Often we have to use computers other than our own which do not have Arabic enabled. In such instances web based typing tools may be the best option. These may not be the most ideal for long texts but will suffice for short sentences.

Phonetic layouts

There are many web based typing tools. For our purposes Ta3reeb, Maren and Yamli will be used. In all these, users type Arabic the way it sounds using Latin characters. Simply type, copy (Ctrl+c) then paste (Ctrl+v) in your desired location.

Microsoft Maren (http://afkar.microsoft.com/Maren). It is intuitive and even automatically places the harakat. 

Google Ta3reeb (http://www.google.com/ta3reeb). It is not as intuitive but if the tips below are followed can be accurate. 

Yamli (http://www.yamli.com/simple_editor/). It is very intuitive even if the tips are not followed, however, the service is not extensible offline. Try the tutorial here.

Tip 1: Rather than typing the whole word, try only inputting the consonants such as 'A L R H M N' 'الرحمن'

Tip 2: To type (ء) use 2; (ع) use 3; (غ) use 3’; (ط) use 6; (ظ) use 6’; (ح) use 7; (خ) use 7’; (ق) use 8; (ص) use 9; (ض) use 9’.

Tip 3: To type the vowels type capital A or aa for (ا); w or oo for (و); y or ee for (ي).

Standard Layouts

Web based typing tools with a standard keyboard layout are scarce as it can be easily installed (see Enable Arabic typing in Windows).

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Muhammad Saifur Rahman Nawhami

15 December 2013

11 Safar 1435

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