HyperForum — Packages for typing in Hindi from a QWERTY English keyboard

Re: Packages for typing in Hindi from a QWERTY English keyboard

2021-12-21T13:21:28Z

sagaracharya wrote:

Fonts exist. There's something called Inscript layout for Devanagari (script name of Hindi) typing as shown here.
https://www.typingbaba.com/keyboard/onl … yboard.php
It maps the keys to Devanagari characters. How do you plan to go ahead?

im adding a local virtual keyboard, i know the fonts are there but my keyboard is azerty and there for im forced to use a virtual solution,
indeed i can use an online website but i prefer it to installed localy for many reasons one of them could be working offline.

Re: Packages for typing in Hindi from a QWERTY English keyboard

2021-12-21T12:31:11Z

Fonts exist. There's something called Inscript layout for Devanagari (script name of Hindi) typing as shown here.

https://www.typingbaba.com/keyboard/onl … yboard.php

It maps the keys to Devanagari characters. How do you plan to go ahead?

Re: Packages for typing in Hindi from a QWERTY English keyboard

2021-12-21T12:04:50Z

im alrady on it sagar, i need a virtual keyboard that works to type in arabic.... trying a few of them these days
u can help if u want, or wait i will might be adding one.

Packages for typing in Hindi from a QWERTY English keyboard

2021-12-21T07:13:32Z

What packages should I build for typing Hindi on a QWERTY English keyboard?

There is ibus which uses python-dbus . I would like to know other alternatives.