Bengali Software Comparison - Technical compatability, Fonts and Keyboards

Bangla Software Comparison

For MS-Word users, we believe that Ekushey offers the easiest, most powerful solution for Bangla. The macros are recommended for the old TTF fonts, the keyboard driver for the new Unicode OTF standard.

1. Bangla Software Summary

Name & Version Released Retail Price Open Source Web Address

Ekushey 2.3 2002 Free Yes www.altruists.org

Ekushey Shadhinota 2003 Free No www.ekushey.org

ISIS^* 2004 Free No www.bangla.name/isis

AkkhorBangla 2004 Free^** No www.AkkhorBangla.com

Alpona 1.15 2002 US $25 No www.akshor.com

AdarshaBangla 2.0 2000? US $50 No www.adarshabangla.com

Bangla 2000 2000 US $70 No www.bornosoft.com

Bangla Word 1.9.0 2002 Free /$45 No www.banglasoftware.com/Banglaword.asp

Bangsee 1.0.1 2003 ? No www.bangsee.com

Executive Bengali 1997? £250 No www.lingua-uk.com/1indian.htm

iLeap 2.07d^* 1999 US $125 No www.cdacindia.com/html/down/mling.asp

Lekhani 3.6 2001 Tk. 3500 No <unknown>

Bijoy 2001 2001 Tk. 1000 No <unknown>

Natural Bangla 1999 Tk. 1500 No <unknown>

Proshika Shabda 4 2002 US ??? No www.bdonline.com/software/pshabda

BangTEX Add-In 1998 Free No ftp.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/languages/bengali/pandey/

BanglaTyper 2.0 1998 Free No www.deshsoft.com

*N.B. ISIS & iLEAP are multilingual Word Processors
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2. Supported Keyboard Layouts

Name & Version Unicode (BD) Alpona Bijoy Gitanjali Satyajit
ISCII Inscript
National Munir (Other)

Ekushey 2.2 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Ekushey Shadhinota Yes Yes

ISIS Yes

Alpona 1.15 Yes

AdarshaBangla 2.0 Yes

Bangla 2000 Yes

BanglaWord 1.9.0 Yes

Bangsee 1.0.1 Yes

Executive Bengali Yes

iLeap 2.07d Yes Yes

Lekhani 3.6 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Bijoy 2001 Yes

Natural Bangla Yes

ILKEYB Yes

Proshika Shabda 4 Yes Yes Yes

Neela 4 Yes

BangTEX N/A

BanglaTyper 2.0 N/A

3. Supported Fonts

Name & Version Unicode OTF Alpona Proshika Bijoy Bijoy99 iLEAP TEX Lekhani Bashundhara Proprietary

Ekushey 2.2 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Ekushey Shadhinota Yes

ISIS Yes

Alpona 1.15 Yes

AdarshaBangla 2.0 Yes Yes

Bangla 2000 Yes

BanglaWord 1.9.0 Yes Yes Yes Yes

Bangsee 1.0.1 Yes

Executive Bengali Yes

iLEAP 2.07d Yes

Lekhani 3.6 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Bijoy 2001 Yes

Natural Bangla Yes

ILKEYB Yes

Proshika Shabda 4 Yes Yes Yes

Neela 4 Yes

TEX Add-In Yes

BanglaTyper 2.0 Yes

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