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The first Sinhala virtual keyboard is Helakuru. Helakuru was developed by Bhasha Lanka (Pvt) Ltd for Android and iOS devices. It was first released on Android in 2011 and in 2015 it was released on App Store also. [4] In 2019, Apple allowed Sinhala to be a keyboard layout and an iPhone language to boost Apple product sales in Sri Lanka.
For Windows, simply copy the font to your Windows\Fonts folder. Refer to system documentation for other operating systems. Restart your computer (not necessary on Windows XP). In Windows, right click on your Desktop, choose Properties, go to Advanced tab, click on Effects and choose Cleartype as the method to smooth edges of screen fonts.
The keyboard driver for this encoding scheme is available on the Tamil Virtual Academy website for free. [3] [4] It uses Tamil 99 and Tamil Typewriter keyboard layouts, which are approved by the Government of Tamil Nadu, and maps the input keystrokes to its corresponding characters of the TACE16 scheme. [2]
The Sinhala script (Sinhala: සිංහල අක්ෂර මාලාව, romanized: Siṁhala Akṣara Mālāwa), also known as Sinhalese script, is a writing system used by the Sinhalese people and most Sri Lankans in Sri Lanka and elsewhere to write the Sinhala language as well as the liturgical languages Pali and Sanskrit. [3]
The Tamil keyboard is used in computers and mobile devices to input text in the Tamil script. The keyboard layout approved by the Government of Tamil Nadu is Tamil 99. The InScript keyboard is the keyboard layout standardized by the Government of India for inputting text in the languages of India written in Brahmic scripts. Tamil keyboards are ...
The spoken Tamil varieties in Sri Lanka although different from those of Tamil Nadu in India share some common features with the southern dialects of Tamil Nadu. Sri Lankan Tamil dialects retain many words and grammatical forms that are not in everyday use in Tamil Nadu, [5] [6] and use many other words slightly differently. [7]
Tamil 99 keyboard Tamil Inscript keyboard for comparison Demo video on Tamil99 typing (in Tamil language). Tamil 99 is a keyboard layout approved by the Tamil Nadu Government. . The layout, along with several monolingual and bilingual fonts for use with the Tamil language, was approved by government order on 13 June 1999
1985. CINTEC establishes a committee for the use of Sinhala & Tamil in Computer Technology. [3]1987 "DOS WordPerfect" Reverend Gangodawila Soma Thero, who was the chief incumbent at the Springvale Buddhist temple in Melbourne, Australia asked the Lay members of the temple to produce a Monthly Newsletter for the temple in Sinhala, called "Bodu Puwath".