DESCRIPTION Lipikaar is a method to enable typing in 16 languages with an ordinary keyboard for the PC and on the Internet. The languages it supports include Hindi, Marathi, Sanskrit, Nepali, Kashmiri, Konkani, Sindhi, Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Urdu and Arabic. Lipikaar is currently available for the Microsoft Windows Desktop and all Windows Applications, Mozilla Firefox browser and for use with Internet or web applications. Lipikaar is also available in an embedded or hardware form allowing you to use the ordinary keyboard for regional languages with various hardware products. The typing method is intuitive and effortless to learn and is as close as possible to writing in a regional language.
CITATION The need for localization is becoming almost mandatory and various efforts are making ICT tools, especially computers work across all languages. Provision for typing in local language in ICT tools and applications is one such need. And this is what Lipikaar is attempting to provide by selecting 16 out of total 22 official Indian languages in devising a methodology to enable typing in those languages. The uniqueness of Lipikaar is it works with the same English keyboard without being fluent in English across popular browsers like Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. In Lipikaar the typing method is unambiguous and efficient, making it very easy and enjoyable to type out stories, articles and documents in your chosen language. Adding value, Lipikaar also serves as a key component in enterprise applications, remote banking, and financial services.