do we have to set up Windows to work in Hindi (setting Regional and Language settings and keyboard layouts are a whole lot of burden for a lay man like me!) for a Hindi software to run? Could there be no software that works in Hindi irrespective of how I like to configure my computer?

 

Unfortunately, there was none!

Fortunately, not the case any more!

Madhyam 2.0 has arrived.

 

The next generation Hindi word processor that enables your computer to work in Hindi with great efficiency, without worrying about fonts, keyboards, text input methods, configurations and improper typing.

 

A Hindi text editor loaded with Artificial Intelligence to help you finish your work faster and smarter! A Hindi word processor that makes your work virtually error free and takes pressure off your typing fingers. An intelligent Hindi typing solution that learns as you type and comes forward with ready answers to whenever you have questions.

 

And it doesn’t cost a fortune!

 

 

 

 

And most importantly,

 

 

Yes. It is a unique word processor capable of working in Hindi even if your computer is not fully configured to work in the language. Windows configuration? What configuration? Just install Madhyam 2.0 and start working. It’s plug and play!

 

If you missed, I repeat-

 

You don’t need to struggle with the complex Windows settings required to enable Hindi Unicode. Madhyam 2.0 can take care of everything it needs, on its own.

 


 

Why computing in Hindi still a tough job?

 

Hundreds of users come out with such complaints:

 

I wanted to be able to work in Hindi but failed to properly configure my computer. When I consulted the experts, they sent me a list of commands to enable Windows work in Unicode Hindi. Unfortunately, even after many attempts, I could not carry out this configuration in the ideal way. I am nuts.

 

Does Madhyam solve his problem?

Yes. Madhyam doesn’t need any such configuration.

 

 

I am a Government of India employee. Before the arrival of computers, we used to work on typewriters. When computers were introduced in our office, we bought a software that allowed me to continue doing Hindi typing work in the same old typewriter (Remington) way. After arrival of Unicode, I am forced to change the way Hindi is typed on a computer. This migration is very difficult for me.

 

Does Madhyam solve her problem?

Yes. Madhyam 2.0 has four different keyboard layouts including Remington. She can choose to type Hindi in any way she wants.

 

 

I am an NRI, living in New Jersey, retired a few months back. I love to try my hands on Hindi poetry occasionally. There are many such poems written in my diary. It would be great if these are typed and stored in a computer as I would then be able to share them with others. But who will type in Hindi? I hardly have any knowledge of typing, leave alone Hindi typing.

 

Does Madhyam solve her problem?

Yes. Madhyam 2.0 offers an onscreen keyboard to help people type with mouse.

 

 

I use a Hindi word processor developed by a large software company. It does most things expected from a Hindi text editor and I am generally satisfied with it. But it types many Hindi words in a way different from how they are traditionally written. Have a look at a few words typed by my costly word processor. They are: उद्घाटन, श्वान, प्रश्न, उद्भव, ऐश्वर्य etc. etc. Do we write these words in this way? Is this the official way they are written in Hindi or even Sanskrit? No. But most Hindi word processors type them this way, leaving everyone confused. People struggle with their pronunciation, often reading them in a manner not intended by me. Why should I compromise on the authenticity of my language, just because my word processor cannot deal with this Unicode problem?

 

 

Does Madhyam solve her problem?

Yes. Madhyam 2.0 lets you type these words in the right way, like .. उद्घाटन, श्वान, प्रश्न, उद्भव, ऐश्वर्य etc.

 

Though I love to send emails in Hindi, I don’t want to spend time learning the intricacies of Inscript keyboard layout. Even the Roman to Hindi (Transliteration) keyboard layouts I tried are practically difficult to operate. They should accept Roman words in a way we use them. Ideally, to type व्हाइट हाउस, they should take ‘white house’ as input. But they want us to type whaaita hausa. Huh!

 

Does Madhyam solve his problem?

Yes. Madhyam 2.0 uses hybrid transliteration technology that can take input as both (white house as well as whaaita hausa) to give व्हाइट हाउस in result.

 


 

Why Windows configuration was such a great hassle!

 

Pros may not have problems dealing with Windows configuration to enable Hindi language in a computer. But we, non-techie ordinary mortals, find it to be a complex affair.

 

Many Windows editions want original Windows installation CDs in order to activate the language settings. Even if you have the CD handy, there are multiple dialog boxes and settings to deal with. Choosing the right language group, right keyboard, right input methods, codepages, customizations and the like is such a pain in you know what!

 

Even if you are able to configure Windows properly, switching between different languages options for every small change is a little too much for an ordinary computer user. You may rarely need to work in Hindi but this customization and configuration is forever. Once done, keep switching between different languages, whatever the discomfort!

 

Fortunately Madhyam 2.0 is not dependent upon Windows configuration. It can work without Hindi Unicode being separately enabled in your computer. It gives you liberty of keeping your original settings intact and still work in Hindi.

 


 

Hybrid Transliteration Approach

 

 

Transliteration is an innovative way of using typing in Hindi, using Roman characters. It allows you to use your English typing skills for typing in Hindi. Write ‘Raama’ in English and the text is automatically converted to ‘राम’. It saves you from learning the official typing style for Hindi and other languages, called Inscript. In simple transliteration, you will type dookaana for दूकान and sarakaara for सरकार. Here, two a’s, e’s, o’s etc. are used for getting large matras in the Hindi text.

 

But, wouldn’t it be better if you can type ‘dukan’, ‘sarkar’ and ‘ram’ instead of dookaana, sarakaara and Raama? This will be a more user-friendly and natural approach and will save some time and effort as well.

 

Madhyam 2.0 does use this dual approach to make transliteration based typing more convenient for you and to maximum your output. We call it ‘Hybrid Transliteration Technique’, which identifies commonly used typing style rather than making you struggle for the right key combinations.

 

Why the hybrid approach is important? Because different people write many Hindi words in different ways. For example, श्री is typed by different people in three different ways- Shri, Shree and Sri.

 

 

Moreover, Madhyam 2.0 also knows a little bit of English language. Therefore, you are fine to type ‘America’ in order to get ‘अमेरिका’ as result, although if you want to go with the traditional way, you are free to input ‘Amerikaa’ as well. Result will be the same as Madhyam 2.0 lets you take a little liberty with the inputted text.

 

Some examples of Madhyam 2.0’s hybrid transliteration approach:

 

Main India ja raha hun will result as मैं इन्डिया जा रहा हूं।

America men Barack Obama ki satta hai अमेरिका में बराक ओबामा की सत्ता है

Computer par mouse aur keyboard se kam karna asan hai will result as कंप्यूटर पर माउस और कीबोर्ड से काम करना आसान है।

 

On other transliteration systems, you will need to input text as-

Main Indiyaa jaa rahaa hoon for मैं इन्डिया जा रहा हूं।

Amerikaa men Baraak Obaamaa kee sattaa hai for अमेरिका में बराक ओबामा की सत्ता है

 

Kampyutar para maausa aur keeborDa se kaam karnaa aasaana hai for कंप्यूटर पर माउस और कीबोर्ड से काम करना आसान है।

 

Probably you can feel the difference! 

 

Typing in Hindi was never so easy.