FTK Technologies to appoint national disti

KOLKATA, INDIA: FTK Technologies, an Israel-based company, developing vernacular computing software in 10 Indian languages is on the lookout for a national distributor to establish its channel base in the country.

Rafi Palgi, Executive Manager, FTK Technologies (India) said, “Already we have been associated with major Indian brands for software language requirements. Now, taking a step ahead, we are planning to launch our own brand LooKeys in the market and are negotiating with national distributors over the issue.”

“The software pack is having a predictable input with an online virtual keyboard and is nearly six levels more efficient than the standard T9 language input software in the market. We will soon be incorporating image processing technology and will be developing the same to LooKeys Pro,” he added.

Having entered the e-governance project scenario, the company is now looking forward to making its pan-India presence with special focus on education and defense sectors.

Emphasizing on the aggressiveness of the company, Neeloy Roy Chowdhury, VP—Marketing and Sales, FTK Technologies said, “With these new versions and the joint efforts with our key alliance partners in the computer OEM and Internet space, we are looking at exponentially growing our user base across India in the FY 2009-10. Our objective is to bridge the digital divide, and thus bring computers and Internet closer to the average Indian who may not be very comfortable in English language.”

Recently, the company has tied-up with Compaq for providing My Bhasha software with Compaq Presario CQ 2000 series line. Primarily targeted towards the end-users, the software provides a vernacular interface to facilitate vernacular communication. Also, in another move, the company has tied-up with Sify Technologies for providing Sify’s broadband and e-port customers in India with Sify LooKeys allowing users to surf the web, e-mail, chat and write documents in vernacular.

“LooKeys is compatible with Windows and we are planning to extend its compatibility to open-source platforms like Linux and Unix now. Also, we are planning to come up with a touch-screen version of the same software to facilitate communication in e-governance projects in village kiosks. With our sales plans, we aim to incorporate about one lakh customers by FY-2010 in India,” Palgi concluded.