HCL unveils Unicode compatible regional language PCs

HCL Infosystems is offering the first batch of Unicode-based local language PCs equipped with the MS Proofing tool in the country. A part of its Infiniti range of desktops, the PCs will be local language enabled, and as of now support Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, Gujarati, Telugu, Marathi, Gurmukhi, Sanskrit and
Konkani.

According to Satinder Juneja, Senior Manager (Marketing Communications), HCL Infosystems, the entry level price of the PCs is flexible, as it would depend on the configurations requested by the consumer.

The MS Proofing tool is pegged at Rs 4,500. The multilingual proofing tool enables users to type in multiple keyboards, use auto correct, carry out spell checks, apply custom animation, save, names and give document passwords using Microsoft XP. Additional features include Smart tags, track and give comments, send e-mails, sort and create databases etc.

Though there are local language systems already available in the market, none of the local language fonts have been in conformation with the Unicode standard so far. In layman terms, this means that so far no other Indian player has offered regional language font that has universal acceptance, Unicode being a character encoding system, like ASCII, designed to help developers who want to create software applications that work in any language in the world.

Sudarshana Banerjee

(CNS)