Malayalam typing made easy with Google IME

For the couple of year back, it was very hard to type Malayalam on computers. For generating a single character we need to use combination of keys in some Malayalam softwares.  It is very hard to remember the combination keys and it is time killing.

Earlier, Google has started Google transliteration for web interface.  So it is very easy to type Malayalam in  Blogger, Gmail, Knol, Orkut etc. Now Google has released a standalone software which you can download and install on your machine.  So even if you don’t have internet connection you can type Malayalam.

Google Transliteration IME is an input method editor which allows users to enter text in one of the supported languages using a roman keyboard. Users can type a word the way it sounds using Latin characters and Google Transliteration IME will convert the word to its native script. Note that this is not the same as translation — it is the sound of the words that is converted from one alphabet to the other, not their meaning. Converted content will always be in Unicode.

Google Transliteration IME is currently available for 14 different languages – Arabic, Bengali, Farsi (Persian), Greek, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu.

Download Google Transliteration IME from Google.Installation instructions are available here

Features:

• Offline Support
  No dependency on internet connection.
• Word Completions
  Dictionary based word completions for prefixes.
• Personalized Choices
  Remember user corrections for personalized service.
• Easy Keyboard
  Dictionary enabled keyboard to enter rare and complex words.
• Quick Search
  Single click web search for highlighted word.
• Cool Customization
  Customize suggestions page size, display font and more.
• Offline Support
  No dependency on internet connection.
• Word Completions
  Dictionary based word completions for prefixes.
• Personalized Choices
  Remember user corrections for personalized service.
• Easy Keyboard
  Dictionary enabled keyboard to enter rare and complex words.
• Quick Search
  Single click web search for highlighted word.
• Cool Customization
  Customize suggestions page size, display font and more.

If you are a web developer you may already know about the Language translation ajax api for Indian languages from Google.