InScript keyboard

InScript keyboard is inbuilt in most of the major operating systems including Windows (2000, XP, Vista), Linux and Mac OS. It is also available in some mobile phones. It is available in Windows Mobile 5.x and 6.0, 6.1 via Eyron's Hindi Support.

Keyboard layout

InScript has common layout for all the Indian scripts. Most Indic scripts are derived from Brahmi, therefore their alphabetic order is the same. On the basis of this property InScript keyboard layout scheme was developed. A person who knows InScript typing in one script can type in any other Indic script using dictation even without knowledge of that script.

History

These new features had marked repercussions on storage as well as inputting and an urgent need was felt for a revision whereby each new character introduced in Unicode would be accommodated on the keyboard and a uniform manner of entering data as well as storing data would be devised. With this urgent requirement in mind, CDAC GIST involved in the initiative all major players: IBM, Microsoft and RedHat Linux and hence in 2008, a joint meeting was organized between CDAC GIST and senior representatives of these multi-nationals to devise a common and uniform strategy for inputting and equally important for storage. This would enable the creation of one single keyboard and more importantly one single storage, essential for all high-end NLP. A task-force was created with two major briefs: # Evolve a design policy which would retain the major features of the existing Inscript keyboard. # Accommodate on the keyboard every character proposed in Unicode 5.1 and also ensure that the design could accommodate all future additions. This resulted in a document by thejoint deliberations of all these companies described as proposal for “Enhanced InScript keyboard layout 5.1”.

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Category:Indic computing Category:Brahmic scripts Category:Keyboard layouts