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a tool for overcoming language barriers.
a better approach for building Machine Translation Systems.
a practical demonstration of application of traditional shastras to solve
contemporary problems.
an opportunity for the masses to be IT contributors rather than mere IT consumers.

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Technologies help in reducing barriers

Example:

Railway Network: To reduce the distance barrier

Time to cover the distance is reduced.

Can computers help us in reducing the language barrier?

One of the earliest applications of computers is Machine Translation

What is meant by reducing a language barrier?

Reduce the time required to access text in new language

Accessing text in new language involves learning:

script
spelling (in case of English)
vocabulary
morphology
syntax, etc.

To what extent can machine help in reducing this effort?

Attempts of Machine Translation to reduce this effort to ZERO

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