Hindi Typing on a Computer

About this ebook

What you will learn

Learn to type Hindi on a Windows computer with the Inscript keyboard and Unicode fonts. Step by step, you will type vowels, matras, half letters, conjuncts such as क्ष and त्र, the nukta and numerals, then build speed and accuracy with word drills, practice passages and a six-week plan.

Who it is for

Students preparing for Hindi typing and office staff who type in Hindi.

Chapters

Contents

1. Chapter 1: Hindi on a computer: Unicode and older fonts
2. Chapter 2: Turning on the Hindi Inscript keyboard in Windows
3. Chapter 3: How the Inscript layout is arranged
4. Chapter 4: Home row and your first Hindi words
5. Chapter 5: Vowels and matras
6. Chapter 6: Anusvara, chandrabindu, visarga and ऋ
7. Chapter 7: Half letters and the halant
8. Chapter 8: Special conjuncts and the nukta
9. Chapter 9: Numbers, punctuation and the Remington layout
10. Chapter 10: Common words and practice passages
11. Chapter 11: A plan for speed and accuracy

Inside

At the end of the book

• Practice questions. To check what you have learnt, with the answers after them.
• Glossary. The key words of the book, each explained in one sentence.
• Easy English. Short sentences and everyday words, with each new word explained the first time.

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