Dated March 23, 2001
Business Standard, Pune

The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) has announced that it will be launching a new range of products and software covering diverse areas including health, language learning and the Sanskrit authoring tool on the occasion of its 14th foundation day scheduled on March 26.

The integrated telemedicine solution called Mercury, Web Lila (Learning Indian Languages through Artificial Intelligence) Beta version and the Sanskrit authoring tool Vyasa will be formally launched on the foundation day. Mercury is an integrated telemedicine solution which helps physicians to consolidate the patient's electronic medical record (EMR) rapidly and also provides sophisticated tele-consultation tools with integrated videoconferencing facilities. Mercury helps maximize the utilization of precious resources like bandwidth and the specialist time, keeping the operating costs low.

Web Lila is the web version of Lila Hindi, a comprehensive software that facilitates learning the language on the Net, more systematically and with ease at the click of a mouse. This has been made possible through such contemporary technologies as audio/video streaming on broad band and interactive on-line tutoring simulating a virtual classroom. C-DAC's Vyasa has a large database / content of all fourteen Vidyasthanas and provides on-line readers for Bhagwad Gita, Vishnusahasra Nama.