A Great Google Tool for Multilingual People

March 26, 2015
Google Input Tools is a very good Chrome extension that allows you to type using any language you want.This is especially helpful for multilingual people who would like to navigate the web using languages not supported by their keyboards.With one simple click, Google Input Tools enables you to switch to typing in a different language and switch back just as easily.

Google Input Tools provides virtual keyboards for over 90 languages and handwriting input for 40 languages. Here is how it works: When you first install the extension, click on the extension icon, then select "Extension Options" in the pop-up menu. A new tab will appear where you can select your preferred languages or input methods. The keyboards, IMEs or handwriting input you add to 'Selected input tools' can be enabled at any time from the extension itself. You can always return to this options page to add, remove, or change the order of your input tools.

Watch the video below to see Google Input Tools in action

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Two Google Updates Teachers Should Know about

January 15, 2015
Over the last couple of days Google has been releasing a bunch of interesting updates to some of its services. The most important update in this regard is the release of Google Classroom for both iPad and Android which we have covered in a previous post. In this post we are sharing with you two other newly released updates from Google. These concern Google Sheets and Google Translator.

1- Google Sheets
Users of Spreadsheets can now add graphics and logos to the head cells of theirr spreadsheet to make it look neater. To add a graphic or a logo, head over to your spreadsheet, click on “menu” and choose” image”. Once the logo is added you can then resize it the way you want.




  2- Google Translate updates
Google Translate has witnessed two major updates: The first one is the addition of real-time voice translation for both Android and iOS. The second major update is Word Lens which allows users to point their cameras at a picture or a sign and the app will translate it in instantly. For now this features supports the following languages only: English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Russia.

Watch the video to learn more about these features.

Courtesy of The Next Web

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