Write on iPhone, iPad and Mac in Hindi.

आप देवनागरी keyboard यह 🌐 आइकॉन दबा कर चुन सकते हैं। इस keyboard को सक्रिय करने के कदम जानने के लिए यहाँ जाएँ । इस keyboard के तीन रूप हैं। 1. सामने का रूप आप जब अपना keyboard खोलेंगे तो पहले यह ही दिखेगा। 2. पिछला रूप यह ⬆️ दबाने पर आपको पिछला हिस्सा दिखायी देगा।  3. अंक रूप यह    दबाने पर आपको अंक रूप दिखायी देगा। फिर से व्यंजनो पे जाने के लिए यह दबाएँ. इन तीन रूपों की अधिक जानकारी प्राप्त करने के लिए यह ढाई मिनट का video देखें । इस में आप लिपि के सर्व भागों के बारे में जान सकते हैं। Video के अंत में आप कुछ उदाहरण भी देख सकते हैं।  स्वर व्यंजन मात्राएँ अनुस्वार विसर्ग अनुनासिक गृहीत स्वन हल चिह्न हिंदी अंक कुछ शब्द मेरा सुझाव है की यह video देख कर आप लिखना शुरू करें। शुरू में थोड़ा समय लगेगा, लेकिन फिर आप को आदत पद जाएगी। फिर आप आसानी से हिंदी में वार्तालाप करें। आशा है आप को यह उपयोगी लगा होगा। अगर कोई गलती हुई हो तो क्षमा माँगता हूँ। अपने सुझाव comments में लिखें।

You can choose the Devanagiri (Hindi) keyboard by clicking the 🌐 icon. Detailed steps to enable these are in this blog . There are three views of the Devanagiri (Hindi) keyboard.  1. Main view This is the main view the keyboard loads with. 2. Extended keyboard By clicking the ⬆️ symbol you see the extended keyboard . 3. Numeric view By clicking    symbols,   you get to the numeric view. You can toggle between letters and numbers by clicking   and . To learn how to use the keyboard is detail, the video below shows the below categories of the script and how to use them. It also shows a few examples at the end. Swaras ( स्वर) Vyanjan (व्यंजन) Matra (मात्राएँ) Anuswar (अनुस्वार) Visarg (विसर्ग) Anunasik (अनुनासिक) Grahit swan (गृहीत स्वन) Hal signs (हल चिह्न) Counting (हिंदी अंक) Example words (कुछ शब्द) My advise is to just get started and start typing simple words. It does take a few minutes to get comfortable, but after that there is no...

With the electronic devices becoming more widespread, we write lesser and lesser by hand, and most of the writing happens on a computer, phone or tablet. On a personal note, all my writing on devices was in English which meant that I was not writing in Hindi at all. This got to a point where I was starting to forget the basics of Hindi script altogether.  Apple added Hindi support in iOS 8 in 2014i [1] . However anecdotally, I don't see widespread usage. Only 0.1% of content languages for websites on the World Wide Web have content in Hindi [2] .  Infact folks have started writing Hindi using transliteration i.e. writing Hindi words using Latin character set on Chat apps  e.g. "Namaste 🙏. Aap sab kaise hain? Aur koi khaas khabar?”.  My goal with this blog is to enable the Hindi speakers to comfortably write in Hindi on their devices. Thereby providing them broader access to the amazing benefits of technology that these devices offer.  I also have a Youtube...

There are two very different keyboards I have used to type in Hindi on your iPhone or iPad. The first one is  Devanagari ( Hindi) and the second one is Hindi - Transliteration (A → अ). Visit this page on instruction on how to enable them. Devanagari ( Hindi)  In this keyboard you directly type using the vyanjan (व्यंजन) and matras (मात्रा)। You will need to press the keys for additional options or ⬆️ to see additional aksharas (अक्षर). You do have access to spell check.  Hindi - Transliteration (A → अ) To use keyboard you basically start typing as though you are spelling the hindi words in english.  for e.g. hathi will be हाथी, bandar will be बंदर, shraddha will be श्रद्धा etc.  iOS will suggest the Hindi word options, and it helps choose the right one. Sometimes this keyboard can be frustrating when you are unable to find the right english letters to type to get to the word you have in mind. For e.g. I still haven't been able to figur...

To get started with writing in Hindi on your iPhone or iPad, the first step is to enable the keyboards.  Step by step instructions Go to the Home and click  Settings . Click General . Click Keyboard . Click Keyboards . Click Add New Keyboard. Enter "Hindi" in the search bar or scroll down and click Hindi (Note: not Hindi-Latin) . Select Hindi and Hindi - Transliteration (A → अ) . Click "Done" . Now you are ready to start writing in Hindi. Watch the video below if you are a visual person. I have written  this blog , which describes the difference between  Hindi and Hindi - Transliteration (A → अ) , and suggests which one is right for you.