Difference between revisions of "Tibetan Input Method"

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== Windows 2000 and Windows XP ==
 
== Windows 2000 and Windows XP ==
[http://www.tavultesoft.com/ Tavultesoft] offers a free Tool, Keyman, which supports a number of different input methods for Tibetan.
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[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.
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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".
 
Additionally, [http://www.tavultesoft.com/beta/ Tavultesoft] is currently developing a new version of Keyman which supports a number of different input methods for Tibetan including Wylie.
 
  
 
== Linux ==
 
== Linux ==

Revision as of 07:01, 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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

The UIM package contains a Wylie input method for Linux.

Mac OS-X[edit]

For Mac, MacUIM is a port of UIM for Mac OS-X.