Wipro Infotech, the India, Middle East and Africa IT Business of Wipro Ltd, and a provider of IT and business transformation services, has launched its new rupee-ready keyboard which is standards compliant. This includes an end-to-end, standards-based solution for incorporation of the rupee sign in the ICT environment.

The announcement follows the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) notification on January 31, on the national standard for incorporating the new rupee symbol in the en-In QWERTY and INSCRIPT keyboard layout.

Dr Sudarshan Murthy, General Manager, Applied Research, Wipro (and a member of the Department of Information Technology (DIT) committee on the Rupee symbol) said, “It gives us great pride to rollout our standards compliant Rupee-Ready keyboards. The software driver being provided by us is the outcome of six weeks of research and is intended to hasten the speed of Rupee symbol adoption in India.”

Wipro has made two changes to its keyboard to make it rupee-ready as per BIS norms. The new rupee symbol appears along with the numeral key 4 and the dollar sign. The Alt key to the right of the spacebar has been renamed Alt Gr to differentiate it from the left Alt key.

With the appropriate driver installed, the new rupee symbol can be input by simultaneously pressing Alt Gr and 4 key. Wipro’s keyboard also sports the rupee-ready signage to clearly denote that the keyboard supports the rupee sign as per DIT and BIS norms.