The ISCII is an 8-bit code which contains standard ASCII values till 127 from 128-225 it contains characters necessary in ten Brahmi-based Indian scripts. It is defined in IS 13194:1991 BIS standard. It supports INSCRIPT keyboard that provides a logical arrangement of vowels and consonants based on phonetic properties as well as usage frequencies of letters of Bramhi-scripts. So allowing use of existing English keyboard for Indian language input. Any software which uses ISCII codes can be used in any Indian Script improving its commercial viability. It allows transliteration too between various Indian scripts by change of display mode.