Lipikaar Firefox Plugin for typing in Indian Languages
Lipikaar FireFox Extension
Free for non-commercial use

Use Lipikaar with
Use Lipikaar to communicate in Indian Languages on Email and Chat E-mail and Chat
Multilingual communication using Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, Hotmail, Rediffmail and any other E-mail Service providers.
Use Lipikaar to search content in your language Search Engines
Search content with your language using Google, Yahoo!, MSN, Indiatimes and all search engines across the web.
Use Lipikaar to blog on Blogger, Wordpress and other blogging platforms Blogging
Express thoughts in your language in Blogger, Wordpress and other blogging platforms.
Use Lipikaar to connect with your friends on Orkut, Facebook Social Networking
Connect with friends 'your style', with Orkut, Facebook or your favorite Social Network.

Lipikaar is simple

Only alphabet keys are used.
No struggling with the correct English spellings (transliteration).
No popup language keyboards required.
No guessing or prompting.
No clumsy keystrokes.
Even the most complicated word can be typed effortlessly in seconds.

It is also the fastest - takes fewer keystrokes to type than others.

Supported Firefox versions

Mozilla Firefox Version 1.5.x to 3.0.x

Languages

The Firefox Extension supports - Devanagari (Hindi, Marathi, Sanskrit, Nepali, Konkani, Sindhi), Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Arabic and Urdu.

Lipikaar is patented

A comprehensive method designed for professional use. It supports the complete character set as recommended by Bureau of Indian Standards including four forms of vowels and two forms of " r " for South Indian languages.

Installation

  1. As a pre-requisite, you should have Mozilla Firefox. Click on the Firefox button on the right side of this page to download Mozilla Firefox.
  2. In Firefox, simply click on the "Click Here to Download" button you see on this page or click here.
  3. A "Software Installation" window will pop-up. When the "Install Now" button appears, click it.
  4. Click on the "Restart Firefox" button or Restart Firefox.
  5. You will see Lipikaar Firefox Extension at the bottom right corner of the Firefox status bar. You are now all set to be a Lipikaar!

Usage

  1. From the top menu bar, go to View > Character Encoding and make sure Unicode (UTF-8) is selected. If not, click on View > Character Encoding > More Encodings > Unicode > Unicode (UTF-8).
  2. To start using the Lipikaar extension, click on Lipikaar Firefox Extension and click on "Enable" in the menu that appears. You can also use the keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+Alt+L to enable or disable the extension.
  3. If it is the first time you are using Lipikaar, choose your default language and click "OK" on the popup that appears.
  4. Click on Lipikaar Firefox Extension again. From the menu, go to "Choose Language" and select the language of your choice.
  5. Congratulations! You are now ready to type in your language.
  6. At any time, you can get help by clicking on Lipikaar Firefox Extension and clicking help or use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Alt+H.