2019/12/03 by Daan van Esch, van Esch, Daan, Elnaz Sarbar +17 · 2 voices
Computer Science · Social Sciences · #Mobile Agent-Based Network Management #Multimedia Communication and Technology #Speech and dialogue systems #cs.CL #cs.HC
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1912.01218
openalex publication_date 2019/12/03 · openalex created_date 2022/10/01 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
This technical report describes our deep internationalization program for\nGboard, the Google Keyboard. Today, Gboard supports 900+ language varieties\nacross 70+ writing systems, and this report describes how and why we have been\nadding support for hundreds of language varieties from around the globe. Many\nlanguages of the world are increasingly used in writing on an everyday basis,\nand we describe the trends we see. We cover technological and logistical\nchallenges in scaling up a language technology product like Gboard to hundreds\nof language varieties, and describe how we built systems and processes to\noperate at scale. Finally, we summarize the key take-aways from user studies we\nran with speakers of hundreds of languages from around the world.\n