Classical Greek Keyboards

This page lists a selection of Classical Greek keyboards designed for Classical and Biblical scholars. These keyboards use Tavultesoft Keyman Desktop to provide Greek input into any Unicode compliant Windows application. These keyboards are all fully Unicode compliant.

Downloads

Galaxie BibleScript

Easy to use keyboard layouts designed for Biblical Greek and Hebrew.

Greek Classical

Classical Greek keyboard with full visual feedback on accentuation. Automatically changes sigma at word end to final sigma. Compatible with the widely-used, friendly "BetaCode" accent system. Includes all accents and marks, including diareses, iota subscripts, macrons and breves, for both capital and small letters.

Greek Polytonic SA
Greek Polytonic SA EZ

A very complete Greek Polytonic keyboard for serious students of classical and modern Greek. The Greek Polytonic SA EZ keyboard includes intelligent rules for diacritics and spelling auto-correction.

Greek Polytonic Unicode

The basic alphabet follows the modern Greek keyboard; additional keystrokes have been added for polytonic accents and Coptic letters.

Feature Comparison

	Galaxie BibleScript	Greek Classical	Greek Polytonic SA	Greek Polytonic SA EZ	Greek Polytonic Unicode
Author	Galaxie and Tavultesoft	Manuel Lopez	St. Anthony's Greek Orthodox Monastery	St. Anthony's Greek Orthodox Monastery	David J. Perry
Diacritic keying order Diacritics keyed before or after base letter	After	After	After	After	Before
Multiple diacritic keying order Order in which multiple diacritics must be typed	Any	Any	Any	Any	Iota subscript last
Independent diacritics Can diacritics be typed without a base letter					* Type the diacritic followed by the spacebar
Extended diacritic coverage Vrachy and macron diacritic support
Editable diacritics Change or remove diacritics without deleting base letter				* Except for automatic diacritics which can not be edited independently of the base letter
Smart diacritics Diacritics are automatically added based on the rules of Greek grammar
Automatic final sigma Will sigma change to final sigma automatically at the end of a word	* Only with spacebar
Automatic spelling correction Does the keyboard automatically correct common misspellings
Greek numeral support
Layout type Is the keyboard based on the US QWERTY "phonetic" Latin layout or on a Modern Greek layout?	Phonetic Latin	Phonetic Latin	Phonetic Latin	Phonetic Latin	Modern Greek
On screen keyboard Is a Greek On Screen Keyboard included with the keyboard?
Integrated documentation Is keyboard documentation accessible from the Keyman Desktop help icon?			* Documentation is available in the Start Menu but not integrated into Keyman Desktop help	* Documentation is available in the Start Menu but not integrated into Keyman Desktop help
Online help
Downloads

Frequently Asked Questions

• Which Greek keyboard do I need? If you are unsure which Greek keyboard is suitable for your needs, we recommend trying Manuel Lopez's Greek Classical keyboard if you are studying Classical Greek, or the Galaxie BibleScript Greek keyboard if you are studying Biblical Greek.
• Which Classical Greek font should I use in Microsoft Word and other programs? Each of these packages comes with two free Greek fonts: Galaxie Greek Unicode, and Galatia SIL. You can also use the font Palatino Linotype, which is available in Windows XP and later versions.
• Whenever I type a sigma, a vowel, and then a diacritic or breathing mark in Microsoft Word, the sigma changes to a final sigma This is a bug in Microsoft Word. Visit knowledge base article KMKB0043 for a resolution.

More Information

• Other Greek Keyman keyboards

About Keyman Desktop

The keyboards on this page include Keyman Desktop. Keyman Desktop is a multilingual input tool that enables text input in any language in any Windows application. Upon installation, Keyman Desktop will automatically configure Windows and Microsoft Word to be compatible with Classical Greek. More information

Permanent link: www.greekkeyboards.com