Dehradun, If you wanted to plan a trip to scenic Uttarakhand but were hesitant, as you did not speak the language, fret not! Download a simple Mobile App: ‘Hello Uttarakhand App’ and you are good to go! Since 2017,
Akash Sharma is no stranger to the world of technology, armed with a B.Tech in IT, Cyber Law and Master’s in Data Science. The young brain was behind the successful ‘Uttarakhand Police App’ and has now launched a multi-lingual translator, “Hello Uttarakhand App.”
Akash Sharma and his multi-lingual team of 112 young men and women, stationed all over the globe have been burning the mid night oil, working on a user friendly Mobile App ‘Hello Uttarakhand,’ breaking the language barrier in a state which strives on Tourism from home and abroad.
“This is a user friendly App for multi-lingual translation for easier, effective communication between local residents and visitors from all over the Globe, that too real-time.” Adding, “It translates the hill-states three regional languages of Jaunsari, Garhwali and Kumaoni into over a hundred universal spoken languages like Hindi, English, Swedish, Thai, Russian, Spanish, Italian to name a few,” Akash fill us in.
The beta version of the App was recently launched for Android handsets in an attempt to get an honest feedback from its over hundred users who will assist the team in refining the ‘Hello Uttarakhand App,’ even further.
“The connotation and pronunciation of our regional languages changes drastically every 50 kms or so,” states Akash, “we want the users of our Beta Version to give us an honest feedback so that we can in-corporate those changes in the final version of the App.”
The team is working hard on incorporating changes and fine-tuning the App with the feedback it is getting from its users every day, once the changes are in place, the final version of the ‘Hello Uttarakhand App,’ will be officially launched on 21st February 2020, universally celebrated as, ‘Mother Language Day.’
