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Arabic Phonetic (deprecated) Keyboard Help

Arabic Phonetic Keyboard - Preliminary (beta) Version

Created by Tavultesoft Pty Ltd

This is a preliminary keyboard for entering Arabic phonetically using a standard English keyboard. See the OnScreen Keyboard for the character mapping used.

Please email support@tavultesoft.com with any comments you have on using this keyboard.

Usage Notes

This keyboard has several shortcuts to make it easier to type phonetically:

  • To make a long vowel, type the vowel twice. This is supported for:
    • aa (ا)
    • AA (آ)
    • uu (ؤ)
    • ee (إ)
  • Four other multiple key outputs are supported:
    • yx (ئ)
    • ao ( ً )
    • uo ( ٌ )
    • eo ( ٍ )
  • To add a Shadda (e.g. shown here on Beh, بّ), type the consonant twice
  • To type Allah (لله), type llh
  • To cycle through different variations of a letter, use the slash key (/). This is currently supported for:
    • alef/ain/fatha (a/)
    • dad/dal (d/)
    • heh/khah/hah (h/)
    • sad/sheen/seen (s/)
    • tah/teh marbuta/theh/zah/thal/teh (t/)

Release History

Version 0.2 released 27 February 2009, added some additional documentation.

Version 0.1 for Keyman Desktop 7.0. Released 30 January 2009.

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