Request to enable posting Directly in Bangla

Well, I’m actually looking for the Admins or Moderators in this forum.

Some of you already know that OmicronLab has developed Free Unicode compliant Bangla typing software named Avro Keyboard, which actually works as a global keyboard interface. We are here to let you inform that this freeware product can easily be used to type Bangla directly in web browsers, that means we can now use our native language Bangla to post in this forum!

Some of the forums like *************** has already taken Avro Keyboard as their official software for Bangla typing in their forum. We are here with an official offer to you help you with every technical issue if you are interested.

We are waiting for a response…

(Please note than this is not a promotional email/spam. Our main objective is to promote Bangla usage as much as possible, that’s why we kept Avro Keyboard as a freeware.)

Best Regards,
Mehdi Hasan
CEO, OmicronLab

well dude, i tried to tell people abt your omicron lab software here ... that thread is locked or something ... good luck

Here is a review on Avro Keyboard for our Forum Admins or Mods.


Bangla Computing, the present: It has been a long time since we use Bangla in computers. Primitive ASCII technology evolutes to modern Unicode and makes us relieved from obstacles. New researches and inventions are taking place throughout the world to find even better solutions. Now a days Bangla computing doesn’t mean only Bangla typing, composing or printing; along with these we got full Bangla Language support in modern operating systems, creating full Bangla interface is now possible for software development, full searchable and sort able Bangla database systems are no more a dream and at the end user level we can make proper use of Bangla even in file/folder names, email, web sites or even in instant messaging. All these have become possible as we start following Unicode - an internationally recognized and technically reliable standard for all languages present in the world. Bangla computing is no longer a nightmare, now it can even dare to technically compete with English or any widely used language!

An input system: To use the written form of a language, computers need a proper input system. It may be keyboard, mouse, voice commands or OCR (optical character recognition). Since advanced methods are not yet implemented completely for Bangla, keyboard input is still a popular, reliable and most commonly used solution. So, to follow Unicode standard, we need a Unicode compliant keyboard interface.

Avro Keyboard as a solution: Avro Keyboard is the first Bangla keyboard interface for Windows operating system which begins to follow Unicode standard fully, and it may be a matter of pride that this wonderful work was developed in our country, Bangladesh. The first version was released in 26th March, 2003, and then there were 9 updated releases till this February, 2006. The latest version, Avro Keyboard 3.0.0 has become full featured Bangla software as it supports all popular methods for Bangla typing, including English to Bangla phonetic typing method, traditional keyboard layout based Bangla typing method with support for multiple keyboard layouts and even more mouse based click ‘n type Bangla input method for extremely novice users. Of course, each of these methods strictly follow latest Unicode 4.1 standard for Bangla typing. In this sense it is the most updated Unicode compliant Bangla input solution, too.

Additional Features: Additionally, Avro Keyboard supports Bangla (Bangladesh), Bangla (India), Assamese as “Input Language”/“Input Locale” even if they are not supported by operating system. It has a really flexible and customizable user interface, and supports single-key or combined-key based keyboard mode switching. Its handy Keyboard Layout Viewer can be used anytime to view the current keyboard layout on the screen. Actually there are a lot inside, which in detail can be viewed from publisher’s website.

International Reorganizations and popularity: Day by day Avro Keyboard is becoming a popular solution for Bangla typing in Windows. Even Microsoft has added this project in their online solution directory for Indic language input. Unicode Consortium verified this project and added it in their “Useful Resources” list.
From the first version there were more than fifty thousands downloads monitored and the number of users are increasing each moment.

Limitation: As Windows 95, 98, Me doesn’t support Unicode, Avro Keyboard cannot run on these OS. It is designed to run in Windows 2000 or later versions of Windows (Xp, 2003, Vista…).

Free For All: The most impressive fact is Avro Keyboard is licensed as Freeware. Anyone can download and use it freely for personal or commercial purposes. There are no hidden fees, annoying advertisement or anything else; Avro Keyboard is just a neat freeware Bangla typing software.

Dear Mehdi Hasan,

First of all, welcome to BanglaForum, the best online forum for Bangladeshis by Bangladeshis, anywhere!

We are pleased to make your acquaintance, and accept your official offer to try out this revolutionary software on a trial basis.

We agree to give your software a test run in our forum, and will maintain a "Bangla only" section for it, providing the software causes no interferance with our forum or any of its various aspects.

Please kindly provide us with details for its download (unless you want us to download it from your website), and any relevant support information (where we can get help and support if needed). And to better facilitate all communications, please feel free to email us directly at adminbanglaforum.com or webmasterbanglaforum.com.

Thank You and Best Regards!

- BanglaForum Administration

Let's be clear to each other:

How we can help your forum:
1. We shall provide every documentation (with screenshots) about how
to setup browsers and PC for the first time.
2. A guide will be also provided for installing Avro Keyboard.
3. A short troubleshooting guide will be posted to overcome most
common mistakes.
4. OmicronLab will give you an express permission to
directly download Avro Keyboard from our server or host it on
your site, which one suits you most. (Normally, a new user
must become a member first on OmicronLab Forum before he can find the
download link, this hassle will be removed for you.)
5. OmicronLab will announce you as our official partner
for promoting Bangla usage.
6. A small logo of Avro Keyboard will be given to you to place on the
forum (33X81pixel, standard logo size)

What we hope to get from you:
1. An official announcement by which you will let your current members
know that you are now using Avro Keyboard officially and inspire them
to start posting in Bangla. (You better know, we would like you to
send this Announcement as email and also as a new topic regarding this
in the forum).
2. This is not a requirement, but we will be grateful if you kindly
show the small Avro Keyboard logo on your site.

It's a nice decision to make a test run before proceeding, but that is
totally on your part. Let me know in which forum you want to make
specifik for Bangla so that I can post the documentations.

That's all, if you are interested (I hope so!), please let me know.
There is a lot of works to do (it took 10 days with *************** to
make ready everything!).

Best Regards,
Mehdi Hasan
CEO, OmicronLab