Using Unicode for Indian
Languages
Dr. Umesh Kumar Singh
Assistant Professor
School of Indic Studies,
Institute of Advanced Sciences, Dartmouth, USA
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System before Unicode
• ASCII (AMERICAN STANDARD CODE FOR
INFORMATION INTERCHANGE)
• ISCII (INDIAN STANDARD CODE FOR INFORMATION
INTERCHANGE)
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Beginning of Unicode
• Unicode was joint consortium of international software
companies
• Companies were- IBM, Microsoft, Apple,
• Unicode started in 1988
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Unicode encoding system for Indian
Languages
• http://www.unicode.org/charts/
• https://unicode.org/charts/PDF/U0900.pdf
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What is necessary for typing in Unicode?
• System Support
• Unicode Font- Mangal, Arial Unicode MS etc.
• Input system- Software or Keyboard- IME
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System Support
• Android- Supports
• PC- Windows supports but extra language pack was necessary
till Windows XP
• Linux is versatile and lots of support
• Apple OS supports Unicode
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Unicode Font
Unicode fonts by Microsoft-
• Arial Unicode MS
• Mangal
• Utsaah
• Kokila
• Sanskrit Text-best but have only regular face
Lots of other fonts by other vendors
Akruti Publisher, Murti, Chhandas etc.
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Input systems- Software or Keyboard or Input
Method Editor (IME)
Phonetic input system
• Baraha IME
• Google Indic input tool (Currently not available for PC)
• Microsoft IME for Indian Languages
• Vidyut phonetic keyboard
• सं ृ त िह ी नेपाली क बोड
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Non Phonetic Keyboards
• Inscript keyboards-Windows Language support
• Virtual Keyboard- By Google in Android Phones
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Google Indic Keyboard for Android
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सं ृ त िह ी नेपाली क बोड
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सं ृ त िह ी नेपाली क बोड-With Shift
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सं ृ त िह ी नेपाली क बोड-With ctrl+alt
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Thank You
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