Posted by: m@q on: April 27, 2008

Like the most of the Bangladeshi people, I don’t know the Bangla keyboard layouts. Because in Bangla scripts we’ve 11 vowels, 35 consonants, 5 modifiers and numerous consonant conjuncts. To make it more complex, there are several keyboard layouts which are differ from each other. It is a quite difficult matter for me to be handy with one of those keyboards. What a shame for me! Being a Bangladeshi I don’t know how to write Bangla in IT world! But that problem was pacified when I met with Avro Keyboard.
I received several questions from my known-circles about how a complete idiotic ignorant of Bangla Key-layouts like me writes in Bangla. Actually that’s why I must thank to Avro Keyboard. Because this keyboard supports English to Bangla phonetic typing method. That means if you write “amar sonar bangla.“ it’ll show “আমার সোনার বাংলা।“ automatically. Isn’t it fantastic! See a snap shot on how your English text is converting to Bangla using Avro Keyboard.
Avro Keyboard is a free software. Any one can download it. After installing it’ll be automatically stored in your system tray leaving a small toolbar on the top of your desktop. This toolbar indexes all the options for using the keyboard. This tool bar is also very stylish in outfits. Just look it at below.
Another exciting feature is that you can use mouse for typing Bangla like the Character Map of Windows OS. For the totally newbies (who even can’t use keyboard) this is a damn good option for writing in Bangla.
Now you all know my secret of writing Bangla in the Blogosphere or in Facebook or Orkut! But to use it on your browser first you need to set up your browser for Bangla Unicode. I prefer Firefox for that job. Read my guide for Firefox users to prepare Firefox for Bangla unicode.
Thank you for posting such a nice post. I also love and use the features of Avro Keyboard, specially avro portable.
Well, there’s a problem I’ve met few days ago. I have created an EOT font and tried to add that on my blogspot page, but I failed. Would you please help me in doing this?
If you wish to help me, please make another post describing the whole working process how to add an EOT font on website including blogspot page. Thank you. I hope you will help me.
i have a problem with my avro keyboard .when i write i can see everything is ok. but when i print out my page it arrives errror page like some words doesn’t see rightly- pl send mi one pm what the hell is going on my computer.
Q: Raihan : “kicho kicho bangla site ache zei gula pc te bangla set up na thakleo dekha jay. Internet Explorer e…eita kivabe kore? janaben ektu?”
A: For Internet Explorer: Go to– Tools > internet option > General > Language > Language preference > add > Bengali[bn] > Apply.
For Firefox : Go to — Tools > Options > Advance > Language > Choose > Select Language “Bengali [bn]” > add > apply.
Done……..!!!
What about Using in Ubuntu 8.10??
খুব ভাল। আমিও এখন বাংলা লিখতে পারি।
How can I download the Avro software?
Dhanyabad
it is a good .
IT’S REALLY FANTASTIC, BUT SUCH FANTASTIC SOFTWARE I NEED FOR ADOBE PAGEMAKER,IF IT IS POSSIBLE THEN IT WILL DEFINATELY MAKE A REVOLUTION IN THE DTP WORLD.
I Like It…
But I Can’t Print Out Properly…
Any Solution Please………
Mail Me: choudhurynijhum@gmail.com
Dear Sir,
I am from Kolkata, India. I want to do DTP job by using Avro Unicode font in Bengali and Assamese languages. I have already downloaded Avro Unicode Complaint free Bangla software, version 4.5.1. It is superb. But with this software I can not do DTP. Please help me. My email id : prasun_k_dey@yahoo.co.in
Regards,
Prasun Kumar Dey
May 6, 2008 at 8:25 pm
achha vaia,
kicho kicho bangla site ache zei gula pc te bangla set up na thakleo dekha jay. Internet Explorer e…eita kivabe kore? janaben ektu?