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== Windows 2000 and Windows XP == | == Windows 2000 and Windows XP == | ||
[http://www.tavultesoft.com/ Tavultesoft] offers a | [http://www.tavultesoft.com/ Tavultesoft] offers a commercial Tool, Keyman, which supports a number of different input methods for Tibetan. Starting with version 7, Keyman is no longer available for free. | ||
A free input method, TISE, is available [http://thdl.org/tools/tise.html here]. | |||
== Windows Vista == | == Windows Vista == | ||
Vista supports a tibetan input method as part of the operating system. No further software needs to be installed. A Tibetan keyboard can be enabled using "Control Panel / Regional and Language Options". | Vista supports a tibetan input method as part of the operating system. No further software needs to be installed. A Tibetan keyboard can be enabled using "Control Panel / Regional and Language Options". | ||
== Linux == | == Linux == | ||
Revision as of 06:01, 7 February 2007
Tibetan Input Methods translate sequences of characters typed on standard keyboards into Tibetan glyphs. An input method is one of three components needed for a complete Tibetan Unicode Installation.
Overview
A very good description of basically all available Tibetan Inputs methods is given at the THDL project of the University of Virginia.
Windows 2000 and Windows XP
Tavultesoft offers a commercial Tool, Keyman, which supports a number of different input methods for Tibetan. Starting with version 7, Keyman is no longer available for free.
A free input method, TISE, is available here.
Windows Vista
Vista supports a tibetan input method as part of the operating system. No further software needs to be installed. A Tibetan keyboard can be enabled using "Control Panel / Regional and Language Options".
Linux
The UIM package contains a Wylie input method for Linux.
Mac OS-X
For Mac, MacUIM is a port of UIM for Mac OS-X.