இது நாள் வரை தமிழில் தட்டச்சு செய்வதற்கு, google.com/transliteration என்னும் இணையம் சார்ந்த மென்பொருளை பயன்படுத்தி வந்தேன். இணையத்தின் மூலமாக தட்டச்சு செய்ய, இணைய இணைப்பு எப்பொழுதும் அவசியமாக இருந்தது. இணையம் இல்லாமல் தட்டச்சு செய்ய பதிவிறக்கம் செய்யக்கூடிய மென்பொருளை கீழ்கண்டுள்ள இணைய முகவரியில் பதிவிறக்கம் செய்ய முடியும், பதிவிறக்கம் செய்தபின் மென்பொருளை இணையம் இல்லாமலே தமிழை மிகவும் சுலபமாக தட்டச்சு செய்யலாம். பதிவிறக்கம் செய்ய இணைய முகவரி : http://www.google.com/ime/transliteration செயல்படுத்தவைக்கும் முறை :http://www.google.com/ime/transliteration/help.html#installation
இதை செயல்படுத்துவதில் எதாவது சிக்கல்கள் இருப்பின், கீழ் காணும் மின் அஞ்சல் முகவரிக்கு தொடர்பு கொள்ளலாம் devarajan@gmail.com
Google Transliteration IME is an input method editor which allows users to enter text in one of the supported languages using a roman keyboard. Users can type a word the way it sounds using Latin characters and Google Transliteration IME will convert the word to its native script. Note that this is not the same as translation -- it is the sound of the words that is converted from one alphabet to the other, not their meaning. Converted content will always be in Unicode. For example, typing "hamesha" transliterates into Hindi as: 
and typing "salaam" transliterates into Persian as: 
Google Transliteration IME is available for 19 different languages - Amharic, Arabic, Bengali, Farsi (Persian), Greek, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Punjabi, Russian, Sanskrit, Serbian, Tamil, Telugu, Tigrinya and Urdu.
Sample status window and the edit window for Hindi IME are shown below. For simplicity, Hindi IME is used as an example at most places in this help page.
If you want to use IME with any application like notepad, you must first open the application and then open our IME. IME can be opened by clicking on the language bar on the desktop and then selecting the IME language icon or through a shortcut key if it's already configured. To close IME, you can change the language in language bar or try right clicking on the current application to see whether it supports 'Close IME' popup menu option or by closing the current application.
Displaying Language Bar
- In desktop, right click on tool bar and select Toolbars -> Language bar
Enabling Language Bar
If the 'Language bar' option is not visible in 'Toolbars', then it needs to be enabled through control panel:
Windows 7/Vista
- Control Panel -> Regional and Language Options -> Keyboard and Languages tab
- Click on Change keyboards... button to open Text services and input languages dialog
- Navigate to Language Bar tab
- Enable the radio button Docked in the taskbar under Language Bar section
- Apply all settings and try to display language bar as mentioned in previous section.
Windows XP
- Go to Control Panel -> Regional and Language Options -> Languages tab -> Text services and input languages (Details) -> Advanced Tab
- Make sure that under System configuration, option Turn off advanced text services is NOT checked.
- Go to Control Panel -> Regional and Language Options -> Languages tab -> Text services and input languages (Details) -> Settings Tab
- Click Language Bar
- Select Show the Language bar on the desktop. Click OK.
- If you are installing the IME for East Asian language or Right-To-Left language, go to Control Panel -> Regional and Language Options -> Languages Tab
- Make sure that options Install files for complex scripts and right to left languages and Install files for East Asian languages are checked in the checkboxes. This requires installation of system files and the system will prompt to insert the Operating System Disc.
- Apply all settings and try to display language bar as mentioned in previous section.
IME Shortcut
A shortcut key sequence can be applied to the IME as follows which can be used to quickly enable IME for any in-focus application:
Windows 7/Vista
- Control Panel -> Regional and Language Options -> Keyboard and Languages tab
- Click on Change keyboards... button to open Text services and input languages dialog
- Navigate to Advanced Key Settings tab
- If Google <Language> Input is not listed in Installed Services box, then click Add and in Add Input language dialog box, go to the language for which you want to enable IME in the languages tree and expand the node. Check the checkbox next to Google <Language> Input in the list.
- In Hot keys for input languages Select To <Language> - Google <Language> Input
- Press Change Key Sequence
- Select Enable Key Sequence
- Select option like Left ALT + SHIFT + Key 1
- Apply all changes
- Now opening an application like notepad and pressing Left ALT + SHIFT + Key 1 should open the IME.
Windows XP
- Control Panel -> Regional and Language Options -> Languages tab -> Text services and input languages (Details) -> Settings Tab
- If either <Language> or Google <Language> Input not listed in Installed Services box, then click Add and in Add Input language dialog box, select <Language> in Input language and Google <Language> Input in Keyboard layout/IME. Click OK
- Press Key Settings
- In Hot keys for input languages, Select Switch to <Language>-Google <Language> Input
- Press Change Key Sequence
- Select Enable Key Sequence
- Select option like Left ALT + SHIFT + Key 1
- Apply all changes
- Now opening an application like notepad and pressing Left ALT + SHIFT + Key 1 should open the IME.
Keyboard
When you don't get some words as expected choices for any rare complex words; you can use the flexible keyboard to input any possible word. You can open the keyboard by clicking the keyboard button on status window or through the shortcut CTRL+K. Mouse is used to enter characters from the IME keyboard which also triggers word completions in the edit window. Keyboard can be closed by clicking the keyboard button again on status window or through shortcut keys: CTRL+K or ESC. There is also option to enter Zero Width Joiner (ZWJ) and Zero Width Non Joiner (ZWNJ) characters.
