We have made several changes to make Baraha more consistent across all Indian languages. These changes were necessary to ensure better interoperability between languages.
1) Added new Brh-Indic phonetic keyboard common for all Indian languages
2) LETTER_VOCALIC_R, LETTER_VOCALIC_RR are supported in all languages as ~ru, ~rU. (Ru, RU are not supported)
3) LETTER_VOCALIC_L, LETTER_VOCALIC_LL are supported in all languages as ~lu, ~lU
4) Special symbols STRESS_SIGN_UDATTA( क॑ ), DOUBLE_SVARITA( क᳚ ), STRESS_SIGN_ANUDATTA( क॒ ) are supported in all languages as $, #, q
5) AVAGRAHA( ऽ ) is supported in all languages as &
6) ॐ is supported in all languages as OM
7) DANDA( । ), DOUBLE_DANDA( ॥ ) are supported in all languages as |, ||
8) 'x' is used as nukta character to extend an existing charcater. ex: rx(R), nx, Dx, Dhx, yx(Y), ...
9) Tamil letters ந, ன can be typed as 'n' only. ந or ன is produced depending on context. ex: பந்து(pantu), இன்று(inRu)
10) Added a common interface for the settings in BarahaIME, BarahaPad, Baraha programs
11) Fixed minor issues in all Baraha programs
12) Follow steps below to convert .BRH files that were created using old Baraha(v10.10.900 or earlier) to updated phonetic encoding
*) Run the latest Baraha editor. Open .BRH file to be converted
*) Click Edit -> Find-Replace menu to access Find-Replace dialog box. Check Match case option
*) Find and Replace following text one by one in the given order below by using Replace All button
| Find | Replace |
| Ru | ~ru |
| RU | ~rU |
| oum | OM |
| ~n | n |
| $ | @$@ |
| # | @#@ |
| @$@ | # |
| @#@ | $ |
13) Follow steps below to convert .BRH files that were created using old Baraha(v10.10.900 or earlier) to Brh-Indic encoding
*) You may download old Baraha v10.10.900 from here. Extract zip file contents into a separate folder
*) Run old Baraha editor. Open .BRH file to be converted. Click the output window and copy Indic text
*) Run the latest Baraha editor. Open File->Settings... dialog and make sure Brh-Indic keyboard option is checked
*) Paste text in the input window of latest Baraha editor