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Software To produce digital scholarship on the Tibetan and
Himalayan region, it is necessary to have tools designed
specifically for the entry and manipulation of the unique types
of data found in this field. Fundamentally, not only are the
necessary Asian-language fonts required, but a scholar also
needs means for easily entering data in the indigenous languages
of Tibet, China, Nepal, and India. The THL staff has put a great
deal of effort in creating tools for entering Tibetan script as
well as for converting extended Wylie transliteration into
Tibetan script. THL has also developed or collaborated in the
development of unique tools for creating language instruction
materials, such as QuillDriver which assists in the creation of
video transcripts. The presently available software and relevant
links are listed below. We have developed two tools that
facilitate input of Tibetan using the Tibetan Machine Web family
of fonts: Jskad (pronounced J-K), a J