Lipikaar is a simple method for typing in Telugu on an ordinary keyboard. It requires only some familiarity with the regular English keyboard and encourages the user to think in his/her regional language. It works on all Windows Applications which support Unicode - MS Word, Excel, Power Point, Internet Explorer and others.
Repeatedly type the closest sounding key till you see the correct script character.
Type s once for స, twice for శ and thrice for ష.
Also, to attach ర, ఋ or ౠ to an alphabet as in క్ర, కృ, కౄ type r repeatedly after
the alphabet.
For క్ర , type krr For కృ , type krrr.
Type x after the character to get its half-character.
For అమ్మ, type aamxm ; For కొయ్య type koyxy
Type z to add a special symbol of the script.
For example ఁ ం ః ౕ ఽ
Refer to the following table to understand the mapping for the different characters in the script.
| a | ా అ ఆ |
| b | బ భ |
| c | చ ఛ క్ష |
| d | ద ధ డ ఢ ౘ ద్ధ ద్వ ద్య ద్ద ద్న |
| e | ె ే ై ఎ ఏ ఐ ౖ |
| f | ఫ |
| g | గ ఘ ఙ జ్ఞ |
| h | హ హ్మ హ్య హ్ల హ్న హ్వ |
| i | ి ీ ఇ ఈ |
| j | జ ఝ ఞ జ్ఞ |
| k | క ఖ క్త |
| l | ల ళ ౢ   ౣ ఌ ౡ |
| m | మ |
| n | న ణ |
| o | ొ ో ౌ ఒ ఓ ఔ |
| p | ప ఫ |
| q | zwj zwnj |
| r | ర ్ర ృ ర్ ఱ ఱ్ ౄ ఋ ౠ |
| s | స శ ష శ్ర |
| t | త థ ట ఠ త్ర ౙ |
| u | ు ూ ఉ ఊ |
| v,w | వ |
| x | ్ |
| y | య ఞ |
| z | ఁ ం ః ౕ ఽ |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 |
| ౧ | ౨ | ౩ | ౪ | ౫ | ౬ | ౭ | ౮ | ౯ | ౦ |
| A | అ ఆ |
| B | భ |
| C | ఛ క్ష |
| D | డ ఢ ౘ |
| E | ఎ ఏ ఐ |
| G | ఘ ఙ |
| I | ఇ ఈ |
| J | ఝ ఞ |
| K | ఖ |
| L | ళ ఌ ౡ |
| N | ణ |
| O | ఒ ఓ ఔ |
| R | ఋ ౠ |
| S | శ ష శ్ర |
| T | ట ఠ త్ర ౙ |
| U | ఉ ఊ |
| Y | ఞ |
| Z | ఽ |
The following table shows how to type some commonly used conjunct consonants.
| క k |
+ | ్ x |
+ | క k |
= | క్క |
| క k |
+ | ్ x |
+ | వ v |
= | క్వ |
| క k |
+ | ్ x |
+ | ళ ll |
= | క్ళ |
| క k |
+ | ్ x |
+ | హ h |
= | క్హ |
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