Aim of this project is to create an opensource keyboard manager to type non-english languages.

eKalappai uses popular scim-table format for handling the keyboards. We plan to support other languages soon.

If you are a C++ programmer and want to join this project, please email one of the team members.

எ-கலப்பை மென்பொருளின் அடுத்தக்கட்டமாக முற்றிலும் திறமூல மென்பொருளாக உருவாக்கும் முயற்சி இது.

இதை லினக்ஸ், விண்டோஸ், மேக் மற்றும் சிம்பியன் இயங்குதளங்களுக்கு ஏற்ப வடிவமைக்கத் திட்டமிட்டுள்ளேன். ஆர்வமுள்ள நண்பர்கள் இத்திட்டத்தில் கலந்துகொள்ள அழைக்கிறேன்.

How to install and use development version of eKalappai

1. Download and unzip ekalappai-3.0.1-installer.exe
2. Double click on the ekalappai-3.0.1-installer.exe, it will guide you through the installation.
3. Once installation completes, run eKalappai by double clicking on eKalappai icon in Desktop or from start menu.
4. Start typing in Tamil
5. To switch to English keyboard, press F2 key.
6. To switch back to Tamil keyboard, again press F2 key
7. You can also change the short cut(instead of F2 key) to switch between keyboards. Right click on the eKalappai task bar icon, click on settings.
8. To change the layout of the keyboard, just click on the eKalappai task bar menu (right hand side bottom portion of your desktop)
9. Its being actively developed so soon other missing features will be added.
10. If you find any issue or want any new feature in this software, please feel free create an issue in this page: http://code.google.com/p/ekalappai/issues/list

Keep checking this page for updates.

Features Available in current version (eKalappai 3.0)

• Open source
• Supports following 5 Tamil keyboards:

  Tamil99, Phonetic, Typewriter, Bamini, Inscript

• Customizable short-cuts to toggle between keyboards.
• Handles keyboards in scim-table format which is used by scim input method - http://www.scim-im.org
• Works in Windows XP, windows vista & Windows 7 platforms

Features planned later (we will include your wish list also here...)

• Support for Linux OS
• Support for Hindi, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada & other Indian languages
• XML based interface to enable users to create custom keyboards
• Encoding converter plug-in
• Spell checker plug-in
• Developer documentation for writing plug-ins for eKalappai
• Automatic checking & download updates from thamizha.com