tasamphel / tibetan-virtual-keyboard

Tibetan Virtual Keyboard (Open Source)

Tibetan Virtual Keyboard

Just out of hobby or being a skilled responsible Tibetan with an intention to do something for the preservation of our distinct Tibetan language in this digital world, I created Virtual Tibetan keyboard for those don't have Tibetan keyboard or Tibetan font installed in their computer and want to post something online or update their Facebook status in Tibetan language. Here is the link http://tibetmycountry.com/vkd/index.php

Usage

How to use this application (Tibetan Virtual Keyboard) Click on the Keyboard symbol or icon to activate the virtual Tibetan keyboard. By default it is Tibetan language, but you can change it into English or number pad by selecting the option.

You can also change the size of keyboard by selecting the number. There are five options in the selection box and 1 for smallest, 3 for medium and 5 for largest size.

Check box that makes the dead key functional or not. It's important to enable the dead key for Tibetan language but you can disable it for english language otherwise letter "a" didn't work.

Clear button is to reset the form or delete the text.

To hide the keyboard press the Cross button To write སྐྱ་ click on the word ས་ a ཀ་ a ཡ but don't forget to check that check box་ to enable dead key - a (by default it's already checked) To enable the words that are under SHIFT you have to click on SHIFT, it automatically shows up the words.

Keyboard layout is same as TCRC Bodyig layout.

You can also download and install Unicode Tibetan Keyboard I Created for Windows Computer.

Instruction to install Tibetan Unicode Keyboard on Window Computer:

Unzip the downloaded zip file Folder "TCRCunicode" contain some files Copy/Install the font file "TibetanUnicode.ttf" into "Settings/Control Panels/Fonts" folder. This will install the Tibetan Font locally. In the folder "TCRCunicode", Right click "UniTibKbdMgr.exe" to create a desktop shortcut

Instruction to use the Tibetan Keyboard:

Click on "UniTibKbdMgr.exe" shortcut on the Desktop screen Click "ScrollLock" in your keyboard to toggle between typing in "English" and "Tibetan" When toggled to "Tibetan" just type in whatever tibetan words you wish, into the fields on the website.