InScript Typing

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InScript (Indian Script) is a touch typing keyboard layout scheme for inputting Indic text on computer. This keyboard layout is standardized by Government of India for Indic Computing. It was developed by C-DAC, an India based software company.

InScript has common layout for all the Indic scripts. Due to the phonetic/alphabetic nature of the keyboard, a person who knows typing in one Indian script can type in any other Indian script.

InScript keyboard now comes inbuilt in all of the newer operating systems including Windows (2000, XP, Vista), Linux and Macintosh.

[edit] Typing Indic text using InScript Keyboard

InScript keyboard comes inbuilt in all of the newer operating systems. In Windows 2000 and XP, you need to first enable Indic Support. In Windows Vista, Indic Support is enabled by default.

To add InScript keyboard:-

Go to Control Panel -> "Regional and Language Options".
Click the "Languages" tab.
Click on the "Details" tab.
Click the "Add" button to add a keyboard for your particular language.
In the drop-down box, select your required Indian language.
Make sure the check box labelled "Keyboard layout/IME" is selected and ensure you select an appropriate keyboard. Generally it is automatically selected.
Now select "OK" to save changes.

Now you can use the combination ALT+SHIFT to switch between different keyboard layouts (e.g. from a US Keyboard to Hindi and vice-versa). Although it is advised to change this key combination to CTRL+SHIFT because it is more comfortable. For doing this, click on "Key Settings" below the heading "Preferences", next click on "Change Key Sequence", here you can change the hotkey combination to CTRL+SHIFT.