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Kāzhcha on Windows Pc

Developed By: Kerala Kaumudi

License: Free

Rating: 5,0/5 - 1 votes

Last Updated: April 19, 2024

Download on Windows PC

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version 5.0
Size 10.1 MB
Release Date February 28, 23
Category News & Magazines Apps

App Permissions:
Allows applications to open network sockets. [see more (4)]

What's New:
- User Interface Optimisation- Bug Fixes and Performance Improvements [see more]

Description from Developer:
Reading a newspaper without anyone’s assistance has always been a distant dream for the visually challenged community. Keralakaumudi’s Kāzhcha gives wings to that dream, it lights... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download Kāzhcha and install on Windows PC. Kāzhcha is free News & Magazines app, developed by Kerala Kaumudi. Latest version of Kāzhcha is 5.0, was released on 2023-02-28 (updated on 2024-04-19). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 5,000. Overall rating of Kāzhcha is 5,0. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 1 users, 1 users had rated it 5*, 1 users had rated it 1*.

How to install Kāzhcha on Windows?

Instruction on how to install Kāzhcha on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install Kāzhcha on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

Step By Step Guide To Install Kāzhcha using BlueStacks

  1. Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
  2. Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
  3. Once installed, click "Kāzhcha" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to install Kāzhcha on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

  1. Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
  3. The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "Kāzhcha" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Download older versions

Other versions available: 5.0.

Download Kāzhcha 5.0 on Windows PC – 10.1 MB

Reading a newspaper without anyone’s assistance has always been a distant dream for the visually challenged community. Keralakaumudi’s Kāzhcha gives wings to that dream, it lights up a new world of reading and listening to real-time news and articles. Kāzhcha is World’s first bilingual Voice enabled Newsroom in Malayalam and English for the visually challenged and low vision users, engineered by the Keralakaumudi group after working very closely with the vibrant smartphone users among the totally blind and low vision users in Kerala, India. Kāzhcha App was officially launched by the versatile actor Shri Mohanlal.

Keralakaumudi was founded in 1911 by C. V. Kunhiraman and the newspaper's Editor
K. Sukumaran transformed it into a vibrant daily. Keralakaumudi Daily is among the largest circulated Malayalam newspapers in Kerala. Keralakaumudi Online, the Digital Media division was launched in 1997. www.keralakaumudi.com, the flagship Malayalam website is comprehensive and nostalgic, not only to the native users but also to the expatriate Malayalee community around the world.

Kāzhcha Features :-

Audio News: Once you double tap to enter the newsroom, the default Audio News page greets the user. The precisely designed, low vision user-friendly page has more than 300+ category-wise audio news clips every day from the daily newspaper. Each news is played back individually in a Human voice akin to a radio and the ‘share’ option facilitates sharing news on any social-media platform or to a friend. A media player controls the audio playback and helps the user to easily navigate the app.

Live News is a precisely designed bilingual section in Malayalam and English. It displays all the latest happenings around the world, real-time. Broadly categorised in to Latest, Kerala, News 360, Cinema, Lifestyle, Astro and Info, any user can easily switch and read the articles. Each news article can be shared individually as well.

Customisable Settings options include offline reading up to six months, bookmarking articles on the fly, activating calendar to search archives, select audio news grouping by category or by pages, select audio sharing method to social media or messaging apps, activating speed controls, activating share button, sleep mode to pause and resume later and more. An audio user manual to navigate the app is inbuilt for new users.

Kāzhcha Telegram Community: A link opens the Telegram app to the official Kāzhcha virtual feedback forum for the app user to join and voice his/her opinion about the app and share views on the articles.
- User Interface Optimisation
- Bug Fixes and Performance Improvements
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows an application to receive the ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED that is broadcast after the system finishes booting.