User:Indicology/sandbox

Creating Hindi Content in an English World

This is to help Hindi language speakers to generate Indic content on the internet. Most internet users in India are fluent in at least one vernacular language, e.g., Hindi. Many bilingual and tringual Indians often feel that nuances can be only communicated in their language. However with the usual computing available, it is sometimes easier and faster to do this using web based Indian language tools from Google.

1. If you know Hindi If you know Hindi but are unfamilar with the Hindi (Devanagari) script we can write Hindi using the English script, enter it in the Google Transliterate box, copy and fix the output.Transliterate using google

2. If you dont know Hindi If you dont know Hindi you can use Google Tanslate to translate from another language to Hindi. This may give varying results especially with regard to grammer. Translate with Google

'''What Keyboards to use? Input Methods''' Please note, we are confining our discussion to physical keyboards used with desktop and laptop computers.

Inscript [|InScript Keyboard]
 * Based on Typing Frequencies
 * Vowels on the left and consonants on the right
 * Confusing because designed for the Devanagari script used by three languages – Sanskrit, Marathi and Hindi
 * Memorization mandatory – getting up to speed takes months.

''Note: Unclear if the theoretical advantages of typing frequencies are relevant. e.g., typing speeds of 90wpm are routine on the QWERTY keyboard, designed without these considerations. Also, typing frequencies would differ for different languages.''

Transliteration Use QWERTY English Keyboards to evoke Indic Example: Press 'a' to get अ and 'A' to get आ e.g., Shri-lipi, Baraha, Nudi
 * User must know English or the keyboard has to be memorized – limited utility in Vernacular India.
 * English does not correspond 1:1 with Indic. Many additional keystroke combos to be memorized.
 * It takes weeks for the vernacular-fluent to learn and achieve productive typing speeds.

Brahmi The Brahmi Keyboard is based on the way Hindi alphabet is taught

अ आ इ ... अं अः and क ख ग घ ङ ... ष स ह ।


 * All Indian languages are taught this way
 * The Brahmi keyboard is immediately usable by all literate Indians

Remington
 * Used mainly by GOI stenos
 * Complex, has to be memorized
 * Font-based (not Unicode), not directly web compatible.

Please feel free to add/edit this page and make it better!