Tamil InScript Keyboard

InScript (Indian Script) is the Government of India standard keyboard for Indian languages. It puts the same sounds on the same keys in every script, so a Hindi, Malayalam or Tamil InScript typist uses the same finger positions. It is the layout Windows lists simply as "Tamil" (its Tamil99 layout is listed separately as "Tamil 99").

Type the consonant first, then the sign key: K then F gives கி. Every sign, including the two-part ones, has its own key, so கொ is K `, in the order Unicode stores it. Follow that input sequence even when a sign appears to the left on screen.

Hold Shift on the key of its sign. Shift D is அ, Shift F is இ, Shift E is ஆ. Use the normal key for a dependent sign after a consonant, and the Shift version when you need the independent vowel. Check both labels on the chart.

InScript is shared with scripts like Hindi that have aspirated consonants (क and ख). Tamil does not, so those positions repeat the plain letter: K and I are both க, L and O are both த. This follows the Windows layout exactly.

Learn InScript if you also type another Indian language, or if your office computers use the Windows "Tamil" keyboard. Tamil99 was designed for Tamil alone and joins letters for you, so most words need fewer keystrokes. Both are free to practise here.

Not on this page. It reads the physical key you press, so your computer can stay on English. Copy the Unicode text into any app. To type InScript everywhere, add the Tamil keyboard in your operating system settings. Select the matching source only when you leave this page to type directly in another application.

Press D after the consonant to add its pulli. This is different from Tamil99, where the pulli key is F. Keep the InScript chart visible while practising and enter one consonant at a time. If your keys follow Tamil99 positions instead, check that you opened this page and left your system keyboard on English.

No. This online InScript keyboard includes the normal and Shift layers, but does not implement the AltGr Tamil digit and symbol layer. Use the Tamil symbols keyboard to copy those characters, then paste them into your paragraph. Do not treat the absence of an AltGr symbol here as evidence that the character is missing from Unicode.

That is the displayed shape of the Tamil letter, not the order you should type here. Enter the consonant first, then its vowel sign using the InScript chart. The renderer positions the sign around the consonant. Do not insert spaces to move a sign visually; that changes the text. Typewriter and Bamini use different input sequences, explained on their own pages.

Yes. Tap the chart to enter a short word, then repeat it using the corresponding physical keys with the editor focused. Learn a small group of consonants and vowel signs before adding Shift vowels. For a reference beside your desk, download the InScript image from the layout charts page. Keep using one layout while building finger memory.