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Support Indian language scripts

Last updated May 20, 2013. Created by vinoth.3v on February 6, 2009.
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This Page provides you the details about Indic Script Modules Documentation which is originally created for Tamil Friends.

Indic Script Module enables IME (Transliteration Input Method) for Indian Languages in Drupal Text Fields and Text Area Fields So that users can create their content in their preferred Language.

Indic Script module supports Type writer (TW) as well as Phonetic typing for the following languages.

  1. Tamil, Tamil Tw, Tamil 99
  2. Hindi, Hindi Tw, Hindi Remington Tw
  3. Malayalam, Malayalam Tw
  4. Bengali, Bengali Tw
  5. Gujarati, Gujarati Tw
  6. Kannada, Kannada Tw
  7. Oriya, Oriya Tw
  8. Punjab, Punjab Tw
  9. Telugu & Telugu Tw

What it does exactly?

Phonetic typing: If the user type "ammaa" in English it will convert this to the Tamil word அம்மா (means mother).
Type writer (TW): It will convert the keystroke with appropriate Unicode character in the selected Language.

Switching between languages

The Keystroke F9 is set as Hot key for switching between languages.