: A free, open-source office suite project that is Unicode-savvy, OpenType enabled, and able to run on Linux/Sparc, Mac OS X (with X11), and all modern Windows platforms, including Windows 95.Follow the instructions above about how to enable South Asian language support before installing this keyboard. This keyboard is phonetic and like the InPage keyboard. The Center for Research in Urdu Language Processing provides a Urdu Phonetic Keyboard for Windows.As the default Urdu keyboard is not phonetic, many users may prefer to install a phonetic one (see below). The keyboard may be viewed with the On-screen Keyboard Viewer ( Start > Program Files > Utilities > Accessibility > On Screen Keyboard). Windows XP/Vista Keyboard Layout: Microsoft Windows XP includes keyboard layouts for typing with Urdu Unicode fonts through the installation of its optional multilingual support.įollow the instructions about 'Enabling South Asian Language Support' and 'Activating Keyboard Layouts' on the 'How to Install Fonts and Layouts' page (in the left navigation bar).Input Schemes and Keyboard Layoutsįor typing in Urdu on Windows platforms, the SALRC recommends the following options: Note: Also supports Balochi, Brahui, Kashmiri, Lahnda, Panjabi Shahmukhi, Pashto, and Sindhi. Commercial font supplied with Microsoft Windows 2000 and XP.
