BarahaIME - Baraha Input Method Editor

BarahaIME is a Input Method Editor program for Indian languages. It may be used to type Unicode text in applications such as MS Office, Internet Explorer, Notepad, so on... When BarahaIME program is started, it shows as an icon in the system tray at the bottom-right portion of the screen.


BarahaIME icon in the system tray.

Menu commands:

Menu commands can be accessed by clicking on the system tray icon or by pressing the F12 key.

Language:
Select the language. (Kannada, Kannada keyboard, Devanagari, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Gujarati, Gurumukhi, Bengali, Oriya). This setting is applied to the currently selected window.

Sort:
Provides various sorting options. See: Sorting text

Convert to:
Provides various conversion options. See: Converting text

Editing text:

After starting BarahaIME, when you start a new application window or switch to an existing window, the application will have the system default (English) keyboard. You have to select the Indian language to activate the Indian language keyboard.

During a session, BarahaIME keeps track of the language settings for individual application windows. For example, lets say you are running two wordpad applications one for editing Kannada and the other for editing Hindi. Once the languages for individual windows are set, everytime you switch to a window, the language is automatically set. This way, you can switch between applications without having to select the langauges again and again.

BarahaIME keeps track of the characters typed in an internal buffer. During editing, if you use the BACKSPACE key, it deletes the last character typed and re-generates the whole word. If the keyboard is idle for more than 8 seconds, the internal buffer gets cleared automatically. Therefore, if you use BACKSPACE key after 8 seconds delay, the whole word is not re-generated. Instead, characters are deleted one by one. The internal buffer also gets cleared when you use the navigational keys such as arrows, page down, page up, e.t.c.

To type Indian language text:

To type English text:

Converting text:

Converion commands allow you to convert Indian language text from one script to another. The text to be converted may contain different scripts. For example, In MS Word, let's say you have Kannada text along with Telugu text. Now, you can convert this entire text to Devanagari.

Indian language text can also be converted to ISO 15919 and IAST(see: Latin) formats. Text in ISO 15919 or IAST format can be converted back to Indian language text.

The conversion operation consists of 3 simple steps.

Step 1: In MS Word, select the Indian language text you want to convert and copy it by clicking Edit | Copy menu command.

Step 2: In BarahaIME menu, select Convert To --> ... command.

Step 3: In MS Word, paste the text by clicking Edit | Paste menu command.

Note: BarahaIME remembers the conversion option last selected. You may press F10 key to perform the same operation later.

Sorting text:

Sorting commands allow you to sort Indian language text in the correct alphabetical order specific to the language. The text to be sorted may contain different scripts.

The sorting operation consists of 3 simple steps.

Step 1: In MS Word, select the Indian language text you want to sort and copy it by clicking Edit | Copy menu command.

Step 2: In BarahaIME menu, select Sort --> ... command.

Step 3: In MS Word, paste the text by clicking Edit | Paste menu command.

Note: BarahaIME remembers the sort option last selected. You may press F9 key to perform the same operation later.

Some tips:

Using BarahaIME in MS Office