One of the easiest and Free, Open Source, web based and offline utility available to type phonetically in multiple Indian languages including Marathi, Hindi (Devanagari), Gujarathi, Bangla, Gurumukhi, Kannada, Malyalam, Oriya, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu along with English.

One of the easiest and Free, Open Source, web based and offline utility available to type phonetically in multiple Indian languages including Marathi, Hindi (Devanagari), Gujarathi, Bangla, Gurumukhi, Kannada, Malyalam, Oriya, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu along with English.

About gamabhana

General Overview:

Need for phonetic editing has its roots in different keyboard layouts developed and used by different users and multiple fonts which in combination failed to produce unique easy to use compatible typing/editing solution. The problem is more in the area of software solutions being developed for different Indic Languages. Web based Direct editing or phonetic editing is an implementation which allows user to type in the context using phonetic key patterns across different keyboards, browsers and different Indic scripts.

Forum

This is a forum, open for all of you to discuss different issues related to gamabhana. You can provide suggestions, report bugs, enhancements and share experience, flaws, pitfalls. This will make developers and users to get on same page and streamline the process in future scope.

Extras

gamabhana is widely being used by individual developers and end users in its basic form. There are addons and plugins as well that use gamabhana and provide featured web components.

Drupal Modules

Drupal 6 module can be downloaded from Drupal 6 Module Link

Drupal 5 module can be downloaded from Drupal 5 Module Link

Firefox Extension for gamabhana

Well, it could have been earlier , that this extension would be floating in your Firefox browser. But better late than never, watsay?

We are happy to present you with Firefox extension of gamabhana. Now, you can enjoy features of gamabhana within your Firefox browser. Few simples steps, and gamabhana is part of your firefox browser!

  1. If you already have gamabhana firefox extension, disable it and then uninstall.
  2. Download following attachment to your computer.

Contributors

I am thankful to following contributors for developing testing and
releasing the revised version by supporting native Indian Languages.

Language: Odiya

Contributor : Satyaranjan (satyaranjan[dot]d[at]sun[dot]com)

Language: Tamil


Contributor : Mark mmullai[at]gmail[dot]com

I am thankful to following contributors for developing additional plugins.

Plugin: WP Indic


Contributor : Nikolay Bachiyski (nbachiyski[at]gmail[dot]com)


Mediator: Raxit Sheth (raxitsheth2000[at]gmail[dot]com)

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Download

Below is the dowload list for several versions of gamabhan phonetic editor which can be used in offline mode.

Two flavors are available for download:
gamabhana LITE (with less features, less file size)
gamabhana PRO (with more features, bulky)


Instructions:

Support

We are still in the process of building support database in order to provide better end user experience and satisfaction. In addition we are also looking for your participation in order to support documentation, technical development, distribution and maintenance. Those who are interested in contributing to these efforts please register with gamabhana.com


Following websites are powered by gamabhana

 

Drupal 5 module - Official release.

This is official release by gamabhana for Drupal 5 module. Download the module from the link present at the end of this post. Extract the contents from zip file after downloading, and then use folder "gamabhana" (and not gamabhana5) for your module.

Same set of instructions specified as for Drupal 6 module can be followed with minute differences in look and feel and other additional settings. This, Drupal 5 module also provides rich text editor.

Drupal 6 module - Official release.

This is official release by gamabhana for Drupal 6 module.Download the module from the link present at the end of this post.

Follow instructions specified below to install gamabhana module for your drupal6 installation.

  1. Download the zip file to your local machine.
  2. Extract the forlder gamabhana and its contents to your site home-sites-all-modules.
  3. Follow 4 steps specified below to configure gamabhana module for drupal 6 installation.
  4. Enable gamabhana module: