As indicated in part one below, localizing the Apps to make ease the flow of information to assist users to gain the maximum from available resource internet and mobile gadgets can provide. In part one, six Apps are introduced that are localized. In this section, I will try to introduce the rest of the Applications programmed and hosted at the Google Play Store.
- Ethiopian Unit Convertor ( የመለኪያ መቀያየሪያ): This App is programmed in four languages (Amharic, Tigegna, Oromiffa and English) to get conversions from one unit to another units in the same family. The categories are Speed, Distance, Weight, Temperature, Area, Fuel, Volume, Time and Digital. For example, users can easily convert degree centigrade to fahrenheit.
- Hotels and Restaurants (ሆቴልና ሬስቶራንት አድራሻ): Using this App users can easily search a hotel or restaurants in Addis Ababa and also outside Addis and get the physical locations of the including the telephone numbers to call. The list is categorized to make the search easy in Hotels, National Foods, Asian, European, etc. After getting the hotel's or restaurant's address, users directly call from the App. The localization concept implemented here is, giving you local information to people in the country.
- Kuraz Flashlight (ኩራዝ መብራት): This App helps users to use their mobile gadgets as flashlight/torch. Easy and simple App where the buttons are designed in both Amharic and English.
- Ethio Easy Call: This App is designed for users in Ethiopia to avail most of the short codes available on the Ethiotelecom network. It is also possible to call the short code directly from the App. For users want to call international, the App will help them to get the international code of every country in the world. The App make calling to short code and international easy.
- Learning Amharic Language: This App is specifically designed to Tourists or foreigners that can't speak Amharic. Some common words used for early communications are specified in this App and users can easily speak them from the App directly. The phrases that are included are categorized in groups like traveling information, meetings, greetings, commerce, numbers, directions, days, months, etc. Users need to select one and get the pronunciations of each phrases.
- Amharic Sliding Puzzle (ምስል በመግፋት የሚጫወቱት ጨዋታ): This App is a common game user can play with by moving the slice of a picture to form a full view of the given picture. Here, the localization is fully in Amharic and all pictures are known pictures from Ethiopia. Users can select pictures from the App, add the complexity and play by sliding the pieces to solve the puzzle.
In this two sections of description I have tried to introduce my Apps that are customized for Ethiopian users. In future, I will try to add more new apps and also upgrade the existing one by adding some features and languages.
