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Arabic Phonetic Keyboard Layout

Arabic Phonetic &

Price: Free, just ‫ُدَعاء‬

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Click on the pictures to download

Phonetic Natural Keyboard. A for ‫ا‬, B for ‫ب‬, Shift+D for ‫ض‬

Most frequently used keys are available without any Shift/AltGr.

Optimized for typing with vowels (harakat)

Specially designed to type Quraanic Arabic, in Uthmani script, with Tajweed symbols.

Different forms of hamza, meem, yaa provided.

Windows and Mac keyboard layout available.

Also there's an English Romanized keyboard to easily type ā ū ṭ Ṭ ḍ Ḍ ḥ Ḥ ẓ Ẓ ‘ ’ ʿ ’

Email your feedback: omaralzabir@gmail.com

Windows

Installation on Windows

MacOS

Installation on Mac

Arabic Romanized Keyboard

Windows

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Arabic Phonetic Keyboard Layout

Windows Installation

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u
Phoneticَ Keyboard Layout
ArabicFatha
Shift U Fathatan ً
i Kasra ِ
Shift I Kasratan ٍ
o Damma ُ
Shift O Dammatan ٌ
v Sukun ْ
Shift V Shadda ّ
Shift E Small Alif  ٰ

Examples

allh ‫هللا‬
fel ‫فعل‬
fueulu ‫َفَعَل‬
foeilu ‫ُفِعَل‬
nucuru ‫َنَصَر‬
yuncoro ‫َينُصُر‬
alrHmEn ‫الرحٰم ن‬
alvrVuHmEn ‫اْلَّر حٰم ْن‬

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Arabic Phonetic Keyboard Layout

How it works

Arabic Phonetic Keyboard Layout uses the Windows built-in Language and Keyboard feature to introduce a new
Keyboard for the Arabic (Saudi Arabia) Language. Once you run the installer and reboot, you will notice a new
keyboard is added to the language list.

The keyboard Layout is created using Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator.

You can download the Keyboard Layout file and customize it as you like.

How is it better than others?

It uses the research done by the Intellaren group to make most frequently pressed keys easily accessible through
regular keys, without pressing Shift or AltGr (Ctrl+Alt).

Most forms of Alif and Hamza are easily accessible. Press A for ‫ا‬, Shift A for ‫أ‬, P for ‫ٱ‬, Shift P for ‫آ‬, G for ‫ء‬

Other keys are Phonetic. For ex, S for ‫س‬, Shift S for ‫ش‬, D for ‫د‬, Shift D for ‫ض‬, J for ‫ذ‬, Shift J for ‫ج‬

Optimized for typing Vowels.

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Installation
Arabic Phonetic on Windows
Keyboard Layout
Download the Arabic Keyboard 1.2 Zip file.

Step 1: Extract the zip file. Run the setup.exe file from the extracted folder, not from the zip file. Do not open
the zip file and run the setup.exe from inside the zip file.

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Step 2: Reboot. Important, without this you don't always see the new Arabic Language and the keyboard
Arabic Phonetic Keyboard Layout
appearing in next step.

Step 3: You will see a new Language is added in the language bar. Select Arabic as the language and you are
ready to type Arabic.

That's it, start typing.

If you are using Windows 8, then it is even easier. Just press Windows Key + Space to switch between languages
and keyboards.

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Arabic Phonetic Keyboard Layout

Note:

You might already have Arabic language installed. In that case, right click on the Language icon and click Settings.

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Arabic Phonetic Keyboard Layout

Then on the settings diaglog, select the "Arabic Phonetic Keyboard Layout" and click "Move Up" to make it the
first item under Arabic.

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Arabic Phonetic Keyboard Layout

MacOS

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Arabic Phonetic Keyboard Layout

Installation on Mac

Step 1: Download the Arabic Phonetic Keyboard bundle as a zip file.

Step 2: Open the zip file. You will find a file named "Arabic Phonetic.bundle"

Step 3: Copy the file.

Step 4: Press Command+Shift+G

Step 5: Put "~/Library/Keyboard Layouts"

Step 6: Paste the file inside that folder.

Step 7: Logout or restart (Don't email me that you can't see the keyboard without doing this)

Step 8: Now go to System Preference -> Keyboard -> Input Sources and add the Arabic Phonetic keyboard.

You can customize the Keyboard Layout by modifying the Ukelele file.
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Arabic
You Phonetic
need Ukelele Keyboard
software Layout
to modify it.

Tajweed Symbols are available through Ctrl+Alt combination or pressing the AltGr key (if you have it on your
keyboard).

arabic keyboard install.mp4

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Arabic Romanized
Arabic Phonetic Keyboard
Keyboard Layout
Want to type ā ū ṭ Ṭ ḍ Ḍ ḥ Ḥ ẓ Ẓ ‘ ’ ʿ ’ easily? Install this English keyboard and then press Option + key to get the
Romanized version

Option + a = ā

Option + s = ṣ

Option + Shift + a = á

Option + ' = ‘

Option + [ = ʿ

Option + ] = ʾ

Download the keyboard file and follow the same steps as above to get the keyboard installed.

It will be available in the Keyboard system preference Input Sources, under English language named "British -
Arabic Romanized".

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