FTK Technologies to appoint national disti

FTK Technologies, an Israel-based company, developing vernacular computing
software in 10 Indian languages is on the lookout for a national distributor to
establish its channel base in the country.

Rafi Palgi, Executive Manager, FTK Technologies (India) said, “Already we
have been associated with major Indian brands for software language
requirements. Now, taking a step ahead, we are planning to launch our own brand
LooKeys in the market and are negotiating with national distributors over the
issue.”

“The software pack is having a predictable input with an online virtual
keyboard and is nearly six levels more efficient than the standard T9 language
input software in the market. We will soon be incorporating image processing
technology and will be developing the same to LooKeys Pro,” he added.

Having entered the e-governance project scenario, the company is now looking
forward to making its pan-India presence with special focus on education and
defense sectors.

Emphasizing on the aggressiveness of the company, Neeloy Roy Chowdhury,
VP-Marketing and Sales, FTK Technologies said, “With these new versions and the
joint efforts with our key alliance partners in the computer OEM and Internet
space, we are looking at exponentially growing our user base across India in the
FY 2009-10. Our objective is to bridge the digital divide, and thus bring
computers and Internet closer to the average Indian who may not be very
comfortable in English language.”

Recently, the company has tied-up with Compaq for providing My Bhasha
software with Compaq Presario CQ 2000 series line. Primarily targeted towards
the end-users, the software provides a vernacular interface to facilitate
vernacular communication. Also, in another move, the company has tied-up with
Sify Technologies for providing Sify's broadband and e-port customers in India
with Sify LooKeys allowing users to surf the web, e-mail, chat and write
documents in vernacular.

“LooKeys is compatible with Windows and we are planning to extend its
compatibility to open-source platforms like Linux and Unix now. Also, we are
planning to come up with a touch-screen version of the same software to
facilitate communication in e-governance projects in village kiosks. With our
sales plans, we aim to incorporate about one lakh customers by FY-2010 in
India,” Palgi concluded.