Persian phonetic keyboard is for those interested to profit from their skill in typing with the English keyboard (or similar keyboards such as French and German) to type in Persian much faster. I have tried to order Persian characters so that by typing an English key you can type its Persian equivalent. Regarding sounds having several characters in the Persian script (e.g. S's, Z's), the most frequent character is available on the normal state of the keyboard and the other characters are available on the Shift state (i.e. when you hold down the Shift key and press another key).
Layout
NOTE Move your mouse over keys to learn about what you can type with them (depending on the state).
NOTE To find the place of keys more easily, the characters printed on Latin keyboards have been written in a different color below each key.
Normal state
Here are the characters you can type by simply pressing keys:
| ZWNJ ` | ۱ 1 | ۲ 2 | ۳ 3 | ۴ 4 | ۵ 5 | ۶ 6 | ۷ 7 | ۸ 8 | ۹ 9 | ۰ 0 | - - | = = | Backspace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tab | ق Q | ش W | ع E | ر R | ت T | ی Y | …َ U | …ِ I | …ُ O | پ P | ] [ | [ ] | \ \ |
| Caps | ا A | س S | د D | ف F | گ G | ه H | ج J | ک K | ل L | ؛ ; | ' ' | Enter | |
| Shift | ز Z | خ X | چ C | و V | ب B | ن N | م M | ، , | . . | / / | Shift | ||
Shift state
Here are the characters you can type by first holding Shift down and then pressing keys:
| ZWJ ` | ! 1 | @ 2 | # 3 | ﷼ 4 | ٪ 5 | ^ 6 | & 7 | * 8 | ) 9 | ( 0 | _ - | + = | Backspace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tab | غ Q | إ W | ء E | أ R | ط T | ئ Y | …ً U | …ٍ I | …ٌ O | …ّ P | } [ | { ] | | \ |
| Caps | آ A | ص S | ث D | هی F | هٔ G | ح H | ژ J | ك K | ة L | : ; | " ' | Enter | |
| Shift | ض Z | ظ X | ذ C | ؤ V | ي B | ها N | می M | » , | « . | ؟ / | Shift | ||
Alt+Ctrl (AltGr) state
Here are the characters you can type by first holding down Right Alt or Ctrl + either Alt and then pressing keys
| ~ ` | ⇐ 1 | ⇒ 2 | ⇔ 3 | $ 4 | % 5 | • 6 | × 8 | ﴿ 9 | ﴾ 0 | ـ - | ‐ = | Backspace | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tab | ? Q | …ٕ W | € E | …ٔ R | ى Y | …ٰ U | …ٖ I | …ْ O | > [ | < ] | ` \ | ||
| Caps | …ٓ A | ٱ S | ° D | PDF F | , K | … L | ; ; | Enter | |||||
| Shift | LRM Z | RLM X | © C | LRO V | RLO B | LRE N | RLE M | ٬ , | ٫ . | ÷ / | Shift | ||
How to install
Please download and unzip perphon.zip. Open the folder, click on setup.exe and wait for a while until a window appears indicating that Persian (Phonetic) has been successfully installed. Click on Close button to exit. Now we must add Persian as an input language to our computer and then adding "Persian (Phonetic)" keyboard layout to it. Since doing this process varies depending on your operating system, please refer to this page on sil.org for an illustrated guide on how to add input languages and keyboard layouts on Windows XP, Vista and Seven. When doing the step of adding Persian as an input language please note that this language is referred to as "Farsi" in Windows XP and the earlier versions of Windows but correctly as "Persian" in Vista and Seven. And finally, the name of this keyboard layout is "Persian (Phonetic)".