Dated June 11, 2002
The Times of India - Online Edition

Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) today launched LEAP Mail that would allow sending and receiving eMails in Indian languages.

C-DAC's GIST (Graphics and Intelligence based Script Technology) group has developed LEAP Mail to facilitate users to send, receive and access eMail directly, and not necessarily as an attachment text, in the Indian language of their choice, C-DAC Executive Director Shri. R.K. Arora told a press conference here.

LEAP Mail aids 11 Indian languages - Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjab, Tamil and Telugu - besides English and supports an Indian language interface as well.

A language sensitive multilingual editor makes it easy to combine English and Indian language text. With LEAP Mail, the users can send and receive eMail messages in Indian languages using any POP eMail account. Moreover it can be configured to access various accounts created on various web-based services.

The development of LEAP Mail is a significant milestone in the field of Indian languages' web based solutions. With LEAP Mail the language barrier amidst the Indians world over has reduced further and users can convey effectively their personal as well as professional communique in the Indian language of their choice, Arora said.

LEAP Mail is thus another of C-DAC's pivotal contribution to the language technology domain, he said.

LEAP Mail is configured to be used as a standalone eMail client or as a companion to existing eMail software like Outlook Express, Netscape Messenger, Eudora and others.

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