It will take a few minutes to download Indic phonetic keyboard dictionary:ĭictionaries of Indic phonetic keyboards are available in Basic typing of FoD (features on demand). Lastly, enable the phonetic keyboard by clicking on the input indicator on the taskbar (or press the Windows key + Space) and select the Indic Phonetic keyboard. Go to language page, select the language and then click the options button to go to language options page.Īdd the keyboard by clicking the + icon and then select the type of keyboard. Go to Time & Language in Settings and select the language from the navigation menu.Ĭlick on the + icon labelled and add the preferred Indic language (by selecting into the search box and select it – for example “Hindi” and click on the next button and install the Indic language on the device, which will then return to the Language page). For instance, if we type “namaste” using the Phonetic keyboard, it will automatically suggest नमस्ते /ਨਮਸਤੇ/ નમસ્તે in Hindi/Punjabi/Gujarati. As words are typed using the existing keyboard, Indic Phonetic keyboards transliterate them to suggest possible Indic text options. Different with Indic INSCRIPT Keyboards, Indic Phonetic Keyboards are based on natural pronunciation and users can use it immediately without any learning cost. The transliteration rules used in the keyboards are based on ISO 15919. The phonetic keyboards are available starting from Windows Update, and Indian language users won’t need to download and install any external Input Method Editors (IMEs) to input Indic text in a phonetic style. ![]() The Indic Phonetic keyboards are in addition to the Indic Traditional INSCRIPT keyboards already available with Windows. Thanks Jaya.Phonetic keyboards in Indian languages are available in 10 Indian languages including Hindi, Bangla, Tamil, Marathi, Punjabi, Gujarati, Odia, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam. You use the F12 keyboard shortcut to switch between English and the Indic language without having to turn off the Google IME tool. You may also use the onscreen virtual keyboard to type complex words that cannot be formed using the Roman keyboard. ![]() Once you have changed the input keyboard to Google, open any Windows application (say notepad) and start typing a word just the way it sounds in your language using English letters. To enable the Google Keyboard, you need to go to Control Panel -> Regional and Language Options -> Keyboard and Languages and change the keyboard to “Google Input” (see screenshot). Other than offline access, the other advantage offered by this Google Transliteration tool is that it has its own “memory.” For example, if the spelling of an Indic word has multiple versions, the tool will automatically remember the spelling you selected before and will offer it as a first choice the next time you type the same combination of Roman characters. The tool also works with the Arabic language. Well, not anymore because Google has just released a free transliteration utility for Windows that can work offline as well.Ĭalled Google Transliteration IME, you may install this tool on any XP/Vista or Windows 7 computer to write text in most Indian languages including Hindi, Tamil, Bengali, Farsi (Persian), Greek, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Punjabi, Telugu and Urdu. ![]() The only downside is that you need a live internet connection for transliteration to work in real-time. and then there are bookmarklets that you may use to type text in Indian languages on any non-Google website. Google has long offered Indic transliteration tools in products like Gmail, Blogger, Orkut, etc. Transliteration is an interesting technology that helps people compose documents, emails or even chat in Indian languages (including Arabic) using the English (Roman) keyboard.
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