Patent ID: 8531405

Claim:
A method for typing in Arabic using a standard English letter keyboard, comprising: a) expanding the standard ASCII code of said English letter keyboard to an extended code for associating: i) each of one or more first keys of said English letter keyboard with a corresponding first Arabic letter such that an English letter typable by one of said first keys and said corresponding first Arabic letter have a same pronunciation; ii) each of one or more second keys of said English letter keyboard with a pair of corresponding second Arabic letters, wherein an English character or pronunciation represented by one of said second keys is not in use in Arabic, and two letters of each of said corresponding pairs of second Arabic letters are identical to each other with the exception of the addition of a dot to one of said two letters; and iii) each of one or more third keys of said English letter keyboard with a corresponding third Arabic letter which represents a sound not being utterable during pronunciation of any single English letter; b) applying indicia to each of said third keys so as to provide a recognizable association with a corresponding third Arabic letter; and c) typing in Arabic by clicking on a desired series of said first, second and third keys to generate letters or words including original third Arabic letters.