As a feature to make innovation beneficial for all, Microsoft has reported expansion of Tamil 99 – the Tamil language virtual console on Windows 10 PCs
As a feature of its endeavors to make innovation open and beneficial for all, Microsoft has reported the expansion of Tamil 99 – the prominent Tamil language virtual console – to Windows 10 PCs as a major aspect of the most recent Windows refresh made accessible in April 2018. The new component works with both hardware and in addition contact consoles giving another helpful alternative to Tamil content information.
While the Tamil console in light of InScript standard has been accessible on different Windows since 2010, the Tamil 99 console adds to the quantity of decisions accessible to Windows 10 users. Standardized and affirmed by the Tamil Nadu government in 1999, the Tamil 99 console design was made to enable Tamil users to type in a speedier and less complex way. It is presently accessible on Windows 10 to users of both Tamil (India) and Tamil (Sri Lanka) languages, in this manner helping the wide base of Tamil users in India and different nations, for example, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore, South Africa and Mauritius.
Talking on this, Meetul Patel, COO, Microsoft India, stated, “Microsoft is centered around engaging everybody by separating all language related boundaries in innovation. It has dependably been our undertaking to give users registering in nearby languages and empower them to be more beneficial. We are focused on supporting the national standards for Indian language advances including the InScript console formats and including the Tamil 99 console is another huge advance to making processing more available to an extensive number of users.”
Tamil computing is a critical concentration zone for Microsoft Bhasha, an activity began in year 1998 to quicken and improve computing in Indian languages. Aside from the two keyboard choices, Input Method Editors (IMEs) for Tamil – including the mainstream Indic Language Input Tool (ILIT) – are additionally accessible on Microsoft’s Indic language network websitebhashaindia.com. Microsoft has been firmly working with the Kani Tamizh Parvai (Tamil Virtual Academy), a state government body, to comprehend the requirements of regular Tamil language users and reinforce its endeavors to give them a quality computing knowledge.
Keyboard standards
InScript (Indian Script) is the official Indian keyboard standard endorsed by the Government of India in 1986. It gives a close indistinguishable content information encounter on computerized gadgets, crosswise over 12 Indian contents including Tamil.
The Tamil 99 Keyboard format was standardized in 1999 and endorsed by Tamil Nadu government.
Intended for use with a typical QWERTY keyboard, it takes after a consonant-vowel design. The game plan of the characters considers quick and straightforward writing.
