Aksharamala is a standards-based software tool that facilitates inputting content in Indian languages. While enabled, Aksharamala automatically transliterates the English characters you type to a target Indian Language in the application of focus (see demo). Aksharamala works as a conduit between the keyboard and the target application and does not have an UI of its own. It is very flexible in that you can change the target language, the input scheme from the tray app (see snapshot) with the use of a hotkey. It supports the popular ITRANS transliteration scheme and several keyboard layouts such as DOE.

• On-the-fly transliteration into the target language using Unicode.
• Enable / disable using a Hotkey (by default set to Ctrl + Alt + T).
• Support for adding additional languages or input schemes without constantly updating the software.
• Support for multiple keyboard layouts (DOE, INSCRIPT etc.)
• Support for "revers-literation" schemes - This allows easy conversion of existing content created using ASCII based fonts (such as Shusha) to Unicode.
• Multi-lingual support.

• Email, both web-based and email applications such as Outlook, Hotmail, Yahoo! Mail
• Instant Messaging - Chat with friends and family using Yahoo, MSN messenger
• Content creation using FrontPage, Word XP
• Development of Unicode applications that take input in Indian languages
• Storage of information in Indian languages using MS Access, SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL  or other popular database software

Publishing

• Develop content in Indian languages using applications of your choice
• Aksharamala comes with high-quality, true-type fonts that are suitable for publishing. You could also integrate your own fonts with it (Using our developer and enterprise editions)
• Use Aksharamala for an economic means to create, edit and distribute content in Indian languages.

Educational Institution

• Develop applications in Indian languages for teaching language courses
• Deploy Aksharamala to facilitate communication using Indian languages via email, instant messaging among your personnel
• Create content in Indian languages for students to use and communicate

Portal

• Reach a wider audience by presenting your content in Indian languages
• Create news reports, online advertisements, other content in multiple Indian languages to cater to specific language groups
• Provide services to non-English speaking population by creating UI and backend applications to process Indian language input

1. Easy to use
2. Hot key enable / disable
3. Non-intrusive
4. Use the popular applications that you are already familiar with (Outlook for email, MSN for chat etc.)
5. Supports several popular transliteration schemes and keyboard layouts
6. Support for Unicode and Proprietary formats alike (we recommend Unicode if your target app supports it)
7. Runs on all Windows 32-bit platforms from Windows 9x to XP.

• Most DO NOT support Unicode
• Most of them use proprietary fonts/input schemes
• Some even come with proprietary font rendering engines
• Some are server-based solutions which are slow and non-standard

• Uses Unicode: This allows data interchange between applications using cut and paste and other Windows standard mechanisms. Other non-Unicode solutions do not give this portability as the character-mapping for each font is vendor-dependent and can change without notice.
• Consistent: Our input method supports many popular Input schemes. We support ITRANS 5.x across all supported Indian languages. ITRANS is consistent across all Indian languages. That is, a user familiar with typing using this method (in any language) can do the same in any other language without re-learning the character sequence.
• Comprehensive: Our solution is not application specific. Our software directly speaks with OS in a standard manner and so can be used across all applications on Windows 9x, NT, 2000, ME, XP. This means that not only can you create a document but you can also create a directory or file name in Hindi using our software. (NOTE: Directory, filename creation in Indian languages is supported by only Windows 2000/XP while Indic support is enabled.)
• Standard: Aksharamala is similar to other international input schemes that use the same standards for example Japanese, Chinese etc.,
• Compact: This software has a small footprint as it uses system APIs for fast and efficient transformation from English character sequence to the respective Indian language.