Hindi Keyboard

July 26, 2011 2:51 AM

iPad 2 + Wireless Keyboard, in India. Currently Hindi is not offered as an international option on the iPad, which I guess is understandable since they'd have to create an entirely new touch-screen keyboard for it. But with an external keyboard, shouldn't I be able to use the QWERTY Hindi keyboard available on my Mac? Anyone have any idea how I can make this happen?
posted by shesdeadimalive to Computers & Internet (3 answers total)

It looks like a Hindi keyboard is available if you jailbreak:
http://varun4code.blogspot.com/2010/12/keyboards-for-ios-4.html
http://moreinfo.thebigboss.org/moreinfo/hindikeyboard.php
http://moreinfo.thebigboss.org/moreinfo/depiction.php?file=5rowpunjabihinidkeyboardData
posted by suedehead at 3:13 AM on July 26, 2011

There are three different Hindi Keyboard apps in the (US) app store that look like they'll do what you need as a touch screen option, based on the screenshots. Search for Hindi Keyboard.

(I've been using an app for Arabic in this way lately, works good.)
posted by rokusan at 3:36 AM on July 26, 2011

Rokusan, you're right, but the OP wants to use the wireless keyboard -- in which the only option would be a jailbreak keyboard, as the hindi keyboard in that case is based in the OS.
posted by suedehead at 8:43 AM on July 27, 2011