write gujarati with roman phonetics

[Meena]

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) Processor: Intel URGENT!!I am interested in writing Gujarati text in my document which will be mainly in English. I need an input system which allows spelling the Gujarati words using the roman phonetic system. For example, my name is Meena. I would like to be able to use some combination of the standard keys, for example: m e e (or i i) n a a to produce the Gujarati script font. The current international input support is correct for someone used to the native script keyboard design but it feels very cumbersome and non-intuitive for an English QWERTY user.

 

[thg]

Use the Gujarati Qwerty keyboard layout provided with OS X. You are not going to find anything else.

 

[thg]

I forgot to mention, no version of Word for Mac can correctly display Gujarati or any other Indic script, so you really need to use a different app if you want to write in that language.

 

[Meena]

Many thanks to thg.

now the question becomes, is there a Mac App for writing Gujarati phonetically?
AND
What are the risks (viruses etc) of using Virtual PC on the Mac?
Thanks to all

 

[thg]

Could you explain why the Gujarati Qwerty keyboard does not work for you? All Apple apps (except the old Appleworks) can display correct Gujarati. I think you can use OpenOffice too. You can email me about the input issue (tom at bluesky dot org).