Following my previous posts about cleartrip train search engine and naukari.com job search engine this post is regarding various other services available on GTalk Client. Here are various other usefull services being offered on Gtalk/Jabber Clients.
Other Services
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Chat in multiple Languages
1. Add a transliteration bot to your friend list. There are 5 of them available currently: (en2hi.translit@bot.talk.google.com for Hindi, en2kn.translit@bot.talk.google.com for Kannada, en2te.translit@bot.talk.google.com for Telugu, en2ta.translit@bot.talk.google.com for Tamil and en2ml.translit@bot.talk.google.com for Malayalam)
2. Start chatting with your friend.
3. Convert the chat session to a group chat and invite the particular bot (you added in step 1) to the group chat.
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Lattest news from IBN Live
To get the lattest and hot news directly on your Gtalk add im@ibnalerts.com in your buddy list in Gtalk. Send help as instant message and you can get the list of accepted keywords. The keywords are like sports, ent and top. You receive news stories snippet along with link to the news story. By using IBNlive Gtalk buddy you can also search for stories on IBNlive.com, just send search “your query” (without quotes) as your message and you will receive links for your search related stories (for e.g. search Beijing Olympics )
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imfeeds@gmail.com
Add this IM Feeds bot as your Google Talk buddy and you’ll be able to read any blog or website that syndicates content via RSS feeds. To subscribe to a website in GTalk, simply send a new IM message that says "sub labnol.org" where labnol.org is the site address that you want to read inside Google Talk.
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friendfeed@bot.im
This secret bot lets you post to FriendFeed from Google Talk. You may submit either hyperlinks or text messages.
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imified@imified.com
This imified bot turns Google Talk into a real powerhouse. You can post bookmarks to delicious, send messages to Twitter, submit blog entries to WordPress, Tumblr or Blogger, manage events in Google Calendar, shorten long URLs, run whois and so on.
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inezhabot@gmail.com
Like IM Feeds, iNezha bot helps you read feeds inside Google Talk but this is slightly more versatile. For instance, you can simply say "digg" and it will show a list of all feeds that match that search term so you don’t have to type (or copy-paste) feed addresses.
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Translation
This is a free service from Google that helps you translate words from a foreign language into your native language. Just add the relevant bot (e.g. hi2en@bot.talk.google.com for Hindi to English or en2hi@bot.talk.google.com for English to Hindi) as your buddy, send him a message and it will get translated instantly.
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Use Google Talk with Twitter
Invite twitter@twitter.com to become your friend in Google Talk and verify your account. Now whenever you IM this new friend, the message will automatically publish on your twitter account.
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Set Task Reminders
If you need to remember something important, Google Talk can send you reminders for that event. Just add timer to your Twitter friend’s list and then add twitter@twitter.com to your buddy list in Gtalk. Now if you want to get a reminder after 50 minutes, send a direct message to twitter like "d timer 50 pick kids from school" and a reminder will automatically pop up in your Google Talk after 50 minutes.
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Transliteration
If you want to chat in your mother tongue (like Hindi or Tamil) but feel more comfortable using the English keyboard, Google Transliteration bot will come in handy. For instance, add en2hi.translit@bot.talk.google.com to you friend’s list in GTalk and all messages you type in English will get transliterated in the language of your choice. Available only for a few Indian languages.
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Xpenser
With xpenser, you can record travel expenses via email, SMS or even Google talk. Add xpenserbot@gmail.com as your buddy and send a message like "lunch 33.2 with Bill Gates" and that will be added as an expense to your online spreadsheet that can be accessed from anywhere.
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Ping.fm
Like Imified, ping.fm is one of the most useful Google bots out there especially if you are a social networking or micro-blogging addict. Add pingdotfm@gmail.com to Gtalk and you can communicate with twitter, jaiku, wordpress, identi.ca, facebook, myspace, bebo, friendfeed, linkedin, tumblr, plaxo, friendster, delicious and more.
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Meshly
Add meshly@gmail.com as your friend and you’ll be able to post web link to your Meshly account via Google Talk. You can also add tags, categories and description to your hyperlink via Gtalk itself.
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Update : 17.03.09
- Want to get instant cricket scores – add instacricket@askme.im
- Want to know your daily horoscope – add astro@askme.im
- Want to know the latest prices of stocks – add stocks@askme.im
- Want to get jokes – add jokes@askme.im
- Want to get quotable quotes – add quotes@askme.im
- Want to convert between currencies – add fx@askme.im
- Want to do simple calculations – add calc@askme.im
- Information on pending criminal cases against sitting MPs (Indian parliamentarians) – add nc@askme.im
After knowing so many services available on Gtalk/Jabber Clients you must have agreed that its usage is expanding. So here i ask you a question "are chat client really becoming new browsers?" .
New Addition in List
- Everything related to Cricket: SEEKER@OCRICKET.COM : It'll help you get information on Cricket – score, articles, photos, videos and much more. Type 'help' (without the quotes) to list available options
cool bots i added few of them
cool i want to use and share.