Tamil online dictionary introduced University
Madhan Karky, an assistant professor, said the online dictionary has 2.5 lakh words at present. “We are adding 10,000 words every month. Last month, computer science dictionary was included. Now, we are adding medical dictionary. Finally, the online dictionary will have about 7 lakh words,” he said.
It has a social networking analysis tool for Tamil which will track usage of the words on Twitter and blogging sites. Games to follow soon
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The lab has also a fully functional concept based search engine, CoRee, developed for an Indian language.
The search engine tries to understand Tamil web documents rather than just remembering the keywords like the traditional search engines, Ms. Geetha said.
K.B. Chandrasekhar, who provided Rs.9 crore for setting up the AU-KBC Centre, said the labs were instituted to conduct research into new technologies which will bridge the digital divide.
