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Konlap (former name of Kuelap), the web search engine that allows users to browse the Internet in more than 100 languages, will have its own mobile application, which can be downloaded by any Android cell phone or tablet worldwide. Héctor Díaz Gómez, winner of Beca 18 and creator of Konlap, announced that the app will work as a conversational search engine and will have more news in favor of its users.
"Konlap's mobile application uses artificial intelligence and will allow users to find the information they need on a topic, with faster, easier and simpler answers," explains the scholarship holder of the National Program of Scholarships and Educational Credit (Pronabec) of the Ministry of Education. Among the functions that differentiate it from a GPT chat, the Konlap app provides search results, such as links to web pages, images, videos and news, which will allow you to corroborate the information provided by artificial intelligence.
Another advantage of the mobile application is that artificial intelligence will also solve the language barrier, as it is trained to include results in English, for example. However, if a user wants to find more detailed information, they can do so from Konlap's web browser, which is capable of providing results in more than 100 languages, including Aymara and Quechua. "The app and the web browser extension complement each other," says Hector.
Main browser
At 20 years old, Héctor continues to innovate in his multilingual web browser, and now has the goal of Konlap being the default search engine for more Peruvians. That is, instead of Google, you can now install Konlap as your primary browser. "We already have an extension so they can install it on a laptop or PC," details the winner of the 18-2020 Scholarship.
To do this you must enter the official website of Konlap (www.konlap.com/) and click on the "Install" box. A new window will open and you just have to click on "Add to Chrome". On that page you can also review a video tutorial so that there is no doubt about how to use all the functions offered by the Konlap web browser, as well as the mobile application (www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O8GqNPHmvI).
A Peruvian talent
Héctor Díaz was born in the district of Luya Viejo, in the Amazonas region. From a very young age he was characterized by his passion to learn various subjects, especially chemistry, physics and literature. In the third year of secondary school, he managed to enter a High Performance School. And when he was in the fifth year of high school, he had the opportunity to travel to Japan, after obtaining a scholarship from the Ministry of Education, to represent Peru in a science event.
It was at that time that Hector had the idea to create a web search engine that helps people find information in their native language. He learned Programming and in 2022 launched Konlap, the Internet search engine that allows browsing in 109 languages by translating the pages to the user's preference.
The fellow continues his studies in Economics at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP), thanks to the support of Pronabec Scholarship 18, and has great goals for his professional future, as well as for Konlap.
Héctor is part of the more than 86,000 young people who have transformed their lives thanks to Beca 18, in its 12 calls. If you are interested in applying to the 2024 call for this contest, you can visit the official website www.pronabec.gob.pe/beca-18 or the Facebook www.facebook.com/PRONABEC channel. For more questions, you can call the toll-free line 0800 000 18, the telephone exchange (01) 612 8230 or write to the institutional WhatsApp 966 429 596.
