Typing in Hindi Made Easy

Today I found a very useful tool for people who wish to type in Hindi but do not have a Hindi Keyboard or the required expertise. A lot of you must be already aware about the Google Transliterate Project. It is a wonderful tool for entering text in any of its supported languages using a English/QWERTY Keyboard. Users can type a word the way it sounds using Latin characters and this Google Tool will convert the word to its native script i.e. Hindi. For e.g. I type "Mera naam Suyash Verma hai.", this text will be displayed as "मेरा नाम सुयश वर्मा है."

I will describe how to install and use this tool in a few steps.

Part I

1. Visit http://www.google.co.in/inputtools/windows/

2. Select Hindi Language on the left side of the screen.

3. Check "I agree to the Google Terms of Service and Privacy Policy."

4. Click on the Download Link.

Part II

1. Open the downloaded "InputToolsSetup.exe" file.

2. Follow the instructions and complete the installation.

For Windows 7/Vista Users

You will find a Language tool on the left side of your windows Taskbar. Click on it and switch to Hindi whenever you wish to use English to Hindi typing.

If on restarting the computer or at any given point of time, you are not able to locate this toolbar, follow these steps.

You can add the Language bar in control panel by following steps,
1. Go to Control Panel -> Regional and Language Option -> Keyboards and Languages -> press Change Keyboards..

2. The following dialog box will appear,

Note: Language bar will be displayed either on taskbar or Desktop , only if you selected more than one language as input language.

Make sure your second language is listed in the input language list. If not you can add it by pressing Add button.

3. Here you can select where the language bar should be appeared or hidden. Make sure ‘Hidden’ is not selected. Select the appropriate option and press OK.

I hope this guide is useful to all of you. If you have any queries, do not hesitate to drop a message here.