Arabic Phonetic Keyboard Free Download

How it works

Arabic Phonetic Keyboard Layout uses the Windows built-in Language and Keyboard feature to introduce a new Keyboard for the Arabic (Saudi Arabia) Language. Once you run the installer and reboot, you will notice a new keyboard is added to the language list.

The keyboard layout is created using Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator.

You can download the Keyboard Layout file and customize it as you like.

How is it better than others?

It uses the research done by the Intellaren group to make the most frequently pressed keys easily accessible through regular keys, without pressing Shift or AltGr (Ctrl+Alt).

Most forms of Alif and Hamza are easily accessible. Press A for ا, Shift A for أ, P for ٱ, Shift P for آ, G for ء

Other keys are Phonetic. For ex, S for س, Shift S for ش, D for د, Shift D for ض, J for ذ, Shift J for ج

Optimized for typing Vowels.

Download the Arabic Keyboard Zip file.

Step 1: Extract the zip file. Run the setup.exe file from the extracted folder, not from the zip file. Do not open the zip file and run the setup.exe from inside the zip file.

Step 2: Reboot. Important, without this you don't always see the new Arabic Language and the keyboard appearing in next step.

Step 3: You will see a new Language is added in the language bar. Select Arabic as the language and you are ready to type Arabic.

That's it, start typing.

If you are using Windows 8, then it is even easier. Just press Windows Key + Space to switch between languages and keyboards.

Note:

You might already have Arabic language installed. In that case, right click on the Language icon and click Settings.

Then on the settings dialog, select the "Arabic Phonetic Keyboard Layout" and click "Move Up" to make it the first item under Arabic.